(U.S. Edition) Now that the federal government has been shut down, some federal agencies have furloughed workers. With over half of the staff at the Centers for Disease Control deemed “nonessential,” we’ll look at some of the tasks that may go unmanaged. Afterwards, we’ll talk to Yale professor Andrew Metrick about whether the Federal Reserve could have handled the financial crisis better — a conversation that’s part of our new project Divided Decade. In the series, we’ll explore how the financial crisis and its aftermath changed America.
01/22/2018: Looking back at how the Fed handled the financial crisis

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 22, 2008 in New York City. The Federal Reserve, in reaction to a severe downturn in worldwide stock markets and concern about a United States recession, reduced its interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point before the opening NYSC bell. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images