Cedar Rapids Gazette seeks business reporter
The Gazette, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is seeking business reporter with strong digital skills to join its news team. The business reporter would be focused on an array of business related items – including local and regional economies and consumer behaviors. The ideal candidate is fluent in economic concepts, is comfortable interviewing high-level business […]
WSJ’s Reddy joining Politico as managing editor
Sudeep Reddy, global economics editor at The Wall Street Journal, has been named a managing editor at Politico along with Karey Van Hall. Here is part of the memo sent by Politico editor Carrie Budoff-Brown and editor in chief John Harris on Wednesday morning: Sudeep’s mandate as managing editor is to help deepen the impact of our policy […]
Coverage: The economy is growing faster than expected
The U.S. economy grew at a 3.2 percent clip during the third quarter, the Commerce Department announced Tuesday, outpacing the 3.0 percent growth rate that economists expected. Lucia Mutikani of Reuters had the news: Growth was the strongest since the third quarter of 2014 and followed the second quarter’s anemic 1.4 percent pace. Output was lifted […]
Coverage: Consumers spent less during Black Friday weekend
The Thanksgiving shopping weekend is now behind us, and consumers spent billions, but the average shopper spent less than he or she did in 2015. Anne D’Innocenzio of the Associated Press has the news: Once all the receipts are in, customers look to have spent an average of $289.19 over the four-day weekend, down nearly 3.5 […]
Book on Greenspan wins FT Business Book of the Year award
Sebastian Mallaby, the author of “The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan,” is the winner of the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. The biography of one of the titans of recent financial history brilliantly shows the subtlety and complexity of Alan Greenspan’s legacy. The award […]
Market News International seeks econ data reporter in DC
Market News International has an exciting opportunity available as a U.S. Economic Data Reporter, based in our Washington DC bureau. Your responsibilities will include covering and analyzing economic data reports, including attending government lockups, as well as maintaining and developing data spreadsheets, generating graphics and writing stories to explain key economic trends. We want a candidate […]
Coverage: Trump’s election and the U.S. economy
Now that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been elected, business journalists spent some time Wednesday examining what the next four years will mean to the U.S. economy. John W. Schoen of CNBC examined the possibilities: Like most of his campaign pledges, Trump has set big goals for his economic policies, promising to create 25 million […]
Market News International seeks European Central Bank reporter
Market News International, a global financial news service, is looking for an experienced, dynamic journalist with strong analytical skills to cover the European Central Bank, reporting on monetary and related macroeconomic policy for a sophisticated investing audience. Based in Frankfurt, this person will demonstrate tenacity in pursuing intelligence on ECB and related Eurozone policy of […]
Coverage: Markets tumble on election results
The U.S. stock market is expected to fall in heavy trading on Wednesday as investors became scared due to the election of Republican candidate Donald Trump as the country’s president. Adam Shell and Matt Krantz of USA Today had the news: The open of trading Wednesday if Trump completes the upset win will likely be a bloodbath, he […]
WaPo Fed reporter Mui to now cover economic policy
Washington Post economy and business editor David Cho and deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb sent out the following announcement on Thursday: We’re happy to announce that Ylan Mui will become our White House economic policy writer — responsible for covering the new administration’s budget and tax policies, the new president’s economic team, agencies such as […]
