US adds fewer jobs than expected
The US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, far fewer than economists had predicted.
The US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, far fewer than economists had predicted. The ±«Óãtv's Samira Hussain in New York talks us through the latest figures, and we get reaction from Harvard economist Jason Furman, who was also chair of the US Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. Also in the programme, the ±«Óãtv's Justin Rowlatt finds out whether electric cars are likely to become dominant more quickly than had previously been expected. Plus, Qatar's finance minister Ali Shareef al-Emadi has been arrested over allegations of misuse of public funds. We get the background from Hussein Ibish of the Arab Gulf States Institute.
(Picture: A 'now hiring' sign in the US. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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