The Uncertain HourI've always wondered ...Econ Extra Credit with David BrancaccioRace and EconomyMake Me Smart Daily

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Support Marketplace Morning Report
Find Your Local Station
ABOUT SHOW
Marketplace Morning Report for September 24, 2008
Sep 24, 2008

Marketplace Morning Report for September 24, 2008

Share Now on:
Share
HTML EMBED:
COPY
HTML EMBED
Download

Marketplace Morning Report for September 24, 2008

Segments From this episode

Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Bernanke walks fine line in Congress

by John Dimsdale
Sep 24, 2008
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke took the administration's mortgage bailout plan to the Senate Banking Committee members Tuesday and will be back on Capitol Hill today. John Dimsdale reports on what Bernanke is up against.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Bloggers not quitting their day jobs -- yet

by Marketplace Staff
Sep 24, 2008
A survey from Technorati.com found that blogs that carry advertising make money. The question is, however, do bloggers make enough money to live on. John Dimsdale runs the survey results by some blog editors.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Is there an upside here for taxpayers?

by Marketplace Staff
Sep 24, 2008
Host Scott Jagow turns to Fortune magazine's Allan Sloan to get his take on the administration's $700 billion mortgage bailout plan. Sloan says he's outraged that there's no obvious plus for taxpayers.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

British PM to press for global regulation

by Marketplace Staff
Sep 24, 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in New York today for talks on the economic crisis. He will give leaders at the UN a list of regulations he believes are needed for the global economic crisis. Stephen Beard reports.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Study ranks Canada economically freer

by Marketplace Staff
Sep 24, 2008
O Canada. How did it come to this? According to an annual study by international think tanks, Canada now ranks higher than the U.S. in its degree of economic freedom. Commentator Will Wilkinson explains.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Fallout: The Financial Crisis

T-notes on sale to help fund bailout

by Jeremy Hobson
Sep 24, 2008
The government isn't raising taxes to fund the $700 billion bailout. What's the alternative? Today, the Treasury will auction off two-year T-notes as a start. Are they a good investment? Jeremy Hobson reports.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Warren Buffet buys into Goldman Sachs

by Steve Henn
Sep 24, 2008
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke has been saying that investments with value are going for fire sale prices. Well, Warren Buffet heard that and jumped in to buy $5 billion of stock in Goldman Sachs. Steve Henn reports.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

The team

Stephen Ryan Producer, BBC
Bike prices still riding high due to supply chain backups
Bike prices still riding high due to supply chain backups
How surging anti-Asian violence is taking its toll on Asian-owned businesses
How surging anti-Asian violence is taking its toll on Asian-owned businesses
Inflation, after the pandemic, is going to change. Or is it?
Inflation, after the pandemic, is going to change. Or is it?
Fallout from pandemic job loss: Workplace lawsuits
COVID-19
Fallout from pandemic job loss: Workplace lawsuits