Magnier hired to be U.S. correspondent for South China Morning Post
Mark Magnier has been hired by the South China Morning Post to be its U.S. correspondent in Washington. Before joining the Post, he worked for the Wall Street Journal in China as an economics team leader in Beijing. Before joining the Journal in early 2014, he was bureau chief in New Delhi, Beijing and Tokyo […]
Time hires The Atlantic’s Semuels as senior economics correspondent
Time magazine has hired The Atlantic’s Alana Semuels as its senior economics correspondent. She will start on April 29. Semuels has been with The Atlantic since October 2014. She has been reporting stories in different regions of the country illustrating the challenges facing workers, cities, and companies in today’s economy. Her specialties include the working […]
NY Times hires Bloomberg’s Smialek to cover Fed and economy
The New York Times has hired Bloomberg News reporter Jeanna Smialek to cover the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. economy. Smialek, who has been in Bloomberg’s New York bureau, will move back to Washington in her new job. She has been at Bloomberg since January 2013 and previously interned for Bloomberg in 2012. “During […]
Economic policy editor Woods departs Bloomberg
Randy Woods, an economic policy editor in Washington at Bloomberg News, left the news organization last week. Woods is now director of communications at the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. Woods had been at Bloomberg since June 2010, first as an economics and government reporter in Chile and then as a Latin America economy and […]
Bloomberg’s Murray moving to London to oversee global trade coverage
Stephanie Flanders, global executive editor of economics coverage at Bloomberg, sent out the following announcement: To paraphrase Richard Nixon, “we are all trade reporters now.” In the past year we have led the way reporting the global trade battles unleashed by President Donald Trump – breaking news and moving markets from Washington to Beijing to […]
Bloomberg names Collins its US economy managing editor
Stephanie Flanders, senior executive editor of economics coverage at Bloomberg, sent out the following announcement on Monday: We are delighted to announce that Margaret Collins will succeed Brendan Murray as the US Economy Managing Editor. Peggy has led the U.S. Investing Team since 2016, expanding its remit to include coverage of private equity, endowments and […]
WSJ names Hilsenrath a senior correspondent
Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief Paul Beckett sent out the following announcement on Friday: All, I am delighted to announce that Jon Hilsenrath will take on a new role as Senior Correspondent, focusing on writing signature stories on the currents shaping the U.S. economy in the context of the 2020 presidential election. Jon can […]
Coverage: What to expect in Friday’s jobs report
The U.S. government releases the March job market on Friday, and economists expect that employers added a seasonally adjusted 175,000 jobs during the month, while the unemployment rate held at 3.8 percent. Eric Morath of The Wall Street Journal had the story: The March report will show whether employers have significantly downshifted hiring plans or whether […]
Coverage: Auto sales post first quarter decline
Major auto makers on Tuesday posted declines in U.S. sales for the first quarter, adding pressure on car companies already grappling with weaker conditions in important markets globally. Adrienne Roberts of The Wall Street Journal had the news: The first-quarter decline makes it likely that full-year U.S. sales will fall below 17 million vehicles for the […]
Coverage: Personal spending slows in January
A key measure of U.S. inflation fell in January to its slowest pace since 2016, underscoring concerns about softening price pressures that have confounded policy makers at the Federal Reserve. Paul Kiernan of The Wall Street Journal had the story: The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the price index for personal-consumption expenditures, fell 0.06% in January from December […]
