Jan 29 Watch Obama Lashes Out at Wall Street Over Bonuses President Barack Obama lashed out at Wall Street Thursday over reports that executives collected more than $18 billion in bonuses last year as his economic stimulus package headed to the Senate for review. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jan 28 House Passes $819 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed President Barack Obama's $819 billion economic stimulus package by a vote of 244-188 Wednesday, with Republicans unanimous in opposition. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch States Grapple With Unique Difficulties in Economic Downturn As the impact of the economic downturn ripples across the U.S., four public broadcasting reporters describe how the recession has impacted their states and local communities. Continue watching
Jan 27 Consumer Confidence Hits New Low as Home Prices Sink, State Unemployment Soars By PBS News Hour Americans' attitudes about the economy have sunk to a new low as another round of glum economic data released Tuesday also shows home prices plummeting and state unemployment rates soaring. Continue reading
Jan 27 Obama to Push Stimulus Plan with GOP Lawmakers By Admin, PBS News Hour President Obama is making his first trip to Capitol Hill since his inauguration to push for broad bipartisan support of his $825 billion economic stimulus plan. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch Massive Job Cuts Renew Calls for Quick Action on Stimulus Several U.S. companies reeling from the economic downturn announced a total of some 45,000 job cuts on Monday. Analysts assess what the employment situation signals about new government efforts to revive the economy. Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch On Day Six, Obama Takes on Global Warming President Barack Obama asked regulators to reconsider waivers that would allow California and other states to set their own standards for auto emissions and responded to new concerns about the economy at the start of his first full week in… Continue watching
Jan 22 Microsoft Cuts 5,000 Jobs As New Unemployment Claims Rise By Admin, PBS News Hour In another sign of how bad the economy is getting for even the biggest companies, Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday that it is cutting 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months. 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
Jan 09 Watch December Job Losses Compound Economic Woes Unemployment rose to 7.2 percent in December, the highest since 1993, according to a new report from the Labor Department. Employers cut 524,000 jobs, and some economy-watchers fear more cuts are still to come. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching