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Watch 2023’s 10 Most-Streamed New FRONTLINE Documentaries
These are the 10 most-streamed new FRONTLINE documentaries of 2023 — and they're all available to watch anytime online, in the PBS App and on YouTube.
December 21, 2023
Watch FRONTLINE’s 5 Most-Streamed Documentaries of 2023 (So Far)
Looking for documentaries to watch as summer winds down? We’ve got you covered.
August 30, 2023
WATCH: How the Federal Reserve’s Policies Affect the Developing World
“When the U.S. Federal Reserve increases interest rates, it means that these countries will be in trouble,” senior U.N. trade official Rebeca Grynspan told FRONTLINE’s James Jacoby.
May 12, 2023
Federal Reserve Raises Rates as it Juggles Fighting Inflation With a Banking Crisis
The U.S. central bank announced Wednesday it would raise interest rates by a quarter-percent. FRONTLINE’s documentary “Age of Easy Money” offers context on this moment.
March 22, 2023
Former FDIC Chair on Bank Collapses, the Federal Reserve and "Potential Fragility" in the Financial System
Sheila Bair, a former top banking regulator, spoke to FRONTLINE just days after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank about the Federal Reserve, easy money and potential fragility in the financial system.
March 16, 2023
What the Fed’s Inflation-Fighting Efforts Could Mean for the U.S. Economy
Amid bank failures and concerns about economic stability, the FRONTLINE documentary 'Age of Easy Money' traces the road to this moment, and the potential consequences of the Federal Reserve's decision last year to hike interest rates to fight inflation. Watch an excerpt.
March 14, 2023
Three Numbers That Help Explain What Happened to Inequality During the Pandemic
Experts see small improvements, but not fundamental change.
March 14, 2023
What Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Says About the Easy Money Era Ending
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is among the kinds of disruptions economic experts say may happen as the Federal Reserve winds down its “easy money” policies.
March 14, 2023
TONIGHT: A 2-Hour Special on Economic Uncertainty & the “Age of Easy Money”
Amid bank failures & concerns about economic stability, FRONTLINE traces the road to this moment. A note from editor-in-chief & executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath.
March 14, 2023
The Fed Is Ending Pandemic Stimulus Sooner Than Planned. What Could It Mean for Inflation?
With consumer prices at their highest since 1982, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced Dec. 15 the Fed would end its pandemic stimulus — examined in the July 2021 doc 'The Power of the Fed' — and would take action on inflation, although he did not specify when interest-rate hikes would come.
December 16, 2021
What Do the Federal Reserve's New Ethics Rules and Other Changes Mean?
The rule changes were announced after harsh criticism of recent market trades, primarily by two Federal Reserve Bank presidents, although other Fed officials have come under scrutiny.
November 3, 2021
Who Is on the Federal Reserve Board?
The chair is the default face of the Fed — the one name the public typically knows. But the Federal Reserve Board of Governors is actually composed of seven members, all with equal votes.
July 13, 2021