Jun 01 Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2% as 69,000 New Jobs Are Added in April By Paul Solman Unemployed veterans search for work at a job fair in Utica, N.Y., last month. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Uh -- not so good. Not so good at all. That's the verdict for Friday's unemployment numbers. Not only did employers… Continue reading
May 31 Watch Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay? In his second report this week on student lending, economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the challenges that indebted college graduates face and the debate over whether to forgive some or all of their loan burden. Continue watching
May 30 Watch The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems… Continue watching
May 30 Can You Still Work Your Way Through College? Vassar College Commencement on May 20 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell In researching the growing amount of college loan debt that students are taking on as academic sticker prices… Continue reading
May 30 Can You Still Work Your Way Through College? Vassar College Commencement on May 20 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. In researching the growing amount of college loan debt that students are taking on as academic sticker prices steadily increase, we wondered: Is it… Continue reading
May 29 ‘At Least the Rate of Decline Has Slowed’ in U.S. Housing Prices Highrise condominiums line Chicago's Lake Shore Drive. Chicago, along with Atlanta, Las Vegas, New York and Portland, saw average home prices hit new lows according to the May S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report. Photo by George Rose/Getty Images. The… Continue reading
May 29 ‘At Least the Rate of Decline Has Slowed’ in U.S. Housing Prices Highrise condominiums line Chicago's Lake Shore Drive. Chicago, along with Atlanta, Las Vegas, New York and Portland, saw average home prices hit new lows according to the May S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report. Photo by George Rose/Getty Images. The… Continue reading
May 28 A Run on Greek Banks? Today? A woman asks for money in Athens next to a newsstand as journalists staged a 24-hour strike to protest cuts to jobs and salaries prompted by the country's financial recession on May 28. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Paul… Continue reading