Jun 20 Watch Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ Tom Ashbrook interviews Paul Krugman about Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. 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
Aug 01 Watch Default by Debt Ceiling? ‘Complete Nonsense’ Paul Solman reports on how the stock market was reacting to news of the debt ceiling deal… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch News Wrap: Fed Warns Congress to Rein in National Debt In other news Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress and the President to begin reining in the deficit and a series of powerful earthquakes killed at least 400 people in western China. Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch College Loan Overhaul Looms in Health Reform Package A new measure allowing college students to bypass banks and receive college aid directly from the government could pass alongside the health reform bill. Jeffrey Brown talks to Jason DeLisle of the New America Foundation and Renee Mang of Sallie… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch News Wrap: Fed Keeps Interest Rate Low In other news Tuesday, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates low and gave an optimistic view of the economy and Honda launched a recall on several vehicle models because of brake problems. Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Evaluating and Preventing a Massive Financial Crisis As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT finance professor Andrew Lo about why he's asking Congress to keep investigating the financial crisis. Continue watching
Feb 19 Do We Need a Consumer Protection Agency? As the Senate continues to debate financial reform, the issue of whether to create an independent consumer protection agency has become a key point of contention. In a special roundtable, experts weigh in on whether a new agency should be… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch Unmasking Interest Rates, Honky-Tonk Style In the latest installment in his series of reports making sense of financial news, Paul Solman explains how interest rates are set, with a little help from economic country musician Merle Hazard. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Battle Lines Drawn Around ‘Person of the Year’ Amid nationwide dissatisfaction with the economy, Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" Ben Bernanke faces some opposition in Congress as he looks to serve another term as Federal Reserve chairman. Kwame Holman reports, and then Jim Lehrer speaks with economic… Continue watching