Neil Irwin

Despite the current confusion, his outlook, based on hard lessons from the 2010s, is essentially optimistic.

“Employers are becoming much more cognizant that yes, it’s about money, but also about quality of life.”

The latest jobs report suggests that getting the economy back up to speed is not going to be effortless.

For all the administration’s focus on transformational policies, it’s not forecasting an outburst of economic potential.

Focus on exactly how and why prices are changing over time, and how these shifts might affect you.

Prices are rising fast, in ways that seem temporary, yet this could change expectations in ways that are self-reinforcing.

In response to the article “Fixing flawed system of jobless benefits so it reflects economy” by Neil Irwin of the New York Times, two clichés come to mind: someone is

Health concerns, expanded jobless benefits and still being needed at home are among the reasons would-be workers might be staying away.

April’s anemic job creation was so out of line with what other indicators have suggested that it will take some time to unravel the mystery.

One key economic goal is to create the virtuous cycles of innovation and jobs that already occur in many coastal cities.

The recovery is profoundly unequal across sectors, unbalanced in ways that have big implications for businesses and workers.

The pandemic showed the flaws in the American approach to help the unemployed. Alternatives exist.

Some notable participants in the debate over the Biden stimulus tell us, in their words, what a too-hot economy would look like.

Today’s data reflects backward-looking information, which is not necessarily a sign of what’s ahead.

Recent supply problems suggest businesses may have trouble responding to rising consumer demand.

Increased spending to enforce the existing tax code would pay for itself and then some.

We asked some prominent participants in the Great Overheating Debate of 2021 to explain what inflationary trends they’re afraid of (or not, as the case may be).

If the economy turns into a giant party, the Fed is promising not to be an uptight host.

A reporter who has tracked decades of gloomy trends sees things lining up for roaring growth.

Leaders of both parties have become willing to act directly to extract the nation from economic crisis, taking that role back from the central bank.