Dec 29 Watch How the U.S. Economy, Americans Fared in 2011 From the jobless rate to a discouraging housing market and an aggravated lot of indebted college graduates, the year's defining economic stories kept a downbeat theme. Ray Suarez discusses 2011's economic impact with The Atlantic's Don Peck, the University of… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Protecting Its Fannie: How Mortgage Giant Primed the Bubble, Covered Its Assets As part of his Making Sen$e series, Paul Solman reports on the new book, "Reckless Endangerment," which argues that for the past 20 years, Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored enterprise that increases money for homeownership, pursued profits for itself and bought… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch JPMorgan to Pay $153 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Charges The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $153 million to settle charges of misleading investors in the housing market. Judy Woodruff discusses the settlement and back story with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jesse Eisinger of… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Housing Market Still Plagued by Foreclosures, Mortgage Woes, Tumbling Prices The U.S. housing market showed more signs of weakness Tuesday with the fall of new home construction by more than 10 percent and new building permits by 4 percent. Judy Woodruff discusses the fallout from the disappointing new housing report… Continue watching
Dec 07 Q&A: Ireland’s Housing Market Boom Goes Bust Ireland now faces the toughest budget in its history, and many wonder how a country once heralded as an economic beacon for smaller nations could have run into such troubles. Could housing, a big factor in its boom and bust,… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch Has Fed Done All It Can to Prop Up U.S. Economy? Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the central bank is prepared to take new action to help the sagging economy if needed. Jeffrey Brown talks to economists Paul Krugman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin about whether the Fed is doing… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch As Economy Jitters Persist, Geithner ‘Confident We’re Going to Continue to Grow’ Concerns about the economic recovery lingered on Wall Street as the service industry grew at a slower rate than expected last month. Jim Lehrer talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the state of the U.S. economy, a tough housing… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch Summers: Bank Reforms Would Halt ‘Too Big to Fail’ Mentality As the Senate prepares to consider new financial regulations, Jeffrey Brown talks to White House financial adviser Larry Summers about whether reform efforts could prevent another financial meltdown. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Foreclosures: Who’s Being Helped, Who’s Losing Out? The Obama administration is tweaking the current foreclosure policy to help people stay in their homes. Judy Woodruff reports on who may be helped. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch News Wrap: No Misconduct by Bush Lawyers, Justice Dept. Says In other news Friday, the Justice Department found no misconduct by Bush administration lawyers who authorized harsh interrogations. Also, home foreclosures fell in the final quarter of 2009, signaling a possible rebound in the housing market. Continue watching