President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan could cost nearly $800 billion. Some Republicans worry that money could be wasted on pork barrel projects and say it's time to curb spending. But is their call for fiscal conservatism coming at the right time? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
President-elect Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders next week to discuss a $700 billion stimulus plan, and interested parties lining up range the gamut from zoos to steelmakers. Steve Henn reports.
Cash-strapped donors are using stricter guidelines to justify charitable giving, particularly to nonprofits. That has some trying to assess how effective these organizations really are. Sean Powers reports.
Tess Vigeland checks in with John and Vicki Glicken of Ohio, who talked with Marketplace in 2008 as they were struggling with an adjustable-rate mortgage that had led them into bankruptcy.
The financial collapse in the past year began with the mortgage meltdown. Tess Vigeland talks with Nic Retsinas of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies about the mess we've been through and where we go from here.
In this economy, it seems like everything is on sale — homes, clothes, stocks, cars. What could be wrong with that, right? Lots of things. In this installment of the Marketplace Decoder, Stacey Vanek-Smith explains deflation.
Belt tightening, belt tightening, belt tightening. With all the talk about belt tightening as a way to save money, Sean Cole wondered what effect the economy is having on real belts, like leather ones.
It's an understatement to point out that this has been a year for the history books — politically and, of course, economically. And for commentator Robert Reich, personally.
We've told you how credit default swaps caused trouble for the economy, which are tricky instruments traded in the over-the-counter, or OTC, market. In this Marketplace Decoder, Rico Gagliano explains.
A lot of European countries have been hit especially hard by the financial crisis. Stephen Beard, Marketplace's man in London, takes a look at how those countries are faring and how they plan to react.
