Jul 06 U7 Unemployment Rises Again An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Distressing. That's our verdict after studying this morning's unemployment data for June. Basic facts from the monthly survey of… Continue reading
Jul 06 U7 Unemployment Rises Again An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Distressing. That's our verdict after studying this morning's unemployment data for June. Continue reading
Jul 05 Compared to Europe, Does the U.S. Really Have Its Act Together? A euro coin rests on top of a dollar bill. Photo by: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query:… Continue reading
Jul 05 Compared to Europe, Does the U.S. Really Have Its Act Together? A euro coin rest on top of a dollar bill. Photo by: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query:… Continue reading
Jul 04 All That Glisters Is Not Gold (When It Comes to the Gold Standard) Gold bars and coins at a gold dealer in London. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/ Bloomberg/ Getty Images Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is… Continue reading
Jul 04 What Would Happen to Money Supply if We Returned to the Gold Standard? Gold bars and coins at a gold dealer in London. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/ Bloomberg/ Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is… Continue reading
Jul 03 If We Could Time Travel with Krugman, Would He Still Recommend Stimulus? By Paul Solman A Metropolitan Transit Authority engineer walks through a tunnel at the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project, which received economic stimulus money. Photo by: Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business… Continue reading
Jul 03 If We Could Time Travel with Krugman, Would He Still Recommend Stimulus? By Paul Solman A Metropolitan Transit Authority engineer walks through a tunnel at the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project, which received economic stimulus money. Photo by: Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business… Continue reading
Jul 02 In Choosing Assets, What’s Safer than U.S. Bonds? By Paul Solman Silver coins and bullion bars sit on display in the window of a bank in Vienna, Austria. Photo by Akos Stiller/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making… Continue reading
Jul 02 In Choosing Assets, What’s Safer than U.S. Bonds? By Paul Solman Silver coins and bullion bars sit on display in the window of a bank in Vienna, Austria. Photo by Akos Stiller/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making… Continue reading