Austan Goolsbee

WASHINGTON -- A top White House economic adviser says the upward tilt over the past six months in new jobs is a better indicator of the U.S. employment picture than a gloomy report Friday that warned of slow growth ahead. Austan Goolsbee, who heads the president's Council of Economic Advisers, says the ...

With 14.5 million Americans jobless and the unemployment rate at 9.4 percent, President Barack Obama delivers his second State of the Union address on Tuesday and is expected to focus on job creation, American competitiveness and the overall state of the economy. ...