Feb 09 Holy Email, Batwoman! Is Economics Stuck in the Mud? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Jean Maier Question: Hello Mr. Solman, I enjoy your economic reports on the NewsHour often. I imagine that you will be attending the AEA meeting this January. I'll have to say that I question a lot of what I… Continue reading
Feb 08 Tool$ Tuesday: Currency Conversion and Haydn’s Messiah By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: Roland Weiser Question: I would appreciate the name of the site… Continue reading
Feb 08 Tool$ Tuesday: Currency Conversion and Haydn’s Messiah By Elizabeth Shell Name: Roland Weiser Question: I would appreciate the name of the site where you can obtain today's value for currency in the past. I'm writing a family memoir: my father worked in Cairo, Egypt as a pharmacist in 1906 and… Continue reading
Feb 07 How Can My Family Protect Itself in Case of Total Economic Meltdown? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Kimberly Foster Question: I am scared. My impression of our country's… Continue reading
Feb 07 How Can My Family Protect Itself in Case of Total Economic Meltdown? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Kimberly Foster Question: I am scared. My impression of our country's economic situation now is that we are bumping along the bottom of the ocean. Neither my husband nor I have any faith in this economy. What is also… Continue reading
Feb 04 A Disjointed Jobs Report and U-7, Month Two By Paul Solman Today's unemployment data are a muddle. The two surveys - of individuals and of employers - seem to say very different things. Unemployment dropped - to 9 percent, according to the "household survey." Three cheers. But the "payroll… Continue reading
Feb 04 A Disjointed Jobs Report and U-7, Month Two By Elizabeth Shell Today's unemployment data are a muddle. The two surveys - of individuals and of employers - seem to say very different things. Unemployment dropped - to 9 percent, according to the "household survey." Three cheers. But the "payroll survey" reports… Continue reading
Feb 03 AIG and Credit Default Swaps: A Clarification By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Merritt Dunn Question: Since the Treasury Department bailed out AIG and… Continue reading
Feb 03 AIG and Credit Default Swaps: A Clarification By Elizabeth Shell Name: Merritt Dunn Question: Since the Treasury Department bailed out AIG and AIG had underwritten a large number of credit default swaps (that I understand pay up if a certain percentage of mortgages in a portfolio go into foreclosure), then… Continue reading
Feb 02 One-Million Car March? By Paul Solman A warning to those expecting EVs (electric vehicles) to clog the roadways anytime soon, or even to meet President Obama's stated goal of one million by 2015: It's not likely to happen, despite the fact that the U.S. has as… Continue reading