2009-01-16 Economic Crisis Hits Exports
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The economic crisis is claiming another victim: world trade. Last month the…
2009-01-09 Obama: ‘If Nothing Is Done, This Recession Could Linger for Years’
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass an economic recovery…
2009-01-02 The Growing Credit Crisis Forces Many Companies to Seek Government Help
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, we continue our look back at the major economic stories…
2008-12-26 Countrywide and Bear Stearns Started the Year’s Slide into Financial Crisis
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. We look back at this year’s bad economic news in the United…
2008-12-19 Fed Cuts Short-Term Rates to Nearly Zero; Now What?
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The United States Federal Reserve says it will use “all available tools”…
2008-12-12 Tribune, a Big US Media Group, Goes Bankrupt
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. One of America’s largest media companies has sought protection from its creditors…
2008-12-05 US Automakers Ask Congress for 34 Billion in Aid
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The United States is already one year into a recession. That was…
2008-11-28 Obama Chooses Economic Team for ‘Historic’ Crisis
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President-elect Barack Obama named the top members of his economic team in…
2008-11-21 Congress Delays Action on Auto Industry Loans
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress faced a big question this week, but the answer will have…
2008-11-14 US Treasury Changes Plans, Won’t Buy Toxic Securities
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is making changes in the seven hundred billion…
2008-11-07 Obama Faces Difficult Financial Choices
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Barack Obama defeated John McCain Tuesday in the longest and most costly…
2008-10-31 US Economy Shrinks 0.3 Percent
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Early estimates show that the United States economy shrank by three-tenths of…
2008-10-24 Financial Crisis Summit Set for November 15 in Washington
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Credit markets showed signs of some improvement this week. Interest rates for…
2008-10-17 In Time of Crisis, Candidates Present Economic Plans
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, the two major presidential candidates gave new details of their…
2008-10-10 The Credit Crisis Spreads to Banks Around the World
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, economic worries turned from inflation. On Wednesday, central banks in…