Megan Leonhardt is a Senior Writer at Barron’s. She specializes in finance, business, and economic issues, with a focus on topics such as markets, inflation, and the Federal Reserve. Megan's work has been featured in prominent outlets including Fortune, CNBC, and Yahoo Finance.
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Follow live coverage and analysis of the August Consumer Price Index report, which is due to be released Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
By: Megan Leonhardt
Follow live coverage and analysis of the September jobs report, including the latest hiring figures and unemployment rate, released today at 8:30 AM Eastern time.
By: Megan Leonhardt
Follow live coverage and analysis of the September consumer price index report, which is due to be released Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Follow live coverage and analysis of the October jobs data, due out Friday morning.
Job growth likely cooled significantly in October due to the effects of two devastating hurricanes and labor strikes during the month. Yet, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point at its next policy meeting on Nov. 6-7, notwithstanding diminish
The fallout from Hurricanes Helene and Milton significantly affected October’s jobs report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday While Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 26 in Florida, the effects of the storm persisted well into October. Milton, which struck Florida on Oct. 9, hit durin
Though Friday’s jobs data was distorted by the effects of the hurricanes and labor strikes, one thing is clear: It is taking Americans looking for work longer to find a job than it used to. The number of workers who have been looking for a job for at least 27 weeks was about 1.6 million in October.
It’s hard to argue the U.S. economy is in a bad place as voters head to the polls, particularly after the latest measure of real gross domestic product—or GDP adjusted for inflation—showed economic growth remains resilient. Real GDP grew by 2.8% in the third quarter, according to [the latest data
Heading into Tuesday’s election, the latest data shows the U.S. economy as a whole is solid. But economic conditions on the state level vary dramatically. While some economic indicators in the seven battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wiscons
By: Megan Leonhardt
For a true reading of U.S. employment conditions, voters must look beyond recent headlines. Unemployment, wage gains, and even job growth looks very different state by state and region by region. By and large, the traditional red states have seen better employment conditions following the onset o
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