Dec 17 Making Sen$e of 2010: Indicators to Watch By Carolyn O'Hara As the end of a tumultuous economic year approaches, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists and financial experts to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What is the economic indicator to watch and why?… Continue reading
Oct 19 Retraining Workers Sounds Great. But For What Jobs? Question: Why does nobody discuss the fact that all the working and many middle class jobs have gone to China and the rest of Asia? Retrain workers — great — but retrain them for what? Paul Solman: You know… Continue reading
Oct 13 What Is a Jobless Recovery? Question: You have talked about a jobless recovery. What does it mean? Paul Solman: Boy, have we ever! Indeed, we did a whole series on the so-called “jobless recovery” back in 2003, one of whose stories was our… Continue reading
Sep 22 Are Older Workers More Vulnerable in this Recession? Question: I lost my job in April. I have yet to find any new position. I get this feeling that age plays a big part in the hiring process. I am 48 …soon to be 49 years old. Are… Continue reading
Sep 04 How Do We Compare Unemployment Across Decades If More People in a Household Are Working Now? Question: Economic reports routinely compare current unemployment statistics against historical unemployment statistics. However, I haven’t seen any discussion of the significant increase in the number of household members who are employed or looking for employment and its impact on such… Continue reading
Sep 04 In a Difficult Job Market, Settling for Less By Business Desk Editor’s note: In a report that aired earlier this week about a Manhattan job fair, Paul spoke at length with Philip Mereday, a former executive who had been out of work for about a year. Mereday, a college graduate… Continue reading
Jul 15 Reader Response: What Will Drive America's Future Growth? Paul Solman: Viewer John David wrote these questions in an email back in April, responding positively to an interview with marketing expert Paco Underhill, which aired again last night. I only just got around to answering him, which began… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch For Ex-Cons and Laid-off Execs Alike, Dim Job Hopes In the next in his series on making sense of the financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on those in society -- such as executives or ex-convicts -- who are struggling to find employment. Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch Unemployment Rate Hits 26-Year High, but Job Cuts Slow Although the rate of U.S. job losses slowed in May, unemployment rose to 9.4 percent, the highest rate in 26 years. Economist Lisa Lynch explains the new job numbers. Continue watching
May 28 New Jobless Claims Fall, Manufacturing Orders Rise By Admin, PBS News Hour In new signs that the recession may be ebbing, orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose by 1.9 percent and the number of new jobless claims fell, although the number continuing to receive unemployment remained at the highest level since 1967. Continue reading