Jul 29 U.S., China End Two Days of Talks With Few Concrete Results By Carolyn O'Hara The United States and China ended two days of high-level talks Tuesday, pledging to improve cooperation on economic and security issues, including on policies aimed at economic recovery and international non-proliferation agreements. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch At Forum, Fed Chairman Calls for Patience on Stimulus In part two of Jim LehrerÆs conversation with Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chief discusses the state of the Obama administrationÆs economic recovery efforts, and the central bank's efforts to help homeowners facing foreclosure. Continue watching
Jul 28 Making Sen$e of the Federal Reserve Paul Solman: The newest edition of Making Sen$e, our site devoted to demystifying economics, is now up. As cutting-edge cyberspace cadets, we’re calling it “Making Sense 3.0,” but it really could be termed Making Sen$e of the Fed, as… Continue reading
Jul 28 U.S. Home Prices Rise Slightly, Consumer Confidence Drops Again By Carolyn O'Hara A key measure of the housing market shows that U.S. home prices rose slightly in May, posting the first monthly increase since the summer of 2006. Meanwhile, consumer confidence continued to decline, according to another closely watched measurement. Continue reading
Jul 28 Tales From the Fed: Blinder on the Fallout from Lehman's Failure By Business Desk Paul Solman: All this week, we’re posting excerpts of interviews we did with former Fed officials on the economic crisis and the Fed’s evolving role in the economy. The series is in conjunction with the NewsHour’s hour-long public forum… Continue reading
Jul 28 Thaler Responds to Posner on Consumer Protection Paul Solman: Earlier this month, I was pleased to learn that one of the most intriguing economists of my career span, the University of Chicago’s Richard Thaler, had entered the rotation of the… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch With Trade Hub History, K.C. a Crossroads for Commerce Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores Kansas City, Mo., home to one of 12 regional Federal Reserve banks and a crossroads for the U.S. economy. Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Bernanke Reflects on Fed's Aggressive Actions In the first of a three-part discussion, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that jobless rates may continue to rise and discussed his fears of another Great Depression. Continue watching
Jul 27 Tales From the Fed: Rivlin on the Perfect Storm By Business Desk Paul Solman: In preparation for our NewsHour event with Ben Bernanke in Kansas City last night, we interviewed a variety of former Fed officials to discuss the past, present, and future of the central bank. Two especially intriguing interviewees… Continue reading
Jul 27 Bernanke Reflects on Fed's Actions in Forum In a forum on the Fed's role in the handling of the economic crisis and recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reflected on his desire not to be the Fed chief who "presided over the second Great Depression."… Continue reading