Jul 28 Making Sen$e of the Federal Reserve Paul Solman: The newest edition of Making Sen$e, our site devoted to demystifying economics, is now up. As cutting-edge cyberspace cadets, we’re calling it “Making Sense 3.0,” but it really could be termed Making Sen$e of the Fed, as… Continue reading
Jul 28 Tales From the Fed: Blinder on the Fallout from Lehman’s Failure By Business Desk Paul Solman: All this week, we’re posting excerpts of interviews we did with former Fed officials on the economic crisis and the Fed’s evolving role in the economy. The series is in conjunction with the NewsHour’s hour-long public forum… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch With Trade Hub History, K.C. a Crossroads for Commerce Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores Kansas City, Mo., home to one of 12 regional Federal Reserve banks and a crossroads for the U.S. economy. Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Bernanke Reflects on Fed’s Aggressive Actions In the first of a three-part discussion, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that jobless rates may continue to rise and discussed his fears of another Great Depression. Continue watching
Jul 27 Tales From the Fed: Rivlin on the Perfect Storm By Business Desk Paul Solman: In preparation for our NewsHour event with Ben Bernanke in Kansas City last night, we interviewed a variety of former Fed officials to discuss the past, present, and future of the central bank. Two especially intriguing interviewees… Continue reading
Jul 27 Bernanke Reflects on Fed’s Actions in Forum In a forum on the Fed's role in the handling of the economic crisis and recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reflected on his desire not to be the Fed chief who "presided over the second Great Depression."… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch At Forum, Bernanke Defends Fed’s Aggressive Moves At a forum in Kansas City, Mo., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discussed the central bank's actions in handling the economic crisis, saying he did not want to be the Fed chief who "presided over the second Great Depression." Here… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch Other News: Obama Steps Back from Gates Comment In other news, President Obama stepped back from comments he made concerning the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Democrats in the House of Representatives agreed on a plan for cutting Medicare growth. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Bernanke Signals Slow Recovery, Defends Fed’s Powers Fed chief Ben Bernanke told a Senate panel on Wednesday that economic recovery should begin soon, albeit slowly at first. A financial analyst and a lawmaker speak with Ray Suarez about the testimony. Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Bernanke Details Stimulus Exit Plan to Congress Despite recent improvements in the economy, the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates near zero, chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Tuesday. Greg Ip of "The Economist" examines the chairman's testimony with Gwen Ifill, and discusses the central bank's plans to… Continue watching