Peter Morici

The stock market will be tested by the biggest batch of second quarter corporate profit reports. The Takeaway talks to Peter Morici, an economist and Business Professor at the University of Maryland, to discuss how the market is likely to fare.

The Dow posted its highest closing since last November, and the minimum wage goes up from $6.25 to $7.25. Joining The Takeaway to discuss this is University of Maryland business professor Peter Morici and New York Times reporter Jason DeParle.

President Obama is laying out some significant changes to the U.S. financial system. For a closer look at some of these reforms, The Takeaway talks to Peter Morici, economist and professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Business.

The auto bailout will require autoworkers to give up some of their hard-won benefits. Yet Obama is beholden to organized labor. Peter Morici joins The Takeaway to parse the details.

The Labor Department releases November unemployment data this morning. In October, the economy lost 240 thousand jobs and November may deliver some even bleaker numbers. Economist Peter Morici, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Business, looks at the numbers.