Feb 18 Watch Obama’s Deficit Panel Chiefs: ‘Staggering’ Task Ahead President Obama has tasked a new commission to target ways to reduce the national debt, projected to hit $1.6 trillion this year. Opponents are concerned the panel could weigh in favor of tax hikes. Judy Woodruff reports interviews the commission… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Former Regulator Talks Fraud and the Big Bank Getaway Paul Solman sits down with former bank regulator and author Bill Black as part of his continuing series of reports examining bank reform and the future of Wall Street. Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Greece Faces Debt Deadlines as Financial Markets Watch the EU Greece has one month to take urgent measures to rein in its debt problems and less time to share information about its currency swaps, EU finance ministers said Tuesday. Jeffrey Brown talks to finance experts Scheherazad Rehman and Simon Johnson. Continue watching
Dec 16 Making Sen$e of 2010: Conventional Wisdoms That May Be Wrong 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 conventional wisdom with which you most disagree?… Continue reading
Dec 03 Tough Criticism for Bernanke By Carolyn O'Hara Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced tough criticism Thursday from a Senate committee for the central bank's failure to regulate risk-taking on Wall Street. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch How Will Dubai’s Shaky Economy Affect the World? Margaret Warner talks to economic expert Simon Johnson about how Dubai's weak economy will affect the rest of the world. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Arrogance, Ignorance Recurring in Economic History Paul Solman speaks with economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff about the financial crisis and how it compares to previous economic meltdowns. Continue watching
Sep 24 In Case You Missed It: Ahead of the G-20, How Are World Economies Faring? Editor’s note: In anticipation of the G-20 summit that begins today in Pittsburgh, Paul’s segment last night took a look at how the world’s economies are faring a year into the financial crisis. Along the way, he gets some global… Continue reading
Sep 14 Obama Urges Sweeping Overhaul of Financial Regulation By Carolyn O'Hara A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers set off one of the toughest weeks in Wall Street's history, President Barack Obama delivered a speech Monday outlining "the most ambitious overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression."… Continue reading
Aug 21 Bernanke: U.S. Economy Poised for Recovery By Carolyn O'Hara Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered an optimistic assessment of the U.S. economy's chances for recovery Friday in a much-anticipated speech to fellow central bankers and top economists. Continue reading