US Labour market: what's behind unexpected gr...

President Trump says tariffs on China “will not be anywhere near 145%” but won’t be removed all together. It follows US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying he expected a ‘de escalation’ in US China tariffs.The International Monetary Fund has revised its global growth forecast ...  Show more

As some of the World's largest economies get ready to face new tariffs, we find out what a battle on levy's could mean for the global economy.We hear from a Gulf Coast business feeling positive about the charges, and the predicament of a Californian retailer reliant on imports.El ...  Show more

Employers added 336,000 jobs in September, almost double the 170,000 estimated, according to figures released by the Labor Department. Great news if you're looking for work there, of course, but if you're in the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, and worried about the econo ...  Show more

President Biden has claimed the US economy is the ‘envy of the world’ and that his administration has added record job numbers, with around one million people hired since the turn of this year.With inflation falling and the possibility of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rate ...  Show more

As developed markets heal from the pandemic, labor force participation has recovered in some areas faster than others, so how will a return to work impact the broader economy in places like the U.K. and the U.S.? U.S. Economist Julian Richers and European Economist Markus Guet ...

You can't make this stuff up. On today's show we are taking a deeper look at the incredibly strong January jobs report that 517,000 jobs were created in the month of January in the US. 

The report was at odds with the daily reports of layoffs in multiple industries ...