Is the Economy Good For You? [POLL]
I'm hearing that the nation's economy is on the rise from the news readers, but I have my own method of determining whether or not the economy is improving.
I'm hearing that the nation's economy is on the rise from the news readers, but I have my own method of determining whether or not the economy is improving.
The Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January. The unemployment rate inched upward by a tenth of a point, to 7.9 percent.
Four years ago, during the last presidential campaign, the American economy was collapsing faster than it had since the Great Depression. Now, with the 2012 election upon us, most analysts agree that the economy is in a period of slow recovery—a bit too slow, according to just about everyone.