Oct 15 Watch Jobs & the Swing States Jobs have become a major issue in presidential swing states like Ohio. Representatives from Ohio's business and labor sectors discuss the job situation in the Buckeye state and efforts of the presidential candidates to boost job growth. Continue watching
Oct 08 September Job Growth Weaker Than Expected U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, the Labor Department reported Friday, a lower-than-expected result that will likely intensify the second presidential debate later in the day over the economy's direction. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Fannie Mae’s Financial Crisis Jeffrey Brown gives an update on the legal and financial troubles of mortgage giant Fannie Mae. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Fannie Mae Agrees to Change Accounting, Management Practices Fannie Mae, the financial giant of the American housing market, finds itself under fire for its accounting and management practices. Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Candidates Debate Tax Cut Plans As Congress considers making current middle-class tax cuts permanent, the presidential nominees are involved in a larger debate over taxes. Representatives of the two campaigns debate their plans. Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Congress, Presidential Candidates Debate Tax Cuts The congressional proposal over whether to make middle-class tax cuts permanent ties into a larger debate between the two presidential candidates over tax cuts. Kwame Holman explores what Congress is saying about the tax cuts. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Two Experts Discuss Differences in Presidential Candidates’ Economic Policies The issue of the economy is traditionally the trump topic for voters in presidential campaigns. Two experts discuss the differences in the two presidential candidates' economic policies. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch Economists Discuss Differing Views on American Economy and Workforce Jeffrey Brown discusses the presidential candidates' differing viewpoints of the American economy and workforce with two political economists. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch Republican Leaders Give Their Opinions on President Bush’s Economic Policies Gwen Ifill talks with Gov. Linda Lingle, R-Hawaii, Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., and Rep. Phil English, R-Pa., about how President Bush's economic policies are having positive effects on their states. Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Bush Economics Paul Solman speaks with Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University Business School and former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, about President Bush's economic policy. Continue watching