Oct 30 Watch The economy is improving, so why aren’t voters embracing the optimism? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 30 Paul Krugman on why Janet Yellen is the un-central banker By Paul Krugman Paul Krugman may not be pleased with the Fed's decision Wednesday to end their bond buying, but he is heartened by Janet Yellen's concern for the unemployed. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Why the Fed frets about both jobs and inflation By PBS News Hour After six years of financial stimulus to mitigate the fallout from the 2008 collapse, the Federal Reserve is ending its money creation programs. But the country is still in economic recovery and the role of the Federal Reserve is still… Continue watching
Oct 29 Federal Reserve ends six years of quantitative easing By Simone Pathe After six years, the Federal Reserve announced the final drawdown of its bonding-buying program known as quantitative easing, or QE, at the end of its two-day policy meeting Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 29 The Fed’s dual mandate in song: it’s ‘harder than you’ll ever know’ By Jon Shayne As the Federal Reserve's policy committee ends its two-day meeting Wednesday, Nashville money manager Jon Shayne (aka econo-crooner Merle Hazard) releases his latest music video bemoaning the central bank's "Dual Mandate" to, on the one hand, keep prices stable, and,… Continue reading
Oct 29 Don’t let your Medicare Advantage plan disappear on you By Philip Moeller If your current Medicare Advantage plan will no longer be offered next year, you should have received a notice to that effect. And you should have read it. Maybe you did and maybe you didn’t. Making Sen$e Medicare Maven Phillip… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch This Halloween, are the cocoa markets spooked by Ebola? By PBS News Hour The devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa has also had an economic toll for the region, which is home to most of the world's cocoa production. In the U.S., chocolate prices are rising. But is it because there has been… Continue watching
Oct 28 The newest addition to Lowe’s toolkit: a robot sales associate By Ashira Morris Lowe’s newest employee is its most groundbreaking power tool yet. Say hello to OSHbot the robot sales associate. Continue reading
Oct 28 How cocoa traders make money on the Ebola scare By David Martin Days before Halloween, the price of cocoa, and therefore chocolate bars, is up. But Ebola isn't actually threatening the cocoa supply in West Africa, says commodities trader David Martin. Instead, the market is reacting to human fears, and for traders… Continue reading
Oct 27 Expecting a public pension? Don’t hold your breath for Social Security too By Laurence Kotlikoff In some states, the earnings of government employees, like teachers, do not count toward Social Security. Any Social Security benefits they've earned, even those from a spouse, may be reduced by half of the public employee's non-covered pension. Continue reading