Apr 13 Watch How Would Raising Debt Ceiling Impact U.S. Bond Market? How Will Raising the Debt Ceiling Impact U.S. Markets?… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Obama Aims for $4 Trillion in Deficit Cuts Over 12 Years President Obama on Wednesday set a goal to reduce borrowing by $4 trillion over the next dozen years, promising to put the U.S. on a gradually improving fiscal path by cutting the budget deficit. He outlined an overhaul of the… Continue watching
Apr 13 Some Jobs Relief Seen in Suburbs, But Long-Term Struggles Likely Ahead By Dante Chinni Was it a temporary dip or a fundamental restructuring of the American economy? As the last recession dragged on and on, that was the larger question hanging over the country. And yet it remains unanswered. The debate will likely go… Continue reading
Apr 13 Making Sen$e: The ‘Real’ Effects of Unemployment By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: George Sacco Question: In these economic reports there never seems to… Continue reading
Apr 13 The ‘Real’ Effects of Unemployment By Elizabeth Shell Name: George Sacco Question: In these economic reports there never seems to be any comment and analysis about the real effects of unemployment on families: how kids are impacted at school, how families have to move in with grandparents, how… Continue reading
Apr 12 Tool$ Tuesday: Tips For Tax Day By Paul Solman Tax day is breathing down our necks: just under one week left to file. And that's including this year's three-day extension; tax day bumped from the traditional April 15th to the 18th, since D.C. government workers have the day off… Continue reading
Apr 12 Tool$ Tuesday: Tips For Tax Day By Elizabeth Shell Tax day is breathing down our necks: just under one week left to file. And that's including this year's three-day extension; tax day bumped from the traditional April 15th to the 18th since DC government workers are off Friday (the… Continue reading
Apr 11 Could ‘Financial Weather Observers’ Prevent Another Economic Crisis? 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: Michael Cassady Question: As I read deeper into the details about… Continue reading
Apr 11 Could ‘Financial Weather Observers’ Prevent Another Economic Crisis? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Michael Cassady Question: As I read deeper into the details about the financial crisis, it seems the root condition that capital is 'capitalizing upon,' excuse the pun, is the transitional inefficiencies affecting the integration of formerly hegemonic national economies… Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch Weekonomics: Budget Negotiations Edition Paul Solman chats about the budget impasse in this week's edition of 'Weekonomics.'… Continue watching