Sep 17 Women still earned 77 cents to a man's dollar in 2012 Along with disappointing poverty line numbers, Tuesday's Census report shows that women on average still make significantly less than men. The average income in 2012 for a man was $49, 398 and for a woman $37,791. "… Continue reading
Sep 17 Since 2006, the faster-than-human stock market has hidden 18,000 spikes and crashes Highspeed, online trading happens so fast that we, mere humans, can't keep up with what's going on -- and there's a lot that's been going on. That's what a group of scientists concluded after researching the complex systems behind market… Continue reading
Sep 17 Census reports median household income, poverty level steady in 2012 Dominick Aldridga (8) stands with members of his family at a distribution point by the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Mobile Food Pantry on June 19, 2012 in Deposit, New York. Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The U.S. Census Bureau… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Henry Paulson Wishes He Had Today's Regulatory Tools During His Treasury Tenure Henry Paulson Wishes He Had Today's Regulatory Tools During His Treasury Tenure… Continue watching
Sep 16 60 percent: the likelihood the government will shutdown this month .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by The Washington… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Remembering the Day When the American Financial System Began to Crumble In September 2008, the global financial markets were melting down and banking giants teetered on the brink. Judy Woodruff recounts how the U.S. government responded in shoring up the financial sector, and, five years later, how some Americans remain angry… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Why is the Middle Class Still Stagnant? As corporate and financial sectors rebound, why is the middle class still stagnant?… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Five Years On: Lessons Learned from the Collapse? On the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Heidi Moore, The Guardian's US finance and economics editor, speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what the United States has (or hasn't) done to prevent another financial collapse and how regulations… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Five Years Later: How Americans Are Feeling About the Economy A survey showing many Americans continue to worry about making ends meet in the US economy… Continue watching
Sep 14 Poll: Number of Americans who self-identify as poor doubles in 15 years New findings about the economy surfaced in a poll released this week by the Wall Street Journal and NBC news. ? Graphic: NewsHour Weekend Responses to the question "What worries you the most?" included some familiar concerns: access to… Continue reading