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The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Getting Burned by Bernanke His proposal to expand the Fed's power might incinerate the economy. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 L. William Seidman |
Will the Fed's Medicine Work? Fed activity is unprecedented -- a new activism never seen before in the history of the United States. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Dueling Fools: 2008 Bull Rebuttal The bulls argue that global growth and value investing opportunities will save the markets in 2008. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed The real economy versus the Federal Reserve. |
Reason June 2008 Donald J. Boudreaux |
The Coming Recession Seven observers debate the (sorry) state of the economy. |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
How the Federal Reserve Lost Its War Every battle is won or lost before it is fought. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Dirty Little Secrets of the Financial Crisis If, or when, the American consumer realizes how unsustainable their debt-fueled lifestyle has been, the economy will contract, and hard. |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Fed Needs To Do A Little More Fiddling With the housing sector unlikely to ease up anytime soon, the factory sector may have to bear a larger-than-usual burden for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goal of a well-balanced economy and price stability. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
Are Bernanke and Paulson Bankrupting America? No matter how pristine their intentions, the end results of their interventions are turning into ever more economic pain and suffering for ordinary Americans. |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Slow Jobs Market? Blame Housing The key to getting the economy back on track is deleveraging -- paying off debt accumulated during the bubble years. For households, the vast majority of that debt is in the form of mortgages. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Morgan Housel |
4 Things Obama Can Do to Help the Economy The new administration is already up to their ears in suggestions, but here are four more changes and ideas that should be considered to bolster the economy for the long term. |
Reason July 2009 Randazzo et al. |
Turning Japanese Japan's post-bubble policies produced a "lost decade." So why is President Obama emulating them? |
BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Gray Area In The Fed's Blue-Sky Forecast Further rate increases may be needed to tame a spirited economy. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Interest Rates Are Up, But Are They Up Enough? Financial conditions may still be too lax to keep inflation under wraps. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
What This Bailout Means to You Amid the initial euphoria of the government's bailout plan we seem to be overlooking the costs and consequences of the proposals that will likely be rammed down our throats. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Bush's Housing Bailout: Bad Idea President Bush will speak to the nation today, asking Congress to try to help distressed American debtors. However, you can't fix a deflating asset bubble by reinflating it, and the President's idea to expand FHA insurance will not remedy the subprime situation. |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
Why Bernanke Was Wrong When the Fed fights the wrong battle, you lose. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Seth Jayson |
The Bad Good News The Federal Reserve Bank is standing firm on its decision to not drop interest rates at this time, indicating its belief that overall, the economy is not doing that badly. Investors, watch for opportunities if the markets do take a downturn in their move back towards equilibrium. |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Bernanke Changes Strategy The Fed chief has taken the fight to inflation. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Congress Grills Bernanke Over Bear Recent hearings debated the Fed's role in bailing out Bear Stearns. |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2008 Kristin Graham |
Worse Than 2001? We've dug ourselves into a deep hole. What can investors learn from this downturn? |
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Inflation Nightmare Just Got 5.6% Worse Prices surge faster than they have in 17 years. What's a Fed chief to do? |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Maestro Had a Tin Ear When the dot.com bubble burst, as bubbles inevitably do, Greenspan and the Fed offered up rock-bottom interest rates to shore up the economy. But they almost certainly let them sit at those ankle-high levels far too long. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: "Slash Spending, Get the Government Out of Our Lives" Congressman Ron Paul weighs in on U.S. fiscal policy. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz |
Live Blog: Bernanke's First Press Conference The Fed speaks. |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let Bernanke Sink Your Portfolio Here's how to defend yourself from the Fed. |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Kristin Graham |
Can Bernanke Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk? Ben Bernanke is getting down to business to combat inflation. |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Wholesale Destruction of the American Economy Alexis de Tocqueville was right. |
TIME Asia November 29, 2010 Bill Powell |
Twin Summits As the leaders of the world's most powerful countries headed home after a dispiriting summit, the world was fraught with economic peril. |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Bring Down the Hammer on a Builders' Bailout The automakers haven't succeeded -- yet -- but the builders want your help. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Joshua Weinberger |
5 Questions Asset allocation specialist James Berman, president of registered advisory firm JBGlobal, looks at the links between China's currency and the U.S. housing market. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Alan Lavine |
Cautious Optimism Most equity managers are expecting a soft economy in 2008, but how sluggish it will be is subject to disagreement. |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Ben Burns the Buck The dollar hits an all-time low against the Euro, and it may a long while before the buck stops sliding or stages a recovery. Investors, what can you do now? |
BusinessWeek July 29, 2010 Tom Keene |
Tom Keene's Econo Chat A conversation with Jim Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, on the slow economic recovery. |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Chuck Saletta |
The Government's All-Out War on Private Capital More than a year, and well over eleven trillion dollars into this fiasco, the economy shows no sign of recovering any time soon. It's beyond time to acknowledge that the government's rescue plans have deepened, rather than resolved, this crisis. |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
Predictions From the Man Who Called the Housing Meltdown Yale professor Robert Shiller shares his views on the future of the housing market. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Inflation Wild Cards Will Keep The Fed On Hold Demand, costs, and global forces raise new questions for prices. |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2008 Richard Gibbons |
It's Still Going to Get Worse Even a recovery in real estate prices wouldn't solve the current crisis, because the writedowns plaguing most banks has shown few signs of abating. |
BusinessWeek November 25, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Danger in Tying the Fed's Hands Near term, inflation is under wraps. Down the road, however, the Fed's credibility as an inflation fighter could suffer if Congress exerts control over monetary policy - and that spells trouble. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Seth Jayson |
No Housing Bust Here! As the numbers keep getting worse, the housing industry feigns surprise and tries to put on a happy face. Oversupply in the face of negative growth in real wages, together with higher borrowing costs, eventually will have to lead home prices downward. |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2008 Christopher Barker |
Quick Take: Stop the Presses, Ben! The Federal Reserve surprised equity markets by launching a new weapon against the mortgage meltdown and the resulting credit crisis, but the dollar suffers. |
Financial Advisor March 2007 Milton Ezrati |
Bonds & Stocks: Still De-Coupled The economic outlook is good, and that's not so good for bonds. Without the support of short-rate cuts, bonds have a less than inspired outlook; not especially negative, but not especially promising either, offering little more return than the coupon. |
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004 Rich Miller |
The Fed: Too Soon For A Victory Lap? Critics worry that ultralow interest rates may ultimately wind up hurting the economy. |
Finance & Development March 2010 Henn & McDonald |
Avoiding Protectionism So far the world has resisted widespread resort to trade measures, but the hardest part may be yet to come. |
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Savvy Moves That Should Soothe The Markets The Fed's quick and innovative response may avert the need to cut rates. |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 Seth Jayson |
I Want My Bubble Back! The National Association of Realtors wants the Fed to quit with the rate hikes. Big surprise. The simple fact is that no one wants the party to end |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 |
Foolish Mid-Year Review: The Economy What Does the Inverted Yield Curve Really Mean?... How's a Depression Sound? Great?... Hooray for the Low Savings Rate!... Recession in 2007?... The Fed's Stag Party... This Just In: People Are Crazy... etc. |