<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Exchange | Online NewsHour | PBS</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/</link><description>The latest economic news and analysis from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and the Online NewsHour. The feed is updated daily and includes explainers, interviews, and updates that help make sense of the global economy.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04:35 EST</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04:35 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Online NewsHour</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/</link><url>http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rssexchange.jpg</url></image><item><title>States Continue to Struggle with Budget Woes</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/share.html?s=news01s34BAqC88</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although the national economy is seeing glimmers of recovery, many states continue to struggle. ]]></description></item><item><title>Fed's Powers Tested Under Senate Plan</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/banks_11-11.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:44:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats have unveiled a sweeping proposal for a new approach to financial regulation, which at its core calls into question the Federal Reserve's power to oversee banks.]]></description></item><item><title>Ask the FDIC's Sheila Bair Your Questions</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/11/ask-the-fdics-sheila-bair-your.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:25:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: We're interviewing Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, this Friday. And she's agreed to answer your questions as well as mine. ]]></description></item><item><title>Premiums 'Will Go Down' Under Health Bill, Orszag Says</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/orszag_11-10.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Director of the White House's OMB outlines how health care legislation could affect the deficit.]]></description></item><item><title>How Will the Downturn Affect the Gambling Economy?</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/11/how-will-the-downturn-affect-t.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: Let's hope so. ]]></description></item><item><title>Freelancers Struggle as Jobs Decline</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/freelance_11-06.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:49:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By some accounts, a third of the U.S. workforce does some form of freelancing work. But even as the flexibility of freelancing is becoming more attractive, little security exists for such workers. ]]></description></item><item><title>Unemployment Hits 26-Year High </title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/jobs_11-06.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unemployment jumped to 10.2% in October, the highest rate since 1983. ]]></description></item><item><title>Extended Jobless Benefits, Homebuyer Credit</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/unemployment_11-05.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to extend aid to jobless workers and offer tax breaks to homebuyers. President Obama was expected to sign the measure on Friday. Ray Suarez reports.]]></description></item><item><title>Insider Trading Charges Rock Wall Street</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/share.html?s=news01s3458qc6e</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fourteen people face insider trading charges for allegedly netting $14 million in profits.]]></description></item><item><title>Rogoff and Reinhart Answer Viewer Questions</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/11/rogoff-and-reinhart-answer-que.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Economists Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart dug through data on every financial crisis back to the 1300s, hoping to uncover common factors. Two recurring themes they found: Arrogance and ignorance. They took questions from NewsHour viewers about their new book.]]></description></item><item><title>Student Qs: The Unemployment Outlook</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/11/student-questions-the-unemploy.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:40:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: Lots of people who you (and I) might consider "unemployed" aren't in the most commonly reported number, which only includes people who haven't worked at all, or looked for work, in the past week.]]></description></item><item><title>Student Qs: Health Care and Education</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/11/student-questions-health-care.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: The excellent health economist Victor Fuchs gives four reasons why the United States lacks universal health care.]]></description></item><item><title>Auto Industry on the Road to Recovery?</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/cars_11-03.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:08:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The auto industry signaled recovery after GM reported a sales gain and Ford announced an unexpected profit. Jeffrey Brown reports. ]]></description></item><item><title>Stimulus Money Trickling Into Classroom</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec09/stimulus_11-03.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John Tulenko of Learning Matters Television explores how stimulus money is making its way into classrooms in upstate New York. ]]></description></item><item><title>Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/madoff_11-03.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges. ]]></description></item><item><title>Paul Goes Back to School</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/11/paul-solman-goes-back-to-schoo.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This week and next, the Business Desk will feature questions from students in three high schools around the country. To kick off the special series, two questions from high school seniors at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona.]]></description></item><item><title>Crisis Predictable and Ordinary, Say Economists</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/share.html?s=news01s340DqC54</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Economists Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart have investigated the past eight centuries of financial crises looking for common themes. Their verdict: Not only was the current economic crisis predictable -- it's ordinary.]]></description></item><item><title>Winners and Losers in CIT Bankruptcy</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/business/july-dec09/cit_11-02.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:39:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CIT, a major lender to small U.S. businesses, has filed for one of the largest bankruptcy protections in history.]]></description></item><item><title>With Jobs Elusive, White House Defends Stimulus</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/stimulus_10-30.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:31:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package has saved or created about 650,000 jobs, the White House said Friday. But with unemployment at a 26-year high, the administration is facing increased criticism.]]></description></item><item><title>U.S. Economy Expands, But Jobs Still Lag</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/economy_10-29.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:03:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a sign the recession may be easing, the U.S. economy expanded 3.5 percent from July to September.]]></description></item><item><title>Crackdown Targets Banks Deemed 'Too Big to Fail'</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/economy_10-28.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:03:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The head of a key House committee unveiled legislation Wednesday that would grant the federal government sweeping new powers to police giant financial firms. ]]></description></item><item><title>GMAC in Talks to Receive Third Bailout</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/business/july-dec09/gmac_10-28.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The onetime subsidiary of GM could receive a fresh lifeline of up to $5.6 billion in aid.]]></description></item><item><title>How Will the Fannie and Freddie Takeovers Affect U.S. Debt?</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/10/how-will-the-fannie-and-freddi.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: There's no way of even knowing if the takeover will eventually cost money, or actually wind up MAKING money for taxpayers. ]]></description></item><item><title>Labor's Trumka Faces Dwindling Ranks</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/trumka_10-27.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka works to protect organized labor from the excesses of big business, he faces dwindling ranks, splits among union groups, and diminished public support. ]]></description></item><item><title>Stimulus Money Plows Through Tractor Country</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/stimulus_10-22.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:53:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation tracks federal stimulus money.]]></description></item><item><title>Feinberg Hopes More Companies Adopt Pay Rules</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/pay_10-22.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:47:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve curbed pay packages for executives of companies that received bailout money in an effort to discourage risky business practices. Jeffrey Brown speaks with executive pay czar Kenneth Feinberg.]]></description></item><item><title>Former Car Czar: No Reason GM Can't Succeed</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/gm_10-21.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA["People will start buying cars again," former car czar Steve Rattner tells Judy Woodruff. ]]></description></item><item><title>Which Is Better: Spreading Money Around or Spending It in One Place?</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/10/which-is-better-for-the-econom.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: What an intriguing question.]]></description></item><item><title>Katz: Tough to Say When Foreclosures Will Crest</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/insider/business/july-dec09/foreclosure_10-21.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Journalist Alyssa Katz, author of 'Our Lot,' answers viewer questions on the roots of the foreclosure crisis and the road ahead.]]></description></item><item><title>What's the Difference Between a Recession and a Depression?</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/10/whats-the-difference-between-a.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: "Depression" and "recession" are loosely used terms.]]></description></item><item><title>How Can the Economy Be Growing if Unemployment Is Rising?</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/10/how-can-the-economy-be-growing.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Paul Solman: Suppose there are ten of us on a tropical island. ]]></description></item></channel></rss>