Economy Dec 17 Making Sen$e of 2010: Indicators to Watch As the end of a tumultuous economic year approaches, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists and financial experts to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What is the economic indicator to watch and why?…
Economy Dec 16 Excerpts from ‘Keynes: The Return of the Master’ Lord Robert Skidelsky has written a celebrated biography of economist John Maynard Keynes, which he recently discussed with economics correspondent Paul Solman in an interview. Listen to Skidelsky read a portion of an excerpt of the biography below.
Economy Dec 16 Making Sen$e of 2010: Conventional Wisdoms That May Be Wrong As the end of a tumultuous economic year approaches, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists and financial experts to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What is the economic conventional wisdom with which you most disagree?…
Economy Dec 15 Making Sen$e of 2010: Economic Surprises in Store As the end of a tumultuous economic year approaches, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists and financial experts to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What economic development would surprise you most?…
Economy Dec 14 Making Sen$e of 2010: The Next Crisis With the end of a tumultuous economic year approaching, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What other crises may be looming?…
Nation Dec 07 Paul Solman Wins Business Emmy for Unemployment Reporting At the 7th Annual Business & Financial Emmy Awards luncheon today, Paul Solman and team won an Emmy for outstanding coverage of a current business news story for "Faces Behind the Numbers," a duo of pieces on U.S. unemployment.
Economy Dec 03 Tough Criticism for Bernanke Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced tough criticism Thursday from a Senate committee for the central bank's failure to regulate risk-taking on Wall Street.
Economy Dec 03 Obama Hears Ideas for Job Creation at Summit As CEOs, labor leaders, and economists gather at the White House Thursday to discuss how to accelerate U.S. job creation, their challenge is tackling double-digit unemployment while keeping the deficit under control.
Economy Nov 17 TARP Watchdog: N.Y. Fed ‘Severely Limited’ Savings on AIG The Federal Reserve Bank of New York ceded much of its negotiating power to AIG's trading partners during the insurance giant's rescue last year, according to a new report from the watchdog for the Troubled Asset Relief Fund.
Economy Nov 13 FDIC’s Bair on ‘Too Big to Fail,’ Lessons Learned Tonight on the NewsHour, FDIC Director Sheila Bair weighs in on the state of the U.S. banking system. In a Web-exclusive excerpt, Bair speaks bluntly about the need to break up banks that are deemed "too big to fail."…