Understanding Today’s Puzzling U.S. Economy
Inflation is high. The GDP has shrunk. But the job market has never been better. The Washington Post's Damian Paletta helps make sense of the U.S. economy today.
Guest Host: Steve Roberts
The Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq both took a dramatic plunge on Friday April 14, capping several weeks of unnerving fluctuations. A panel talks about what happened and why, whether high-tech securities have been overvalued, and what steps the average investor should now take.
Guests
- Robert Shiller Professor of economics at Yale University author of "The Subprime Solution", "Irrational Exuberance" and "The New Financial Order"
- Kevin Hassett Director, economic policy studies, American Enterprise Institute.
- Knight Kiplinger Editor and chief of the "Kiplinger Letter" and "Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine"
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