Sep 06 Is Unemployment Caused by a Skills Mismatch? EmbedVideo(1406, 514, 320); Editor's Note: Friday's story, "Can America's Jobless Fill American Jobs?" looked at the extent to which high unemployment is structural, and the extent to which it is cyclical. Zachary Karabell of economic research… Continue reading
Sep 02 August Jobs Numbers Spell Bad News for Long-Term Growth Not good. Friday's job numbers, that is. Yes, there was an extenuating event: 48,000 or so Verizon workers walked off the job during August, and they're in the data as job losses, it seems. But the consensus forecast,… Continue reading
Aug 30 Why U.S. Housing Prices Aren’t Falling Off a Cliff Click on the cities above to see how housing prices have changed from June, 2003 to June, 2011 according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Housing Index. Data are in Tuesday morning from what may be the one reliable product coming… Continue reading
Aug 29 Who’s Got the Bigger Economy: China or the U.S.? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query. Name: David Abramowitz Question: It was recently reported that the U.S. has the largest economy… Continue reading
Aug 26 Same Old Bad News, But No New News From Bernanke Photo of Ben Bernanke Feb. 9, 2011 by Peter Larson/Medill News Service via Flickr user Medill DC via Creative Commons. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's breathlessly anticipated speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Friday morning was, in essence,… Continue reading
Aug 25 Who Saves in China, the People or the State? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query. Name: Betty Sue Carroll Question: I'd like to know the source of the money… Continue reading
Aug 24 Are Public Pensions a ‘Gravy Train’ and Other Answers To Your Questions Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Wednesday's queries. Name: Ava Stanton Question: The rating agencies that sold us down the… Continue reading
Aug 23 Is ‘Rent Now, Buy Later’ a Good Idea? And Other Answers to Your Questions Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Tuesday's queries. Name: Dale Myers Question: Given the free-fall in home prices, what do your… Continue reading
Aug 22 Responses to ‘Bard Behind Bars’ EmbedVideo(1112, 482, 304); Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Monday's queries. Our recent stories on Bard Behind Bars, the… Continue reading
Aug 19 Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal? By Paul Solman // With our inequality coverage (watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?) topping the "Most Watched" chart here at the Online NewsHour, we thought we'd… Continue reading