Nation Feb 02 Don’t stow your snow boots yet! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. By Associated Press
Nation Dec 31 Watch 10:58 What does 2014 promise for the year to come? What will history say about 2014? As the year comes to a close, Hari Sreenivasan gets insight from Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, Helena Andrews of The Washington Post and Evan McMorris-Santoro of Buzzfeed, who take stock of 2014 and… By PBS News Hour
Science Mar 02 Watch Deadly Tornadoes Symptomatic of Strong ‘Transition Season’ Weather Deadly Tornadoes Symptomatic of Strong 'Transition Season' Weather…
Economy Mar 28 Economic Forecasts: Crow or Eat Crow Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers about business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Dr. Gene Audette Question: Every year it's prognostications, prognostications. But seldom do… By Paul Solman
Economy Mar 28 Economic Forecasters: Crow or Eat Crow Name: Dr. Gene Audette Question: Every year it's prognostications, prognostications. But seldom do "columns" like yours do a retrospective to compare what was predicted to what actually occurred, and to get the same prognosticator to have to defend his/her predictions… By Elizabeth Shell
Feb 20 Why Can’t We Make Better Economic Predictions? Question/Comment: Why isn’t economics more of a science? I’ve seen pundits on TV say the Great Lesson of the Great Depression is to have jobs programs and get people back to work, but other pundits say the Depression would’ve been… Continue reading
Jan 28 Why Should We Call Them Economists if They Couldn’t Predict the Economy’s Fall? Question/Comment: If economists cannot see that an economy that is two-thirds consumption based with consumer debt rising and savings falling is not completely unsustainable, why don’t we call them idiots instead of economists? Some would call it mercantilism. Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Economists Place Their Bets With Predictions for 2009 In the second of his new series on making sense of financial news, Paul Solman asks economists for predictions for the year ahead and interviews "standup economist" Yoram Bauman, who mines financial news for comedic material. Continue watching