Liquidity Trap

Fed, ECB, Other Central Banks Act To Ease Financial System Strain

AP | DAVID McHUGH and PAUL WISEMAN | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Bank of England, Video, Bank of Japan, Bank of Canada, Liquidity-Trap, Business News, Federal Reserve, Central Banks, Liquidity Crisis, European Central Bank, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany — The central banks of the wealthiest countries, trying to prevent a debt crisis in Europe from exploding into a global panic...

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William Alden

Federal Reserve's Stimulus Pledge Misses The Point, Fed Official Says

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Dennis Lockhart, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Liquidity-Trap, Bruce Bartlett, Economic Crisis, Quantitative Easing, Business News, Monetary Policy, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Federal Reserve, Richard Fisher, Ben Bernanke, Business News

NEW YORK -- As the Federal Reserve attempts to stimulate the economy and avert a new recession, one of the central bank's most basic tools isn't worki...

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American Children Receiving Less Money From Tooth Fairy: Report

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Tooth Fairy, Region, Visa, Hoarding, 112th Congress, Ceo, Banks, Teeth, Liquidity Trap, Recession, Cutbacks, Denver, Denver Post, Video, Business News

It looks like American businesses aren't the only ones hoarding cash these days. According to a survey recently released by Visa, so is the fabled Too...

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How Small Business Could Squelch Recovery

TIME.com | Roya Wolverson | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Gold Futures, Roya Wolverson, Small Business, Liquidity-Trap, Time Magazine, Pepperdine, Credit Markets, Small Business Lending, Business News

Forget gold futures. For many economists, small business lending is the safest gauge of the economic recovery's strength. Too bad it's headed in the w...

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DeLong: Economy Is In A Liquidity Trap

Bloomberg | Brad DeLong | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Bill Clinton, Paul Krugman, Deflation, Liquidity, John Maynard Keynes, Liquidity-Trap, Liquidity Crisis, George W. Bush, Business News

There is only one real law of economics: the law of supply and demand. If the quantity supplied goes up, the price goes down....

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Dodd-Frank Helping To Revive The Shadow Banks?

TIME | Stephen Gandel | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: New York Times, 2008 Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Shadow Banking, Liquidity-Trap, Time Magazine, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street, Great Recession, Business News

They're back. In the past few months, it appears, shadow banks, financial firms that make loans but aren't actual banks, seem to be making a come b...

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There Aren't Enough Jobs For 4 Out Of 5 Unemployed Americans

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Interest Rates, Federal Reserve, Jobs, Job Openings, Ben Bernanke, Unemployment, Liquidity-Trap, Bls, Business News

There simply aren't enough jobs to employ four out of five unemployed Americans, according to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The to...

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Companies Hoarding $1 TRILLION In Cash

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Reserve-Fund, Profits, Companies, Revenue, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Banks, Liquidity Trap, Citigroup, Charles Evans, Moody's, Business News

As the economic recovery remains tepid, companies continue to sit on piles of cash, shifting it around internally rather than spending it. The hoard ...

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