Oct 28 Watch Death Toll Climbs in Indonesia; Strikes Continue in France In other news, rescuers found more bodies in the wreckage from Monday's tsunami in Indonesia. And in France, strikes over recently approved pension reforms disrupted air travel. Continue watching
Oct 22 Would Unemployment Drop If Wages Were Tied to a Firm's Profits? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: Name: Dr. Morris Weinberger Question: Could unemployment be ameliorated by using the… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Shields, Brooks on Sept. Jobs Report: 'Another Blow' for Democrats Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political stories, including the latest jobs numbers, the resignation of National Security Adviser Jim Jones and special-interest influence in this election. Continue watching
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 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
Aug 27 Watch Has Fed Done All It Can to Prop Up U.S. Economy? Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the central bank is prepared to take new action to help the sagging economy if needed. Jeffrey Brown talks to economists Paul Krugman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin about whether the Fed is doing… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch News Wrap: Weekly Jobless Claims Highest Since November In other news Thursday, the Labor Department announced jobless claims rose to 500,000 last week. On Wall Street, there were disappointing numbers as well. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Wall Street Suffers Bad Day Over Fears of Stalling Recovery Major indexes on Wall Street gave back more than two percent of their value Wednesday over concerns about the strength of the U.S. economy. Gwen Ifill discusses the plunge and the Federal Reserve's acknowledgment that the recovery has slowed with… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Charlotte Looks to Remake Banking Economy As a part of NewsHour Connect, which showcases some of the best public broadcasting reporting from around the country, Rob Holliday of UNC-TV brings some good news on the jobs front in North Carolina. Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Long-Term Joblessness Takes Emotional, Spiritual Toll on '99ers' July's jobs reading came as bad news for job seekers and the U.S. economy. The Labor Department reports that 6.6 million people have been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. Paul Solman talks to people who have been out of… Continue watching