May 20 Watch U.S. Stocks Tumble Over Weakening Euro, Jobless Claims Stocks fell sharply in the U.S., amid concerns about the weakening Euro and the biggest rise in jobless claims in three months. Jeffrey Brown reports on the market volatility, two weeks after the unexplained "flash crash."… Continue watching
May 10 Watch IMF Deputy Outlines European Bailout Package, What’s Ahead for Spain, Portugal Gwen Ifill talks to John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, about the $1 trillion aid package to steady Greece and insulate other eurozone countries from a spreading debt crisis. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Positive April Job Growth Tempered by Market Uncertainty in Europe Employers added 290,000 jobs last month, marking the biggest hiring increase in four years. Jeffrey Brown talks to two financial experts about the pace of the economic recovery and gets an update from Susie Gharib of PBS's Nightly Business Report… Continue watching
May 07 Analysts See Signs of Recovery in Jobs Report By Carolyn O'Hara The U.S. economy added 290,000 jobs in April, a welcome sign that an economic recovery may be taking root. But the unemployment rate also rose to 9.9 percent. Four economists and market watchers make sense of the latest jobs report. Continue reading
May 06 Watch Krugman: ‘Eurozone Has Big, Big Problems’ as Greek Debt Crisis Comes to a Head As Greece struggles to repair its debt crisis, Jeffrey Brown gets two points of view from economists Paul Krugman and Robert Barbera about how the financial and social unrest could impact the European Union and its economy. Continue watching
May 06 Watch After Scare in U.S. Markets, Possible Combination of Causes Investigated As police in Greece used teargas to control new protests late Thursday, U.S. markets went into a wild ride for a few hours. Judy Woodruff examines the possible links and other potential causes for the market unrest with a reporter… Continue watching
May 06 Watch U.S. Markets Plunge Amid Greece Fears, Possible Tech Glitch Stocks plunged then rallied slightly as concerns grew that Greece's ongoing debt crisis would impact the global financial recovery. Also, a possible technical glitch was being investigated by market officials. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
May 05 Watch In Greece, People ‘Quite Incredulous’ After Protests Turn Deadly Protests in Athens turned violent over Greece's plans to adopt austerity measures to help keep the country from defaulting on its debt. Margaret Warner talks to reporter John Psaropoulos in Greece about the reactions on the ground to the riots… Continue watching
May 05 Watch ‘Birthplace of Democracy in Chaos’ as Greek Riots Leave 3 Dead Riots erupted in Athens in response to Greece's plans to adopt harsh cuts and taxes to fix its debt crisis. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News gives an update on the unrest and a bank fire that killed three people. Continue watching
May 04 Watch Bailout for Greece Raises Stability Concerns Across Europe, U.S. Angry protesters again took to the streets in Athens over the cuts and tax hikes the Greek government is planning amidst a financial bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Margaret Warner talks to an economist about… Continue watching