Oct 16 Watch Reid, McConnell announce deal on Senate floor Reid, McConnell announce deal on Senate floor…
Oct 08 Watch Boehner: President’s position on budget ‘is just not sust Boehner: President’s position on budget “is just not sustainable”…
Sep 26 Watch Boehner: President Obama needs to negotiate on debt ceiling Boehner: President Obama needs to negotiate on debt ceiling…
Jan 14 Watch Watch President Obama’s Final News Conference of First Term Watch President Obama's Final News Conference of First Term…
Aug 01 Default by Debt Ceiling? ‘Complete Nonsense’ By Paul Solman // Editor's Note: On Monday's NewsHour Paul Solman reports from the trading floor of Natixis CIB Americas to see how the stock market was reacting to news of the debt-ceiling deal. Turns out the market is reacting… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch Default by Debt Ceiling? ‘Complete Nonsense’ Paul Solman reports on how the stock market was reacting to news of the debt ceiling deal… Continue watching
Jul 29 How Did the U.S. Get $14 Trillion in Debt? A fascinating set of graphic debt data, courtesy of the New York Times. Meanwhile, amidst all the scare talk of a bond rate crisis, has anyone noticed that the bond market is rallying mightily today? As… Continue reading
Jul 29 How the U.S. Racked Up $14 Trillion in Debt By Paul Solman A fascinating set of graphic debt data, courtesy of the New York Times. Meanwhile, amidst all the scare talk of a bond rate crisis, has anyone noticed that the bond market is rallying mightily… Continue reading
Jul 26 The ‘Bond Vigilantes’ and the Debt Ceiling Crisis: No Need to Panic or Lying in Wait? Harvard's eminent trade economist, Robert Lawrence, gave a talk in Greece this month. Among his slides was this image with the headline: "The Vigilantes are Asleep!" Slide image courtesy of Robert Lawrence. That would be the so-called "bond… Continue reading