Mar 15 Can a veteran TV personality sell Trump’s economic agenda? By Gretchen Frazee Larry Kudlow will face a difficult test as he’s tasked with selling Trump’s economic message to the entire country. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watchdog reports reveal problems at the strained, underfunded Social Security Administration By Philip Moeller Long before the year in which Social Security will run short of funds, the agency may cease to effectively serve the older and disabled Americans who depend on it for essential benefits. Continue reading
Mar 14 Trump picks Larry Kudlow for top economic post By Associated Press WASHINGTON — CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow told The Associated Press in an interview that he has accepted President Donald Trump's offer to serve as White House economic adviser. Continue reading
Mar 13 Austin Goolsbee says the Trump tariffs are like his Aunt Trina’s lasagna By Paul Solman Host Peter Sagal asked for Goolsbee's take on the Trump tariffs, and the economist, quite amusing himself, offered this anecdote about his aunt Trina and uncle Bob, who lived in Lubbock, Texas. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 7:35 What a well-off couple learned from cutting consumer habits By Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo A software engineer and professional fundraiser in Boston decided four years ago to purge some of their consumerist habits to save more than 70 percent of their salaries. The result was a big move to rural Vermont and the release… Continue watching
Mar 11 Trump tariffs may imperil a delicate global economic rebound By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Trump's announcement that the U.S. would impose heavy tariffs on imported steel and aluminum raised a fear of retaliation by America's trading partners. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: February jobs report boasts most hires since July 2016 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported a net gain of 313,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent, as thousands started looking for work. Also, President Trump's newly announced tariffs on steel and… Continue watching
Mar 09 What the latest jobs numbers mean for American workers (and Trump’s new tariffs) By Daniel Bush Five things you should know about February's jobs report. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 5:40 How Trump’s claims that tariffs are needed for national security could set a problematic precedent By PBS News Hour President Trump’s steep new tariffs signed into law on Thursday could lead to bigger trade battles in the months to come. Even before the announcement, 11 Asian Pacific nations signed a pact to slash tariffs on their mutual trade. Hari… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 9:29 Meet the Trump trade adviser whose tariff policy is about to be tested By PBS News Hour Peter Navarro is one of the key White House figures who has made a case for imposing stiff new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. What ideas and philosophy drive Navarro? Economics correspondent Paul Solman revisits his profile of Trump's… Continue watching