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Fed: Super-Low Rates Could Fuel Speculative Bubble
FILE - In this May 24, 2008 file photo, the headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank is seen at... FILE - In this May 24, 2008 file photo, the headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank is seen at sunrise in Washington.
8 hrs ago | KNDU
Economic recovery likely not quite that energetic
Remember the economy's return to growth last quarter? Well, it probably wasn't as energetic as first thought.
13 hrs ago | CNN Money
Stocks tumbled Thursday, adding to losses in the previous session, as concerns about the economic recovery resurfaced, rattling investors.
Industrial output growth slows, inflation quiet
U.S. industrial output barely rose last month and wholesale inflation was tame, suggesting the economy's recovery from a severe recession was losing some steam as government stimulus faded.
Speaking to the Economic Club of New York this week, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomier assessment of the economy than many were expecting.
Is the Fed creating new bubbles?
America's super-easy monetary policy has drawn a blast of criticism lately from the high and mighty of Asian finance.
Robert L. Borosage: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Finally
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gets it. No wonder she drives the wingnuts batty. With the Senate befuddled by the antics of Joe Lieberman and Max Baucus on health care and the White House Clintonistas lobbying the President to devote his January State of the Union address to deficit reduction, Pelosi ladled up a portion of common sense.
TARP saved us from a second 9/11
The results of the Nov. 3 elections in Virginia and New Jersey indicate, not so much a shift in party alignment, as they do an electorate seething with dissatisfaction in governmental action.
Gold fears hinge on unfettered Fed, U.S. spending
Rising fiscal deficits, mushrooming money supply, a return to 1970s-era inflation - that's a recipe for gold to keep notching new record highs, even doubling in value, say the new gold bugs.
Stocks opened higher Monday as investors responded to a mixed report on retail sales and the dollar weakened.
Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts
Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.
Stock markets succumbed to a bout of profit-taking last week, sparked by concerns that the rally has overshot the pace of economic recovery.
White House to Small Business: Help Us Help You
Close November 16, 2009, 4:41 PM ET By Deborah Solomon Small business is no small issue for the Obama administration, it seems.
Panel votes to audit Fed, cap its spending
Rep. Ron Paul, who has sought to audit the Federal Reserve for 26 years, has inched ever so much closer to his goal.
U.S. Officials Talk Strong Dollar as Weak Dollar Continues to Hurt Trade Partners
Probably one of the longest running jokes in the financial markets is the amount of time U.S. officials spend talking about their support for a strong dollar while taking no action to actually support a stronger currency.
The Real Reason Small Business Loans Are Gone
In what should be no surprise, banks are cutting back on small business loans. Please consider CNN Money's Small business loans: $10 billion evaporates .
Fed officials differ on recovery's pace
Top Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday struck differing notes on the likely pace of the U.S. economic recovery and one warned that pockets of weakness must not deter the central bank from withdrawing its extraordinary economic support.
Special: Simplifying a complex financial saga
Lakshman MenonA peeks intoA Too big to fail -- the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system and themselves -- written by award-winning business journalist, Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Jobless rates increase in 29 states
California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October as weakness in the labor market stretched from coast to coast and limited the economic recovery.
PIMCO's Bill Gross December 2009 Letter : Risk of Bubbles Rises with Low Rates
One of the most powerful men in the United States , Bill Gross, has put out his monthly letter and its a doozy.
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