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APM: Marketplace Whiteboard

Senior Producer Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace, the public radio business show, makes complicated financial concepts easy to understand in this entertaining, informative video series.

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Quantitative easing

Quantitative easing

Now the Federal Reserve has effectively cut the target lending rate to zero, it only has one more weapon in its arsenal.... Read more

23 Dec 2008

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Capital structure

Capital structure

In stories about the auto companies and the banks, we've been hearing about debt-to-equity swaps and exchanging preferre... Read more

6 May 2009

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Factoring

Factoring

Many small businesses get the cash they need to operate and expand from so-called factors. One of the biggest factors in... Read more

28 Jul 2009

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Inflation

Inflation

Most economists agree that inflation of about 2% or 3% annually is a natural function of a growing economy. But people a... Read more

4 Sep 2009

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Interest rates

Interest rates

Confused about the theory of how interest rates can affect economic growth? Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch is here with a ha... Read more

16 Dec 2009

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The economic effects of quantitative easing

The economic effects of quantitative easing

Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch explains what QE3 is supposed to do for the economy.

11 Sep 2012

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WHITEBOARD: What is a yield curve?

WHITEBOARD: What is a yield curve?

If you've been following what the Federal Reserve is doing with the interest rate of late, you have probably heard them ... Read more

12 Sep 2011

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WHITEBOARD: Fiscal policy vs. monetary policy

WHITEBOARD: Fiscal policy vs. monetary policy

Often conflated, often confused, fiscal and monetary policies take very different approaches to influence the economy. A... Read more

5 Sep 2011

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Private equity explained

Private equity explained

Private equity funds are groups of investors that flip companies for a profit. It’s the technique they use that makes th... Read more

13 Jan 2012

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What is an index fund?: An explainer

What is an index fund?: An explainer

An index is quite simply a basket of shares.

1 Apr 2014

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Derivatives: An explanation

Derivatives: An explanation

Credit default swaps? They're complicated -- and scary! The receipt you get when you pre-order your Thanksgiving turkey?... Read more

16 Oct 2009

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The 'repo' market

The 'repo' market

It's a vital part of the financial system, and the government is considering changes to it.

27 Jun 2009

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What's the difference: Secured vs. unsecured bonds

What's the difference: Secured vs. unsecured bonds

Learn the difference between secured and unsecured debt -- a lesson that Irish taxpayers could use as they face the pros... Read more

26 Jan 2012

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How borrowing money can create wealth: Explainer

How borrowing money can create wealth: Explainer

There are a million get-rich schemes out there, but here's one of the oldest: borrowing.

5 Feb 2014

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So what is LIBOR, exactly?

So what is LIBOR, exactly?

The London Interbank Offered Rate, explained.

9 Jul 2013

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Fannie, Freddie and the Fed

Fannie, Freddie and the Fed

The Federal Reserve said this week it will no longer buy mortgage backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Som... Read more

3 Apr 2010

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What's an index of credit default swaps?

What's an index of credit default swaps?

Big bets on an obscure index lay at the heart of JPMorgan's losses this week. Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains how an ... Read more

11 May 2012

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What’s an IPO?

What’s an IPO?

So Facebook has filed to go public. How exactly does an initial public offering work? Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch explain... Read more

2 Feb 2012

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Repo 105

Repo 105

It's the title of a dubious financing transaction that Lehman Brothers used in 2008 to make its balance sheet look healt... Read more

13 Mar 2010

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Explaining dividend recapitalization

Explaining dividend recapitalization

Dividend recapitalization: private equity shenanigans or sound common sense? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains how it w... Read more

23 Oct 2012

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