Many people think credit unions are safer than banks. But they are not immune to the recession and some have been taken-over by regulators. Last weekend, the feds seized a large credit union in southern California. Jeff Tyler reports.
Congress's financial regulation bill will be up for vote soon, bankers, lawyers, consultants and regulators are reading the 4,000-page bill to see how it could affect them.
Fortune Magazine's Leigh Gallagher and the Wall Street Journal's Sudeep Reddy talk with Kai Ryssdal about the G-20 meeting and the financial reform bill that made it through two two key congressional committees.
Kai Ryssdal talks to Newsweek and Slate.com columnist Dan Gross about what he thinks was done right and wrong on the financial regulation bill negotiated between the House and Senate that will go to vote next week.
Congressmen negotiated a financial reform bill that both members of the House and the Senate could agree on, but will it keep our economy safe from future financial fall outs? Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson looks at how reform will affect the financial sector and Stacey Vanek Smith looks at how it'll affect the everyday consumer.
The Federal Reserve will not be changing its benchmark interest rate, which is used for short-term, inter-bank loans. The Fed intends to keep the rate near zero for an "extended period."
