Sep 03 Watch Stress, Burnout Taking Toll on Many Still in U.S. Workforce As part of his ongoing series of reports on Making Sense of financial news, Paul Solman's reports how economic woes aren't just hard on the unemployed. As the recession drags on, many of those who are employed say they're overworked… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Romer: Stimulus Was Effective; Economy Could Have Used More Help The outgoing head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, speaks with Judy Woodruff on her last day at the White House about the administration's efforts to revive the economy, why she said the stimulus was a good… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Jobs Report for August Gives Mixed Reading for U.S. Economy The August jobs report released Friday showed that the private sector added 67,000 jobs but jobless numbers still remain grim with the U.S. unemployment rate rising slightly to 9.6 percent. All the while, President Obama urges the public to be… Continue watching
Sep 03 August Job Numbers Show Economy Still in a Funk Updated 3:00p.m.ET President Obama called Friday's jobs numbers evidence that the "economy is moving in a positive direction" but that more work was needed. Find a transcript and video here. Posted 9:30a.m.ET The unemployment report for August released… Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch Shields and Brooks on Prospects for Jobs, Mideast Peace, Bipartisanship Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks speak with Jim Lehrer about the week's biggest news stories including the latest unemployment report, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's primary loss, how the political climate will affect the next… Continue watching
Aug 31 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the White House announces the launch of a new dance performance series. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch News Wrap: Obama Calls for Small Business Assistance In other news Monday, President Obama called for new action to help the sluggish economy and urged new assistance for small businesses. In Pakistan, thousands of refugees began to head home as flood waters receded in some areas. Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch Has Fed Done All It Can to Prop Up U.S. Economy? Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the central bank is prepared to take new action to help the sagging economy if needed. Jeffrey Brown talks to economists Paul Krugman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin about whether the Fed is doing… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch Shields and Brooks on White House's Economic Predictions, Beck Rally Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week's top news including economic slowdown concerns, the Federal Reserve's role in propping up the U.S. economy, how John McCain staved off primary opposition and what to expect from weekend rallies in… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch U.S. Pledges More Aid to Pakistan for Flood Crisis In the day's other news, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, visited Pakistan and made a pledge for additional U.S. aid. Continue watching