Topic: U.S. Federal Reserve
If the recent financial crisis has cast doubt on the logic of "too big to fail" when it comes to federal assistance to large commercial concerns...
July . A dramatic cut in the Federal Reserve's discount rate sent stocks soaring the spreading global credit crisis means the Fed will almost...
As the U.S. economy limps toward the second anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, anemic growth has left unemployment near 10 percent...
Dennis Lockhart, president of the Atlanta Fed, makes it clear that presently he sees no need for more stimulus -- a slow, plodding recovery like we...
One year ago the official unemployment rate was 9.7%. Today it is 9.6%. One year ago U-6 unemployment was 16.8%. Today U-6 is 16.7% click on chart...
Does the 1937-38 economic collapse, the so-called "depression within the Depression" offer any lessons on what we should do now? In 1937, it seemed...
Here's how I'm tempted to summarize today's release of the August employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: more of the same...
THIS is nearly enough to make one root for bad economic numbers:Today's better-than-forecast U.S. payrolls report reduces pressure on Federal...
There is a glaring gap between investor expectations and the actual stock market price trend. Investors worry that the US and UK economies will...
Today's better-than-forecast U.S. payrolls report reduces pressure on Federal Reserve policy makers to add monetary stimulus when they meet this ...
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Knapp Expects September to Be `Tough ...
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"Federal Reserve needs to cut US ...
Jim Rickards, director of market intelligence for scientific consulting firm ...2009-09-28
