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Disappointing earnings reports lead to a drop in the Dow
Kai Ryssdal Oct 19, 2012
Time for the Weekly Wrap. This week: The Dow suffers a 200-point drop, tech companies see lower-than-expected earnings reports.
Vice presidential candidates debate 6% unemployment
Kai Ryssdal Oct 12, 2012
Weekly Wrap: Can we get to 6 percent unemployment? Banks reports big profits. And the EU wins the Nobel.
In Ohio, lots of pro-coal ads, not so many miners
Adriene Hill Oct 9, 2012
If you're watching TV in Ohio, you're no doubt seeing a lot of campaign ads about the coal industry and its jobs. But in Ohio, at least, coal is a small part of the economy and the work force.
Jobless rate below 8%, candidates vague about jobs in debate
Kai Ryssdal Oct 5, 2012
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street and beyond. This week: debating jobs. The new numbers and the presidential candidates' vague answers of what policies they'd use to boost employment.
Who would a $17K cap on tax deductions affect?
David Gura Oct 3, 2012
Mitt Romney says he wants to lower everyone’s tax rate by 20 percent, and one way of doing that is to restrict deductions of more than $17,000. Experts say Mitt Romney 's deduction cap would mostly impact the wealthy.
The hidden side of U.S. economic growth: Is it over?
Kai Ryssdal Oct 3, 2012
As President Obama and Mitt Romney practice their talking points and zingers on the American economy, Freakonomics reveals why we may never get big-time economic growth back.
Millennials get their favorite TV and the debates too
Mitchell Hartman Oct 2, 2012
Young viewers might watch the CW channel during the presidential debates, but they'll still keep up with politics via social media.
Oh, to live in a swing state
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Oct 2, 2012
Take a journey through "campaign land" in the latest from our series examining election issues in swing states
Weekly Wrap: BofA pays and the Labor Dept. delivers
Kai Ryssdal Sep 28, 2012
New York bureau chief Heidi Moore and CNBC's John Carney discuss Bank of America's recent settlement, new figures from the Department of Labor and what their economic guts are telling them this week.
Weekly Wrap: Is it still the economy, stupid?
Kai Ryssdal Sep 21, 2012
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street and beyond. This week: between 47 percent of Americans and Romney's tax returns, are we still talking about the economy?
