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A Mountain Of Bad News Around Student Loans

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Youth Employment, Bankruptcy, Unemployment, Moody's Analytics, Money, Student Debt, S&P, Student Loans, College News

Thought the mortgage crisis was a rough ride? Buckle up for the next financial crisis. Student-loan debt may be the next major U.S.-asset bubble to...

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Federal Reserve Continues To Push Toward More Transparency

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, European Debt Crisis, Europe Recession, Video, Moody's Analytics, Bonds, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Chairman Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke has gone further than ever to explain its policies to the public. It's ready to go further s...

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Long-Term Unemployment Makes Working A Dim Memory For Many

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Congress, Mark Zandi, Video, Unemployment, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Moody's Analytics, Great Recession, Labor Department, Unemployment Benefits, Standard & Poor's, Jobs, Jobless, Great Depression, Business News

WASHINGTON — For more Americans, being out of work has become a semi-permanent condition. Nearly one-third of the unemployed – nearly 4.5...

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Starbucks To Collect Donations To Spur U.S. Job Creation

AP | By SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Howard Schultz, U.S. Job Growth, Video, Small Business, Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Opportunity Finance Network, Upwardspiral2011.Org., Loans, Starbucks Corp., "Jobs for USA", Job Creation, Business News

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe. Starting Nov. 1, ...

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Bank Of America Foreclosure Notices Reportedly Spike In August

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Housing Market, Moody's Analytics, Bank of America, Recession, Gus Faucher, Underwater Mortgages, Business News

This post has been corrected. Nearly a year after announcing plans to halt foreclosures in all 50 states, Bank of America reportedly is ramping up ...

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Analysts Increasingly Gloomy About America's Economic Prospects

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Fitch Ratings, Moody's Analytics, Stock Market, Wells Fargo, Standard & Poor's, Economic Recovery, Economic Growth, Credit Rating, U.S. Credit Rating, Moody's, Business News

Forecasters are increasingly reining in their expectations for the United States' economic performance, suggesting that the country will face many mor...

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Moody's Analytics Warns: Student Debt May Be The Next Financial Bubble To Burst

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: College Students, Debt, Debt Ceiling, Moody's Analytics, Student Debt, Credit Card, Financial Bubble, Student Loans, Student Lending, Moody's, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Record borrowing by college students who are graduating without jobs could lead to major problems in the nation's economy, according to ...

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Sales Of Existing Homes Drops, Partly Due To Tornadoes

Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: South, Economic Recovery, Moody's Analytics, Tornadoes, Bad Weather, National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, Housing Crisis, Home Sales, Business News

WASHINGTON - Pending sales of existing U.S. homes dropped far more than expected in April to touch a seven-month low, a trade group said on Friday...

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Moody's Pushes Egypt Deeper Into Junk Status

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standard and Poors, Jank Status, Hosni Mubarak, Gdp Growth, Sovereign Bond Rating, Egypt, Moodys Analytics, Revolution, World Bank, Business News

CAIRO — Moody's Investor's Service pushed Egypt's sovereign bond rating deeper into junk status on Wednesday, the latest symptom of uncertainty abou...

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Eric Cantor Dismisses Report That GOP Plan Would Cause Job Loss

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Federal Workers, Job Loss, John Boehner, House GOP, Cr, Government Spending, Government Funding, Government Shutdown, Economic Growth, Peter Roskam, Government Employees, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Deficit, Government Workers, Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Unemployment, Funding Cuts, Spending Cuts, Continuing Resolution, Government Jobs, Republicans, Federal Employees, 2011 Government Shutdown, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) dismissed a question about the possibility of the lower chamber's spending bill kill...

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Retail Sales Rise For The Sixth Month In A Row

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Neiman Marcus, Gap, Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Moody's Analytics, IHS Global Insight, Ben Bernanke, Senate Budget Committee, Sears, Business News

Despite Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's expectations of only moderate economic growth this year, Americans are less worried about losing their...

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How The Foreclosure Mess Could Hurt The Recovery

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Phyllis Caldwell, Fixed-Rate Mortgages, Foreclosure, Homeownership Preservation Office, Congressional Oversight Panel, Foreclosure Fraud, Business News

Hopes for economic improvement this year are being threatened by the lingering mess of unresolved foreclosures. Alleged foreclosure fraud committed...

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