Changes to capital adequacy requirements are a cornerstone of the government’s efforts to secure the financial system. Marketplace’s Paddy Hirsch explains.
Although we often think of our debt as owed to foreign countries, in reality, America owes a lot of money to ourselves. Even regular Americans indirectly own a large chunk of our national debt.
The government is considering raising the debt ceiling — again. But what exactly is the debt ceiling: Watch an explainer to understand what's at stake and what it means for you and me.
You've heard of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Do people really still stand around and yell out buy and sell orders at these places? Paddy Hirsch explains what an exchange is — by taking us to the supermarket.
Twitter tweeted that it had "confidentially submitted" papers for a planned initial public offering. The news reached more more than 23.6 million people, so what's confidential about that?
