Jul 06 U7 Unemployment Rises Again An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Distressing. That's our verdict after studying this morning's unemployment data for June. Continue reading
Jul 05 Compared to Europe, Does the U.S. Really Have Its Act Together? A euro coin rests on top of a dollar bill. Photo by: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query:… Continue reading
Jul 05 Compared to Europe, Does the U.S. Really Have Its Act Together? A euro coin rest on top of a dollar bill. Photo by: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query:… Continue reading
Jul 04 All That Glisters Is Not Gold (When It Comes to the Gold Standard) Gold bars and coins at a gold dealer in London. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/ Bloomberg/ Getty Images Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is… Continue reading
Jul 04 What Would Happen to Money Supply if We Returned to the Gold Standard? Gold bars and coins at a gold dealer in London. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/ Bloomberg/ Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch IMF Warns of ‘Tepid’ U.S. Recovery, Offers Policy Advice IMF Warns of "Tepid" U.S. Recovery, Offers Policy Advice… Continue watching
Jul 03 IMF Head Lagarde Warns U.S. Lawmakers on Spending and Taxes IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned both Republicans and Democrats Tuesday they likely need to come up with better solutions for dealing with the so-called "fiscal cliff" facing America after the election. At the end of 2012, Bush-era tax cuts… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch Christine Lagarde on Avoiding the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Christine Lagarde on Facing the 'Fiscal Cliff'… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch Christine Lagarde on U.S. Economic Recovery Christine Lagarde on U.S. Economic Recovery: It's Much Slower Than We Would Like"… Continue watching
Jul 03 If We Could Time Travel with Krugman, Would He Still Recommend Stimulus? By Paul Solman A Metropolitan Transit Authority engineer walks through a tunnel at the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project, which received economic stimulus money. Photo by: Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business… Continue reading