WSJ seeks Washington reporter
The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau is seeking an enterprising journalist to work with our Global Central Banks Editor and our Federal Reserve team in Washington to cover the U.S. Federal Reserve, one of the most important players in the worlds’ economy and markets. The reporter would work with the team to break news and […]
Bloomberg seeks government/economics editor in Brussels
Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced editor in Brussels to coordinate coverage of European Union institutions, regional economic policy and set-piece intergovernmental meetings. The successful candidate will be at the nexus of a pan-regional reporting effort, creating and corralling ad-hoc teams of journalists and focusing their talents to deliver scoops on policy formulation and outcomes […]
Coverage: The recession isn’t over
According to Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, the recession is still weighing on the U.S. economy, particularly the labor market. Gina Chon of the Financial Times had this story: The Federal Reserve’s vice-chairman has pointed to weak labour force participation and a soft US housing recovery as two reasons for disappointing global growth, […]
Coverage: All the economic news in one day
Wednesday was a big day for economic indicators and predictions about the health of the U.S. We got a first look at second quarter gross domestic product growth (4 percent), a policy statement from the Federal Reserve and ADP payroll numbers. Dionne Searcey wrote about the GDP number for The New York Times, saying the […]
Bloomberg seeks economy/government editor in Brussels
Bloomberg is seeking an experienced editor in Brussels to coordinate coverage of European Union institutions, regional economic policy and set-piece intergovernmental meetings. The successful candidate will be at the nexus of a pan-regional reporting effort, creating and corralling ad-hoc teams of journalists and focusing their talents to deliver scoops on policy formulation and outcomes in […]
CNBC’s Liesman slams CNBC’s Santelli on the air
Steve Liesman, the chief economics correspondent for CNBC, said the following to CNBC’s Rick Santelli on the air on Monday: “Rick, It is impossible for you to have been more wrong…. your call for inflation, the destruction of the dollar, the failure of the US economy to rebound. Rick it’s impossible for you to have […]
Coverage: Fed announces October deadline
The minutes of the Federal Reserve Board’s last meeting outlined the plan to end its historic bond buying in October. While not unexpected, it does indicate that despite some recent setbacks, officials feel the economy is on the right track. The Wall Street Journal’s Jon Hilsenrath had these details: Federal Reserve officials agreed at their […]
Bloomberg seeks economic data editor in Australia
Bloomberg News is seeking to hire an Economic Data Editor in our Sydney bureau to assume current and expand economic data coverage. The successful candidate will extract economic data from press releases under real-time deadline pressure and survey economists ahead of indicators. The candidate will need to be accurate and fast in taking data and […]
Bloomberg seeks economic data reporter in Istanbul
Bloomberg News is seeking to hire an economic data reporter in our Istanbul office to assume and expand economic data coverage. The successful candidate will extract economic data from press releases in Turkish and English under real-time deadline pressure and survey economists ahead of indicators. The candidate will need to be fast and accurate in […]
How Marketplace prepared for Obama interview
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdel and the rest of the staff produced a video explaining how they prepared for an interview with President Barack Obama.
