About this episode

The episode discusses the negative economic data regarding job losses and the potential impact of the U.S. conflict with Iran on the economy.

The Inside Economics team tackles the tough economic data and developments of the past week. There was nothing redeeming in the February jobs numbers, as the economy struggles to create jobs and unemployment edges higher. And this is before the fallout from the U.S. conflict with Iran hits the economy, which threatens to be considerable. The discussion ends on the question of how the fighting will be resolved, but there are no satisfying answers.

People in this episode

Host: Inside Economics team

Topics covered

• economic data
• job market
• unemployment
• U.S. economy
• Iran conflict
• oil prices

Keywords

• jobs
• unemployment
• Iran
• oil
• economic data
• February jobs numbers

Mentioned in this episode

Places: U.S., Iran

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