Tuesday marks the first big primary election day of the 2018 midterms, with contests in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team breaks down which primaries are the most important to watch and what they could mean for the midterms this fall. The crew also debates whether President Trump deserves […]
It was shaping up to be another hot summer. On Aug. 4, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released monthly hiring data for July. A pack of economists and journalists pounced, excited to spread the numbers across social media. Good news! The United States had added 209,000 jobs, an above-average result […]
PUBLISHED 3:10 PM EST | DEC 6, 2017 A Better Way To Think About This Month’s Jobs NumbersThe context you need to understand job growth and unemployment in the U.S., updated every month. By Julia Wolfe Related story: Kevin’s piece – headline TK You’ve probably seen some headlines today about the latest unemployment rate (4.1%) […]