"It's more diversified at the sectoral level, so it is more representative of U.S. growth dynamics," Skanda Amarnath, a macroeconomist and executive director of Employ America, told CBS MoneyWatch.

“Today’s more benign CPI reading is welcome news but largely a function of lagging inflation components and volatile prices,” Skanda Amarnath, director of Employ America, a think tank and ...

Economic policy researcher Skanda Amarnath's column at Employee America On the other hand, we are expecting to see underlying slowing in sectors that have powered our narrow set of job gains ...

Warning signs have been flashing and markets have been sliding amid policy uncertainties and some troubling macroeconomic ...

(The Hill) – The fundamentals of the U.S. economy are in good shape, with low unemployment and robust growth in recent quarters. But warning signs have been flashing and markets have been ...

According to Skanda Amarnath at Employ America, the federal government has never been a major driver of employment growth, but it has been a drag: During past examples [of government downsizing ...