Feb 15 Can this booming New Mexico art collective spark economic growth? By Paul Solman The Santa Fe arts collective Meow Wolf is a major job creator in New Mexico, a state that's struggled to recover from the Great Recession. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 3:39 What we can learn from past stock market crashes By Paul Solman The stock market took another nerve-wracking ride on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrials dropping more than 1,000 points. One explanation of this week's jitters is the idea that market prices are out of whack. So how low could we… Continue watching
Feb 08 Dow drops more than 1,000 points as stocks continue to slide By Associated Press The market opened little changed on Thursday but started to fall in early trading and extended its losses throughout the morning. Continue reading
Feb 06 Trump highlighted his financial skill, but went silent as markets took a nose dive By Associated Press President Donald Trump has maintained an uncharacteristic silence since the stock market fell more than 1,150 points at Monday's close. Continue reading
Jan 18 Does Trump deserve credit for economic growth? By Paul Solman The NewsHour spoke with National Economics Association President Rhonda Sharpe for her take on the economy in President Donald Trump's first year in office. Continue reading
Jan 08 WATCH: Trump says tax overhaul will help farmers By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump is hailing the Republican tax overhaul law during a pitch to rural America at a meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Continue reading
Jan 05 Did the economy improve in 2017? By Daniel Bush We asked three experts about the latest jobs numbers, what they say about the economy's performance last year and what's ahead for 2018. Continue reading
Dec 15 AP fact check: Do Trump's numbers on regulation add up? By Joan Lowy and Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press Here's a look at some of Trump's statements about regulations and the economy Thursday and how they compare with the facts… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 4:13 News Wrap: Economy rebounds after stormy September By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. economy rebounded in October after hurricanes pounded the South in September. The Labor Department reports U.S. employers added a net of 261,000 jobs to the economy and the unemployment rate fell to the… Continue watching
Oct 12 These conservatives are making a case for clean energy By Rashmi Shivni, Teresa Carey When President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, it was a major blow to the renewable energy industry because of the growing market in America. Now the Trump administration is… Continue reading