May 03 Watch April Hiring Increase Shows Signs of Economic Healing Despite Spending Cuts April Hiring Increase Shows Signs of Economic Healing Despite Spending Cuts… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Food for 9 Billion: Satisfying China's Growing Demand for Meat As China's Diet Grows, So Do Concerns Over Safety, Sustainability… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Federal Reserve Launches Aggressive Stimulus Program to Move Economy Forward Federal Reserve Launches Aggressive Stimulus Program to Move Economy Forward… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Federal Reserve Launches Aggressive Stimulus Program to Move Economy Forward Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announced a third round of quantitative easing. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch How Will an Underwhelming August Jobs Report Play on the Campaign Trail? How Will an Underwhelming August Jobs Report Play on the Campaign Trail?… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch What Do Tax Rates' Ups and Downs Mean for Economic Growth? Do higher tax rates slow economic growth? As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a look at the history of taxes. Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch News Wrap: Economic Growth Reading, Egypt's Turmoil Rattle U.S. Markets In other news Friday, unrest in Egypt and lower-than-expected economic growth shook the U.S. stock markets. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 166 points, and the Nasdaq lost 68 points. In Tunisia's capital, protesters clashed with police near the prime… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Peru Nurtures Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty In the first part of a series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on a growing and business friendly environment in a country rebounding from economic instability and deep debt just twenty years ago. Continue watching
Jul 23 Is Unemployment Any Guide to Future Growth? Question: How reliable is unemployment data as a guide to future economic growth? Paul Solman: Not much at all, I wouldn’t think. For one thing, employment tends to FOLLOW growth — for the obvious… Continue reading
May 27 A Final Thought on the Andrews-McArdle Affair Paul Solman: The blizzard of response to the Andrews/McArdle affair has thinned to a flurry, but flakes keep coming, affording me an opportunity to respond to the persistent inclemency and continue the multi-logue, a first for this page. Continue reading