Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 16, 2012
“We all misjudged the risks involved,” former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in March 2010 of the housing bubble that led to the financial crisis. He forgot about economist Dean Baker. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 13, 2012
The Federal Reserve ended its do-little policy on Thursday, pledging to keep interest rates near zero and announcing an open-ended commitment to buy bonds and possibly take other steps to push the economy into motion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 12, 2012
New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau report a steady decline in median household income for Americans, a yawning inequality gap and more than one in five children under age 18 living in poverty. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 4, 2012
The Federal Reserve announced last week that it would launch no new stimulus programs to jump-start the economy, and editors at The Washington Post applauded Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, for refusing to refinance mortgages for struggling homeowners. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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