Weekly Wrap

The Weekly Wrap looks at what President Obama's Treasury Secretary pick indicates about the economic priorities in President Obama's second term, and what a trillion dollar coin says about how we run our economy.

The U.S. economy adds 155,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate remains steady at 7.8 percent.

President Obama and some members of Congress have returned to Washington from their respective holidays to discuss the impending fiscal cliff and debt ceiling deadlines. But other things worth thinking about are happening, too.

The Federal Reserve says it will keep interest rates near zero until the unemployment rate drops to 6.5 percent. But what will it take to get there?

Unemployment fell to 7.7 percent in November, with 146,000 jobs added in the U.S. economy.

The Weekly Wrap talks about the latest fiscal cliff discussions and the roles of the debt ceiling and the markets.

The Weekly Wrap breaks down why people continue to shop in stores on Black Friday and whether a breakup of the euro might actually happen.

The Weekly Wrap dissects today's meeting at the White House over the fiscal cliff.

Felix Salmon of Reuters and Catherine Rampell from the New York Times discuss the big topic of the day -- the fiscal cliff. Hard to avoid.

The Weekly Wrap examines the latest unemployment numbers from October -- the last jobs report to come out before Election Day -- and why that matters.