Mar 11 Foreclosures Drop to Slowest Pace in Four Years By Jason Breslow Foreclosure data released Thursday offer a glimmer of hope for the U.S. housing market. But make that a qualified glimmer. Foreclosures slowed to their slowest pace in four years in February, but were still 6 percent higher than a year… Continue reading
Mar 05 For Many Part-Timers, Underemployment Is a Full-Time Concern By Maureen Hoch Since the start of the recession, more Americans have been thrust into part-time work either due to economic concerns or because they can't pin down a full-time job. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch Unemployment Rate Holds Steady, but Minorities Still Worse Off The nation's unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent in February, but jobless rates for blacks and Latinos remain high. Judy Woodruff talks to two financial and policy experts about the disparity. Continue watching
Mar 04 Citigroup's Pandit: We Owe Taxpayers 'Debt of Gratitude' Citigroup's CEO Vikram Pandit appeared before the congressional TARP watchdog Thursday and said American taxpayers still hold 27 percent of Citi's common stock, and "we look forward to helping them realize value on that investment." The bank, which he… Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch Is the U.S. the Latest World Power in Decline? As part of his continuing series of reports examining the country's economic future, Paul Solman sits down with Yale historian Paul Kennedy to discuss the rise and fall of the U.S. and other great economic powers. Continue watching
Feb 26 Paul Solman Moderates Debate on Higher Education and the Economy On Friday evening, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman will moderate a Miller Center Debate on higher education and the economy. The panelists will debate whether the the U.S. workforce needs a dramatic increase in the number of college graduates… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch Jobs Bill Passes Senate with Boost from Republicans Democrats say the $35 million jobs bill that passed the Senate Wednesday could create a quarter of a million jobs. The legislation would temporarily suspend payroll taxes for businesses that hire unemployed workers. Margaret Warner talks to a Washington Post… Continue watching
Feb 22 Khan Academy: How to Calculate the Unemployment Rate By Spencer Michels A 33-year-old math and science whiz kid -- working out of his house in California's Silicon Valley -- may be revolutionizing how people all over the world will learn math. He is Salman Khan, and until a few months… Continue reading
Feb 19 Obama Plan Will Redirect TARP Funds to Homeowners By Jason Breslow President Obama announced a new program Friday that redirects $1.5 billion from the $700 billion bank bailout fund to aid states hardest hit by the housing crisis. The federal aid will go to housing finance agencies in the five states… Continue reading