Reuters’ Threlfall talks Davos coverage strategies

Axel Threlfall is an editor at large at Reuters who will be attending and covering the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He hosts high-profile engagements and thought leadership events for and on behalf of Reuters and Thomson Reuters, such as the Newsmaker series and the World Economic Forum news show in Davos. He was […]

Wall Street Journal seeks a Fed reporter

The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau is seeking an enterprising journalist to work with our Global Central Banks Editor, Economics Editors and our Federal Reserve/U.S. Economics reporting team in Washington to cover the U.S. Federal Reserve, one of the most important players in the world’s economy and markets. The reporter would work with the team […]

MNI lays off more longtime journalists

Market News International, the financial news service commonly known as MNI, has laid off at least three more of its longtime journalists, the third such layoff in the past 18 months, multiple sources have told Talking Biz News. MNI laid off 17 editorial staffers in July 2016, and in September 2017, two other longtime journalists […]

Coverage: Fed raises rates again

The Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, as anticipated, but left its rate outlook for the coming years unchanged. Howard Schneider and Lindsay Dunsmuir of Reuters had the news: The move, coming at the final policy meeting of 2017 and on the heels of a flurry of relatively bullish […]

Coverage: Productivity rebounds while wages rise

U.S. worker productivity rebounded in the third quarter while hourly wages rose moderately, further signs the economy is strengthening. Josh Mitchell of The Wall Street Journal had the news: Productivity — a measure of goods and services produced in the U.S. per hour worked — rose at a 3% annual rate in July through September, the […]

NPR launches “The Indicator,” a “Planet Money” spinoff

National Public Radio announced Monday the launch of “The Indicator from Planet Money,” a new podcast that brings insight and context to the worlds of business and economics. “The Indicator” takes the signature “Planet Money” storytelling approach and delivers it faster, in shorter podcasts, more frequently. Each episode will tell a larger story about our […]

Dmitrieva joining Bloomberg’s econ team in DC

Katia Dmitrieva, a reporter for Bloomberg News in Toronto, is moving to Washington to join its economics reporting team. Dmitrieva has been in the Toronto bureau since June 2012 covering real estate and insurance companies. Before joining Bloomberg, Dmitrieva worked for the Ottawa Citizen covering breaking news, finance, business and lifestyle. She also worked for […]

Washington Post hires Werner as economic policy reporter

Washington Post national economy and business editor David Cho and deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We’re very excited to announce that Erica Werner will join The Washington Post as our new congressional economic policy correspondent. Erica is chief congressional correspondent of the Associated Press, and her hiring is […]

Washington Post hires WSJ’s Van Dam

Washington Post national economy and business editor David Cho, deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb and economics and policy editor Patrick Reis sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We’re excited to announce that Andrew Van Dam will join Wonkblog to write about economics and policy through the lens of data and graphics. Andrew is a […]

Coverage: New York Fed president Dudley set to retire

New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley, a key figure in the unprecedented government response to the financial crisis, is expected to announce his retirement as soon as next week. Steve Liesman of CNBC had the news: Dudley, who has has headed the bank since 2009, will likely retire sometime in the spring or summer of […]