Jed Kolko

Jobs Friday is on us yet again, and this time around, the normal hype around this monthly release is muted. The reason: Many see this numbers as having very little impact on the Fed's monetary policy outlook. This being the presidential election year, economists widely believe the central bank may...

Jed Kolko, chief economist for the job site Indeed, commented on Friday's jobs report, which he described as being "solid enough" but not a "gangbuster" report. Friday's jobs report showed that the U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.0...