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Economy Is at 'Point of Significant Danger,' Says Orszag
Aug.10 -- Peter Orszag, Lazard Group chief executive officer of financial advisory, sees another wave of restructurings on the horizon as the pandemic continues to pressure sovereign and corporate balance sheets. He says the U.S. economy...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Fall Slightly, But Less Than Expected
Economists predicted last week's claims would come in around 1.3 million.
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Fed's Kaplan on Economic Recovery, Virus Testing, Oil Well Shut-Ins
May.20 -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan expects the U.S. economy to recover in the third and fourth quarters and says oil shut-ins may be at their peak right now in the U.S. He speaks with Bloomberg's Mike McKee...
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GOP Faces Pressure To Pass Second Coronavirus Relief Package
A second stimulus bill has been stalled as GOP leadership struggles to agree on key provisions.
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Capital Spending in U.S. Is Recovering, Says Feroli
Sep.11 -- JPMorgan Chief U.S. Economist Michael Feroli talks about inflation the future of the U.S. economy on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Weekly Claims Inch Lower As Rising COVID-19 Cases Loom Over Recovery
Claims fell by almost 50,000 from the week prior.
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El-Erian Sees Six-Week 'Tug-of-War' Driving Market
Nov.06 -- Mohamed El-Erian, president of Queens College, Cambridge, and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, says there will be a "tug-of-war" between positive technical factors and negative coronavirus pandemic numbers influencing markets...
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Jobs Report Shows Hiring Slowdown As COVID-19 Cases Rise
The economy added 245,000 jobs in November, showing the fewest monthly gains since the beginning of the recovery.
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Fed's Powell: Muted Jobs Forecast Disguises 'Desirable' Gains
Mar.24 -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the labor participation rate is expanding which holds the unemployment rate up in a response to Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) during testimony before the Senate Banking Committee.
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Nomura: RBA Has Eased Off the Accelerator
Jul.06 -- Andrew Ticehurst, Executive Director Rate Strategist at Nomura says the RBA has eased off the accelerator, with a decision to not extend its Yield Target policy. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg...
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Austan Goolsbee on the Fed and Bond Tapering
Jun.17 -- Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Austan Goolsbee speaks to Bloomberg's Alix Steel and Guy Johnson after Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell said they were "talking about talking about' bond tapering on...
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Dudley Says Fed Risks Fighting 'Last War' on Inflation
Oct.06 -- Former New York Federal Reserve President and Bloomberg Opinion columnist William Dudley says the Fed's revised monetary policy framework might not be suitable as inflation has spiked above the central bank's 2% target. "The...
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ADP Chief Economist on U.S. Jobs Numbers
Claims for U.S. Jobless Benefits Plunge to Lowest Since 1969. Guy Johnson and Gina Martin Adams discussed the results on "Bloomberg Markets: Americas" with Nela Richardson, ADP Chief Economist.
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Summers Says U.S. Unemployment Is Now Below Its ‘Natural’ Rate
Oct.08 -- Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said changes in the U.S. job market caused by the Covid-19 crisis mean that the jobless rate is now likely below levels that trigger inflation even though it remains above its...
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Biden Says Jobs Report Shows Economy Is Making Progress
Oct.08 -- President Joe Biden says the decline in the U.S. unemployment rate proves the economy is moving forward amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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US Payrolls Top Estimates, Jobless Rate Rises to 3.7%
US payrolls rose more than expected with a gain of 315,000 in August, while the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%. Bloomberg's Michael McKee breaks down the numbers on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Princeton's Blinder on BOE Decision, Fed Criticism, Inflation
Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, a Princeton University professor of economics, discusses his takeaways from Thursday's Bank of England interest-rate decision, criticism of the Federal Reserve, and the measures needed...
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Goldman's Hatzius: US Recession Likely to Be Shallow
Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs, says the firm does not have a US recession in its baseline forecast, but if one happens, it is "likely to be on the shallow end." Hatzius also discusses his firm's Federal Reserve policy...
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Fed's Daly Plays Down Risk of US Recession
"I wouldn't' be surprised, and it's actually in my forecast, that growth will slip below 2%, but it won't actually pivot down into negative territory," Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly says during an online event...
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Fmr Fed Governor Kroszner on US Inflation
University of Chicago Booth School Professor of Business and Fmr Fed Governor Randy Kroszner joined "Bloomberg Markets: Americas" with Alix Steel and Guy Johnson to discuss inflation and unemployment rate predictions.
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US Added 261,000 Jobs in October, Far Above Estimates
US payrolls rose more than expected with a gain of 261,000 in October, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%. Bloomberg's Michael McKee has the numbers on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Stifel Financial's Piegza on US Economy, Jobs
Lindsey Piegza, Chief Economist at Stifel Financial, discusses her outlook for the US economy ahead of the jobs data. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia".
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Blanchflower: I Think BOE Has it Completely Wrong
Danny Blanchflower, professor of economics at Dartmouth College and former monetary policy committee member at the Bank of England, discusses the BOE's decision to raise interest rates by 50 basis points, Federal Reserve policy and the...
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The Obama White House is applauding an encouraging jobs report as evidence the United States has retreated from the brink of depression.
HEADLINE: White House welcomes dip in unemployment rate
CAPTION: The head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors is applauding an encouraging jobs report. Though she says improvements are still necessary. (Aug. 7)