Aug 31 Watch News Wrap: Economy Struggles, Bernanke Stops Short of Announcing Stimulus Plan News Wrap: Economy Struggles, Bernanke Stops Short of Announcing Stimulus Plan… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Federal Reserve Pledges Help But Waits to Act on U.S. Economic Vulnerability Federal Reserve Pledges Help But Waits to Act on U.S. Economic Vulnerability… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch News Wrap: Fighting Escalates in Damascus, Pulitzer Winning Columnist Dies at 76 In other news on Tuesday, in Syria, fighting between government forces and rebels escalated in Damascus. Hundreds of people fled into neighboring Turkey and Jordan, where the British foreign secretary toured the scene. Also, Mitt Romney accused President Obama of… Continue watching
Jun 20 Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke's 'Green Shoots' EmbedVideo(3686, 482, 304); Continuing our profile of economist Paul Krugman, we turn to a topic in the news today: the Federal Reserve. On Monday, remember, we featured Krugman on European austerity, with a response from Jacob… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Bernanke: Fed Was 'Too Optimistic' About Recovery Bernanke: Fed Was "Too Optimistic" About Recovery… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke's 'Green Shoots' Tom Ashbrook interviews Paul Krugman about Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Continue watching
May 17 Watch Geithner: Again With the Debt-Limit Debate? 'I Don't Understand it' Geithner: Again With the Debt Limit Debate? 'I Don't Understand it'… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch News Wrap: Iran Calls U.S. Sanctions on Central Bank 'Psychological War' In other news Tuesday, Iran dismissed U.S. sanctions against the country's central bank. A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry equated the move to "psychological war," and said Iran would not give up its nuclear program. In Iraq, ministers from… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: At Least 7 Killed by Syrian Government Forces in Overnight Assault In other news Wednesday, Syrian government forces launched a new assault overnight in Hama, according to the opposition. At least seven people were killed there and elsewhere. Also, Indiana's GOP-led House moved closer to adopting a "right-to-work" law, banning unions… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Records: Federal Reserve Officials Foresaw, Joked About Housing Bubble in 2006 Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve's 2006 meetings reveal the extent of what Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues actually knew as the country was about to hit the cusp of the financial crisis. Ray Suarez discusses the board's… Continue watching