Jul 25 Watch News Wrap: United Kingdom Reports Recession Worse than Expected In other news Wednesday, newly released figures show the British economy has fallen deeper into recession than predicted. Also, officials in Anaheim, Cal., called for a cease to a four-day run of violence in reaction to the weekend killing of… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch States Plagued by Fiscal Problems, Pension Payments Grim findings from a task force come amid further setbacks to the nation's economic health. Jeffrey Brown discusses eroding revenues, state budget cuts and steep pension obligations with former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, the report's co-chair, and Susan… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Pension Shortfalls Force States to Consider Cutting Benefits Pension Shortfalls Force States to Consider Cutting Benefits… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Brooks, Marcus on Coming Economic ‘Chaos,’ New Recession Fears, Bain Debate Brooks, Marcus on Coming Economic 'Chaos,' New Recession Fears, Bain Debate… Continue watching
May 24 Watch Eurozone’s Possible ‘Lehman Moment’: What it Means for U.S. As the U.S. election season heats up amid rising debt, Europe's woes, expiring Bush-era tax cuts and a scheduled round of spending cuts, the Congressional Budget Office warned the economy could head back into recession. Judy Woodruff speaks with Harvard… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Troubling New Signs Plague European, U.S. Economies Even as British Prime Minister David Cameron defended the notion of austerity, governments across Europe were toppling or falling back into recession. Ray Suarez and George Washington University's Scheherazade Rehman discuss problems and potential solutions, both in the U.S. and… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch To Receive Welfare, Should Drug Test Be Required? Since the recession hit, welfare applications have soared in Colorado. Some states have proposed tightening welfare eligibility, in part to deal with limited state budgets. One emerging trend across the country: requiring recipients to pass a drug test. Ray Suarez… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch At EU Summit, a New Focus on Growth, Not Just Austerity Margaret Warner speaks with Jeffrey Brown from the European Union summit in Brussels, where there's a new emphasis on the need for growth, not just austerity measures, to keep the continent from facing another recession. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Suburb in Wealthy Illinois County Sees Unexpected Rise in Poverty A suburban neighborhood of one of the nation's wealthiest counties has experienced a surprising rise in the number of people living below the poverty line -- a trend that accelerated in suburbs across the country during the recession. Elizabeth Brackett… Continue watching
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