Jim Tankersley

Jim Tankersley is a correspondent (economics) for National Journal.

5 Questions for the GOP's Economic Debate

5 Questions for the GOP's Economic Debate

Tonight the candidates won't talk about social issues or foreign policy but the one issue that matters most to voters: the economy More »

Obama's Jobs Plan: The Most Timely and Targeted Stimulus Yet

Obama's Jobs Plan: The Most Timely and Targeted Stimulus Yet

Obama's jobs plan was timely, targeted, but incomplete More »

Obama's Jobs Message Isn't Catching On

Obama's Jobs Message Isn't Catching On

Amid widespread concern over fiscal health, the president needs to retool his communications plan -- and maybe his platform More »

How to Get Back to AAA (Hint: It's Easier Than You Think)

How to Get Back to AAA (Hint: It's Easier Than You Think)

It's easy: Just bring back the Grand Bargain that fell apart in the final weeks of the debt ceiling negotiations. More »

The 14 Million-Person Question: Can Washington Do Anything About Jobs?

The 14 Million-Person Question: Can Washington Do Anything About Jobs?

Want to help the unemployed? Doing nothing doesn't count as an option. Here are six ideas that do. More »

Debt-Ceiling Crisis Could Wallop the Housing Sector

Debt-Ceiling Crisis Could Wallop the Housing Sector

The real-estate market is slowly getting better, but if Congress doesn't act in time, mortgage rates could soar More »

How Would Wall Street React to U.S. Default?

How Would Wall Street React to U.S. Default?

Markets could keep from plunging as Obama and Republicans negotiate, but things won't be pretty if America can't pay its bills More »

Will Recent College Grads' Struggles Hurt Obama?

Will Recent College Grads' Struggles Hurt Obama?

Nearly one in five are out of work. Will the president's youth coalition dissipate? More »

Obama and Bernanke Resist Calls for More Economic Fixes

Obama and Bernanke Resist Calls for More Economic Fixes

Despite disappointing news about jobs, the president and the Fed chairman have signaled they won't launch any new efforts to try to speed up a slow recovery More »

Do Something, Anything to Save the Recovery

Do Something, Anything to Save the Recovery

The May jobs report showed neither party's economic plan is working. Democrats and Republicans must start over to get America going. Here's where they can start. More »

Debt-Limit Politics: The GOP's Controlled Burn

Debt-Limit Politics: The GOP's Controlled Burn

Republicans risk catastrophe to balance America's checkbook More »

Why Obama Can Call for Tax Hikes

Why Obama Can Call for Tax Hikes

In this case, it isn't terrible politics. Really. More »

Treasury to Punt on Fannie and Freddie Plan

Treasury to Punt on Fannie and Freddie Plan

In his options for scrapping the rescued mortgage companies, Obama deflects political heat--with some risk More »

What Really Happened to 15 Million Jobs?

What Really Happened to 15 Million Jobs?

The macro trends behind the Great Recession More »

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