Oct 08 Watch U.S. Recovering Jobs But Pace Has Slowed, Analyst Says The Labor Department reported that there were 95,000 jobs lost last month and that September's numbers continue 14 straight months of unemployment being above 9.5 percent. Judy Woodruff reports on the latest numbers, then Ray Suarez talks to Lakshman Achuthan,… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Pelosi: Democrats Expect to Keep House Majority, ‘Battle-Tested’ for Campaign In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi predicts Democrats will retain a majority in the House despite a hostile political environment and weighs in on the battle over extending Bush-era tax cuts. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Program Aims to Increase Number of Minority College Graduates Special correspondent John Tulenko examines some of the challenges minorities face in college and a program that concentrates on helping them complete a degree. Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Clinton Gives Advice on Democratic Path to Victory Former President Bill Clinton spoke with Judy Woodruff Wednesday about what President Obama and Democrats must do to sell their message to voters this fall, what the Clinton Global Initiative plans to do to promote job growth in the U.S. Continue watching
Sep 21 Paul Solman on Emotions of Job Loss and Foreclosure, Meaning Of ‘The Hat’ By Elizabeth Shell Hari Sreenivasan recently spoke with business and economics correspondent Paul Solman about the emotional responses people have had when interviewed about losing their homes, their jobs or both in the economic downturn. Also, "The Hat" makes a special appearance. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Geithner: Bush Economic Policies Made Recession Worse In an interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that President Obama deserves credit for stopping an economic "free fall," exacerbated by the fiscal policies of the Bush administration. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Obama Pitches $300B in Business Tax Incentives to Boost Economy President Obama on Wednesday proposed a $300 billion tax cut plan aimed at businesses to help the U.S. economy recover and create new jobs. Kwame Holman reports on the details of the tax incentives and the president's proposed path to… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Stress, Burnout Taking Toll on Many Still in U.S. Workforce As part of his ongoing series of reports on Making Sense of financial news, Paul Solman's reports how economic woes aren't just hard on the unemployed. As the recession drags on, many of those who are employed say they're overworked… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Romer: Stimulus Was Effective; Economy Could Have Used More Help The outgoing head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, speaks with Judy Woodruff on her last day at the White House about the administration's efforts to revive the economy, why she said the stimulus was a good… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Jobs Report for August Gives Mixed Reading for U.S. Economy The August jobs report released Friday showed that the private sector added 67,000 jobs but jobless numbers still remain grim with the U.S. unemployment rate rising slightly to 9.6 percent. All the while, President Obama urges the public to be… Continue watching