Coverage: New home sales rose in December
Sales of new homes in the U.S. rose in December, closing a weak year for the housing market. Harriet Torry of The Wall Street Journal had the news: New-home sales increased 3.7% from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 621,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had […]
Time seeks a senior economics correspondent
Time is seeking a correspondent who can be a leading voice on the world’s most important economic trends and economic decision makers. You should be able to break news. You should produce confident and clear analysis on deadline. You should be able to deliver commentary and cover stories with equal flair. You should be a […]
Coverage: Inflation fell below Fed’s 2% goal in 2018
Inflation fell short of the Federal Reserve Board’s 2 percent target in 2018 for a seventh consecutive year, though a closely watched measure of underlying price pressures gained traction in December. Paul Kiernan of The Wall Street Journal had the news: The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal-consumption-expenditures price index, rose 1.75% in December from a year […]
Fed reporters need to inject more disbelief into their questioning
John Tamny, a Forbes.com contributor, writes that reporters covering the Federal Reserve Board need to be more skeptical of central bankers. Tamny writes, “Something about ‘economist,’ ‘Ph.D.’ and ‘central banker’ causes reporters to shrink in unquestioning fashion. To read Neil Irwin at the New York Times, or Greg Ip at the Wall Street Journal, is to read […]
Reuters seeks an economics editor in DC
Reuters is looking for an ambitious and enterprising editor to direct our coverage of the U.S. economy from our Washington bureau. The Washington Economics Editor will lead the team of journalists covering the world’s most important economic indicators and most powerful central bank, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and now, a Trump administration determined to rewrite the […]
Coverage: Home sales fell 1.2 percent in January
U.S. home sales fell 1.2 percent in January to their worst pace in more than three years, as persistent affordability problems have put a harsh chill in the real estate market. Josh Boak of the Associated Press had the story: The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that sales of existing homes declined 1.2 percent to […]
Bloomberg News economics reporter Chandra has died
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following on Thursday: It is with deep sadness that I have to write to you all about the sudden passing of our colleague and friend, Sho Chandra. She began her Bloomberg career in 1998 as a General Assignment and Consumer reporter in our Princeton bureau. In 2005, […]
Charleston daily seeks two business reporters
The Post and Courier is looking for two reporters as it adds to its burgeoning Columbia bureau. There are opportunities in this Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom to do some of the best work of your career, limited only by your ambition and curiosity. The Post and Courier is a family owned newspaper, investing heavily in its newsroom […]
NY Times econ reporter Appelbaum is joining the editorial board
New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet, deputy editorial page editor Katie Kingsbury and op-ed editor Jim Dao sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: After nine years of deciphering and describing the economy’s tumult in the newsroom, Binyamin Appelbaum will tell us what he really thinks as he joins the Times editorial board […]
WorkingNation names Schindelheim its editor in chief
WorkingNation has named Ramona Schindelheim as its first editor in chief. Schindelheim, who was previously executive producer and senior business correspondent for WorkingNation, will oversee WorkingNation’s growing team of journalists and all original written content published on WorkingNation.com. Founded by philanthropist and venture capitalist Art Bilger three years ago, WorkingNation produces journalism about unemployment and the economy. “I […]
