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May 2016

April jobs report a big miss at 160,000

Ed Morrissey May 06, 2016 10:41 AM

Downturns.

Feb 2016

Meh: US added 151,000 jobs in January

Ed Morrissey Feb 05, 2016 10:41 AM

Rush to exits of labor force?

Jan 2016

Q4 GDP advance report shows only 0.7% growth

Ed Morrissey Jan 29, 2016 10:41 AM

Personal consumption slows too?

Hard times for jihadists: ISIS orders 50% pay cut for fighters

Jazz Shaw Jan 20, 2016 9:21 AM

Thanks, Obama

ADP estimate: 257,000 private-sector jobs added in December

Ed Morrissey Jan 06, 2016 8:41 PM

2015 overall job growth rate slips.

Nov 2015

Q3 GDP revised upward to 2.1%

Ed Morrissey Nov 24, 2015 7:21 PM

A slightly warmer shade of meh?

ADP: US added 182,000 private-sector jobs in October

Ed Morrissey Nov 04, 2015 9:21 PM

Get ready for the U word.

Oct 2015

Q3 GDP: 1.5%

Ed Morrissey Oct 29, 2015 10:01 AM

Stagnation.

Durable goods gets second straight decline as economy weakens

Ed Morrissey Oct 27, 2015 2:01 PM

Stagnation.

CNN polls: Trump leads by 16 points in Nevada, by 18 in South Carolina

Allahpundit Oct 14, 2015 10:01 PM

Yuge.

September jobs report whiffs: 142,000 jobs added

Ed Morrissey Oct 02, 2015 9:11 AM

Sour notes.

Sep 2015

Jeb Bush’s regulation reform plan isn’t bad, but can he be trusted?

Taylor Millard Sep 22, 2015 9:21 PM

The GOP is just as bad at regulatory power as Democrats are.

Seattle teachers strike because the economy is too good

Jazz Shaw Sep 13, 2015 2:01 PM

There’s a novel approach

August jobs report – 173,000 jobs added, unemployment rate down to 5.1%

Steve Eggleston Sep 04, 2015 1:21 PM

Dropping out.

Aug 2015

Q2 GDP rises to 3.7% in second estimate

Ed Morrissey Aug 27, 2015 10:01 AM

Wait for it …

July jobs report – 215,000 jobs added, U-3 unchanged at 5.3%

Steve Eggleston Aug 07, 2015 10:41 AM

Same old story

Meijer enters Wisconsin, runs into New Deal-era minimum markup law

Steve Eggleston Aug 06, 2015 6:41 PM

Prices so good, they should be, and in Wisconsin are, illegal.

Jul 2015

2nd-quarter GDP – +2.3%; 1st-quarter GDP – +0.6%, but lower than before

Steve Eggleston Jul 30, 2015 4:01 PM

What double seasonal adjustments gave, double seasonal adjustments took back.

CNN poll: Majority rejects Iran deal, 44/52

Ed Morrissey Jul 28, 2015 10:01 AM

Bad numbers on the economy, too.

McDonald’s outlook bleak in face of minimum wage hikes

Jazz Shaw Jul 19, 2015 12:31 PM

It’s a McFlurry of problems

Internet comes together in shared loathing for freaky new airplane seating design

Allahpundit Jul 10, 2015 8:01 PM

Nope.

What’s behind China’s $3.25 trillion stock-market meltdown?

Ed Morrissey Jul 08, 2015 8:01 AM

Interventions.

June jobs report: 223K added, but 432K left workforce, April-May revised down 60K; Update: Manufacturing, durable goods goes negative in May

Ed Morrissey Jul 02, 2015 10:01 AM

Lowest participation rate since 1977.

Jun 2015

Video: Durable goods decline 1.8%, business investment a mixed bag in May

Ed Morrissey Jun 23, 2015 6:01 PM

Unexpectedly!

Fact-checking AP: An economic goal is not a “fact”

Ed Morrissey Jun 17, 2015 12:01 PM

You have an Opinion section. Use it.

May jobs report: 280,000 jobs added, U-3 at 5.5%

Ed Morrissey Jun 05, 2015 10:01 AM

Not bad. But not great, either.

Rested, ready, rap anthem: Rick Perry announces he’s running for president

Allahpundit Jun 04, 2015 3:21 PM

Contender.

ADP shows 201,000 private-sector jobs added

Ed Morrissey Jun 03, 2015 6:51 PM

Mixed signals.

May 2015

Sagging economy: Q1 GDP revised downward to -0.7%

Ed Morrissey May 29, 2015 10:01 AM

Dead end.

YouGov poll: Rubio leads Walker by 10 and Bush by 27 head to head among Republicans

Allahpundit May 15, 2015 2:01 PM

Momentum?

April jobs report: 223,000 jobs added, 5.4% jobless rate

Ed Morrissey May 08, 2015 10:01 AM

March revised downward to 85K.

ADP: Private sector added 169,000 jobs in April

Ed Morrissey May 06, 2015 1:21 PM

Did we see contraction in Q1?

Apr 2015

Is it still the economy, stupid?

Ed Morrissey Apr 30, 2015 2:01 PM

Stormy weather.

Slouching into stagnation – advance read of 1st-quarter GDP +0.2%

Steve Eggleston Apr 29, 2015 12:41 PM

The usual suspects blamed

As gas prices fall, drivers dump hybrids for SUVs

Jazz Shaw Apr 22, 2015 8:01 AM

Hit the road, Jack.

The press is beginning to notice the economic recovery is stalling

Noah Rothman Apr 13, 2015 12:01 PM

Back in the ditch?

Obama: I should have said that the recovery would take a really long time in 2008

Noah Rothman Apr 10, 2015 7:21 PM

Oops.

March jobs report a “big miss”: 126,000 jobs added, 5.5% jobless rate

Ed Morrissey Apr 03, 2015 8:36 AM

The whiff.

ADP: Private-sector job growth of 189,000 in March

Ed Morrissey Apr 01, 2015 6:01 PM

Unexpectedly?

Mar 2015

Durable goods, business investment drop …

Ed Morrissey Mar 25, 2015 11:01 AM

… unexpectedly.

February jobs report shows 295,000 jobs added, jobless rate 5.5%

Ed Morrissey Mar 06, 2015 9:21 AM

Beating expectations … and a slowdown?

Feb 2015

Q4 GDP slides to 2.2% in second estimate

Ed Morrissey Feb 28, 2015 1:01 PM

Now with almost 20% more meh.

January jobs report: 257K jobs added, U-3 rises to 5.7%

Ed Morrissey Feb 06, 2015 8:41 AM

Big upward revisions for November and December.

Manufacturing drops 3.4% in December, global demand falling

Ed Morrissey Feb 03, 2015 3:21 PM

Slide.