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Despite today's news that the U.S.'s gross domestic product has grown for the fifth straight quarter, the White House warns that faster growth needs to occur to get unemployment down.

Marketplace senior business correspondent Bob Moon explains the factors behind it all.

On the heels of yesterday's worrisome report on consumer confidence, the president made his way to Racine, Wisconsin this morning.

Marketplace's senior business correspondent, Bob Moon reports.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon about a risky strategy by banks to put off dealing with the toxic assets that mucked up the economy and are still on their balance sheets.

Five more bank failures were announced over the weekend, bringing this year's total to 77. And a Texas bank may be next.

Marketplace's Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon reports on why bank failures are rising at this point in the financial crisis.

Securitizing debt is a key part of the credit markets, which are in trouble right now. Kai Ryssdal speaks with our senior business correspondent Bob Moon, who is at a securitization conference, about the state of the industry.

You're probably tired of hearing that the economy's taken its biggest hits since the Great Depression. And that's true.

But our Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon reminds us that we were in pretty good shape coming into this whole thing.

A year into a recession and job losses are getting steeper. That's not good. Recovery hinges on people working and starting to buy again.

Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon looks at where we can go from here.

In the best-case scenario of the government's latest rescue effort, the Fed buys up outstanding mortgages to get banks lending and consumers spending again.

But Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon asks, Is this going to work?

The yen has long been the source of low-interest capital for big borrowers from around the world. Then the global financial crisis hit.

Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon explains what happened next.

When the value of the U.S. dollar dropped, Americans traveling out of the country were bummed, but American companies made good money doing business overseas.

Well, the tide is turning. Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon has more.