Watch 8:26
Fighting the debt trap of triple-digit interest rate payday loans
Payday loans are supposed to be a short-term quick fix for those who can't get traditional credit. But the loans are rarely actually short-term, and borrowers frequently need to take out a second loan to pay off the first. Special…
Watch
Watch
Watch Obama Announce New Plan for College Affordability
Watch Obama Announce New Plan for College Affordability…
Watch
More Debt, Fewer Jobs: How the Candidates Plan to Solve Rising Costs of College
More Debt, Fewer Jobs: How the Candidates Plan to Solve Rising Costs of College…
David Graeber on mounting student debt and what history says about paying it back.
Ignoring a veto threat by President Obama, House Republicans voted Friday to extend a 2007 provision that halves the rate on Stafford student loans, but the parties are split on how to pay for it. Jeffrey Brown, George Washington University's…
HUD Secretary Donovan: 'We Need to Do More' to Help Homeowners…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged six former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac officials with misleading investors about risky loans. Judy Woodruff discusses how the alleged wrongdoings may have contributed to the mortgage meltdown with Edward Pinto of the…
A report published Monday raises new questions about money that the Federal Reserve provided to banks in the wake of the financial crisis. Judy Woodruff discusses the report with Bob Ivry of Bloomberg News.
