S&P 500 Marks Longest Bull Run on Mixed Day for Indexes

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press Aug 22, 2018 The bull market for U.S. stocks began in March 2009 and has now lasted nine years, five months and 13 days. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Fed Boosts Wall Street, Not Main Street

Nomi Prins / Truthdig May 1, 2018 Today's central bank collusion is nothing more than a massive “trickle down” subsidy for the financial system—and promises for the masses. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Groundhog Day for the Fed

Nomi Prins / Truthdig Feb 21, 2018 Market forces are colliding as another U.S. financial crisis brews. Meanwhile, sit tight on the roller coaster. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Dow Ends Day 567 Points Up as Stocks Rally

MARLEY JAY / The Associated Press Feb 6, 2018 A late surge helped U.S. stocks regain almost half their losses from the day before. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Fed Boosts Benchmark Rate for Third Time This Year

Martin Crutsinger / The Associated Press Dec 13, 2017 The move by the central bank indicates that it expects the job market and the economy to strengthen further. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Revolution in Banking?

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Sep 21, 2016 Using technology developed for Bitcoin, central banks around the world could usher in a model of banking and credit that renders private banking obsolete. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Out-of-Control Central Banks on a Corporate Buying Spree

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jun 23, 2014 Today, however, central banks are on a global corporate buying spree not to bail out bankrupt corporations but simply as an investment, to compensate for the loss of bond income due to record-low interest rates. Central banks have become some of the world’s largest stock investors. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Update: 25 People at the Heart of the Meltdown

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 7, 2012 At the height of the financial crisis, The Guardian identified 25 bankers, economists, politicians and financial officials who helped bring about the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. What are they up to now? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hungary Hungry for Economic Stability

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2010 A new kind of specter is haunting Europe: debt. Hungary's new prime minister is reported to have said that there is only a slim chance that his country will evade a Greek-style debt crisis, a comment that sent domestic markets into a tizzy and saw the Hungarian currency drop more than 2 percent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Profiting From Peace

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2010 Who would have thought that peace could be good for the economy? Ask Stanley Fischer, Israel's central bank chief, who delivered that startling pronouncement in a speech this weekend, arguing that a peace deal between his country and the Palestinians would actually help Israel achieve "one of the most advanced economies in the world." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Merkel Speaks Out on the Fed

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed what she called "great skepticism" at the ability of central banks to resolve the economic crisis, hinting that reliance on the institutions in Europe, the U.S. and the U.K. might backfire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )