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How credit agencies work
On Aug. 5, America's credit rating was cut from AAA to a AA+ by the ratings agency Standard & Poor's. The following Monday, the Dow Jones Industrials Average fell more than five percent. That's got people wondering exactly what a ratings agency is, and why it's so powerful. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 6 months ago
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Kenneth Rogoff on How to Fix the Banks
At the Institute for New Economic Thinking conference at Bretton Woods, David Brancaccio asked top economic minds for a short answer to a big question: Two years after efforts to repair the post-crisis financial system began in earnest, how are we doing, and what still needs fixing? Kenneth Rogoff is a professor of economics at Harvard University and co-author of "This Time It's Different: Eight Hundred Years of Financial Folly."Published 10 months ago
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Marketplace Minute 10/01
All the week's business news in a 60-second poem. This week: TARP's ending, Europeans are upset about budget cuts, and the Postal Service might revamp the price of a stamp.Published 1 year ago
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Counterparty risk
Europe is teetering on the edge of a credit crisis, and markets all around the world are tumbling as investors worry about contagion.Its all about banks not trusting each other, as Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.
Published 1 year ago
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PIIGS
Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains why problems with certain European countries sovereign debt could blow the house down.Published 2 years ago
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Study Finds Millions of Californians in Medical Debt
A new study released by UCLA this week shows that more than 1.4 million Californians incurred medical debt while they were insured.Published 2 years ago
