Economists: Bush, Kerry Job Plans Lacking
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President Bush says his economic policies, including billions of dollars in tax cuts, are helping to create new jobs. But not the millions he promised. Democratic challenger John Kerry says 10 million new jobs would be added in his first term. Don't bet on that either.
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COLUMBUS - John Kerry&#39;s campaign in Ohio seized on yesterday&#39;s Labor Department report that said the US economy added 96,000 jobs in September, a weaker total than expected in the last employment report before the Nov. 2 election.
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As America went to the polls after a bitter campaign pegged partly on the economy, a report showed a still-troubled job market, where layoffs are frequent, hiring is hesitant and improvement has been maddeningly slow.
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WASHINGTON - Companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, fewer than economists forecast for the last employment report before Election Day. The figures underscored the modest hiring pace that has become an issue in President Bush's re-election bid...
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WASHINGTON - A spotty job market and stagnant paychecks cloud this Labor Day holiday for many workers, highlighting the importance of pocketbook issues in the presidential election.   "Working harder and enjoying it less," said economist Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, summing up the state of working America...
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The Bush administration, after being ridiculed by Democrats for an overly optimistic jobs forecast this year, on Friday significantly reduced its forecast for new jobs that will be created in 2005. It slightly boosted its estimate for overall economic growth.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry will face questions from an audience of uncommitted voters in their second debate Friday night, with tepid jobs numbers and the war in Iraq certain to be points of contention.
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As the presidential campaign enters its final month, Sen. John Kerry and President Bush on Saturday offered starkly different views of the economy in a deliberate shift from Iraq.
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The Bush administration, after being ridiculed by Democrats for an overly optimistic jobs forecast this year, yesterday significantly reduced its forecast for new jobs that will be created in 2005. It slightly boosted its estimate for overall economic growth.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry have starkly different economic priorities with a common thread: price tags exceeding $1 trillion that could pump already huge deficits skyward over the next decade...
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Campaigning in a swing county in Iowa that he lost four years ago, President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerry on education and jobs Friday, saying the Democrat fails to understand the connection between the two.
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Despite an embarrassing failure in their forecasting four years ago, political scientists and economists are again predicting the outcome of the presidential election, and most foresee a win for President Bush.
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WASHINGTON - With less than seven weeks to go before election day, and trailing President Bush by a few points in most polls, John Kerry is taking the offensive on a central issue: the economy.
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CANONSBURG, Pa./POPLAR BLUFF  - Democratic  presidential nominee John Kerry, fresh from a campaign revamp  and slipping in the polls, tried to focus on the economy on  Monday but instead offered new criticism of the Iraq war, while  President Bush touted his tax reform.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush says his economic policies, including billions of dollars in tax cuts, are helping to create new jobs. But not the millions he promised...
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Voters are likely to blame the weak economy mostly on the Republicans, even though President Bush will not be on the ballot.
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Wary employers clamped down on hiring and pushed the unemployment rate to a two-year high of 5 percent in December, an ominous sign that the economy may slide into recession. President Bush explored a rescue package, including a tax cut, with his economic advisers.