Economics correspondent Chris Farrell talks with Steve Chiotakis about whether banks are doing better now that some are repaying bailout money and stocks are trading higher.
Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon about a risky strategy by banks to put off dealing with the toxic assets that mucked up the economy and are still on their balance sheets.
President Obama announced today he wants Ben Bernanke to stick around for another term as Fed chairman. Another term of steering the U.S. economy out of recession, dodging inflation, dealing with critics…. Amy Scott reports.
How people think of themselves is often shaped by how much they have. But do big losses make a difference for those who still have a lot? Ashley Milne-Tyte reports on how even the identities of the very wealthy take a beating when their portfolios tank.
Private-equity firms are among the possible buyers of the nearly 80 banks that have failed this year. But the FDIC is reluctant to let them in on the action. Alisa Roth reports.
At a meeting of central bankers, Ben Bernanke said a return to growth in the near term appears likely. Tess Vigeland gets an analysis of the Federal Reserve chief's address from Michael Bernstein of Tulane University.
We all like a day off. But what are people supposed to do when they're forced not to go to work and have no money? Host Stacey Vanek-Smith talks to the experts.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's inspector general is expected to release a report next week on how the SEC failed in the Madoff debacle. Steve Henn reports.
