Will the Fed's Rollercoaster Ride Save the Dollar?
Will the downward pressure in commodities continue and should investors expect the end of this interest rate toboggan ride?
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Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate By Quarter-Point
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Scrambling to shore up the faltering economy, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the lowest point in nearly four years Wedne...
Britney and the Bear: Who Says You Can't Get Good Help Anymore?
Thomas Ferguson and Robert A. Johnson | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business
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We have not seen the last bailout in this crisis. If the public is going to pay for them, as we think it must, it should also get paid back for them.
Fed Cut Is Bad News For Savers
USA Today | Barbara Hagenbaugh | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business
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The Fed's cut is good news for borrowers but bad for savers. Lenders cut the prime rate, the benchmark for many home-equity loans. Credit card rates ...
World Stocks Mixed
AP | TOBY ANDERSON | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business
LONDON — European stock markets fell and U.S. stocks were poised to open lower Wednesday on concerns about the financial sector, though Asian in...
Inflation Is Going to Get Ugly
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.08.2008 | Business
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Thanks to 17 years of Alan "cheap money" Greenspan, we're all use to the Fed cutting rates whenever we feel economic pain. Thanks for nothing.
Oil Follows Stocks Higher on Fed Cut
AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Oil futures followed stocks higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate, raising hopes that rate cuts and cong...
How Much Will Bernanke Cut?
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve delivered powerful new relief to people and businesses squeezed by the ailing economy Wednesday, cutting intere...
Message From Davos: The Recession Is Coming
Times | Gary Duncan | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
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A full-blown, prolonged recession in America is now inescapable, with the rest of the world set to be dragged into a severe global slowdown despite ye...
Congress Seeking New Stimulus Package To Jolt Slumping Economy
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — House Democratic and Republican leaders appeared close to agreement with the White House Wednesday night on a significantly reworke...
Stocks Recover From Sharp Losses
AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
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NEW YORK — It started with another stomach-turning drop at the open, and a loss of more than 300 points by midday. Then stocks changed course, r...
World Markets Still Volatile
AP | TOBY ANDERSON | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
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LONDON — European shares dropped sharply Wednesday while Asian shares rose in a volatile market mix as investors digested the U.S. Federal Reser...
Ford CEO Calls Fed Cut "Very Positive"
Wall Street Journal | Mike Spector | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally said the Federal Reserve's interest-rate cut this morning is a "positive" for the auto industry. Mr. Mula...
Economists Fear No Quick Solution In Sight
Reuters | Emily Kaiser | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
There is no quick cure for what ails the U.S. and global economies, but if the Federal Reserve's emergency interest rate cut on Tuesday can instill so...
Fed Isn't Quite Finished Yet
MarketWatch | Greg Robb | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
Tuesday's surprise interest-rate reduction by the Federal Open Market Committee doesn't mark the end of U.S. rate cuts by any means, Federal Reserve w...
The World Has Cast Their Vote: The Confidence Man (Part Two)
Jacki Zehner | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
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Entering in your buy or sell order is effectively casting your vote. Either things are not so bad, so hold on to your stocks and just keep on spending, or, Houston, we have a problem.
Stocks Sink On Bad Morgan Stanley Loss
AP | Madlen Read | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business
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Stock was poised to open lower Wednesday as investors awaited results from the Federal Reserve credit auction held Monday and digested Morgan Stanley'...
Happy Birthday Ben!
Huffington Post | Michelle Kung | Posted 12.13.2007 | Business
Ben Bernanke has had a rough week so far. After cutting the interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Tuesday, angry investors have taken th...
Wall Street Erases 272-Point Gain After Erratic Trading Day
AP | Joe Bel Bruno | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business
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Wall Street finished only slightly higher in an erratic session on Wednesday as investors remained unconvinced by a Federal Reserve plan to work with ...
Stocks Trade Flat After Initial Lift
AP | Joe Bel Bruno | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business
Stocks gave up sharp gains to trade flat Wednesday after initially upbeat investors turned cool to a Federal Reserve plan to work with other central b...
Wall Street Tumbles After Interest Cut
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.11.2007 | Business
The Federal Reserve dropped its most important interest rate to a nearly two-year low on Tuesday and left the door open to additional cuts to prevent ...
Oil Prices Go Up
AP | John Wilen | Posted 12.11.2007 | Business
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Oil futures rose Tuesday, but retreated from earlier highs, after the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to ...
Stocks Jump On Fed Cut Hopes
AP | Madlen Read | Posted 12.10.2007 | Business
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Wall Street advanced Monday as expectations for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve and an uptick in pending home sales helped offset concer...
Despite Rate Cut, Wall Street's Mood Swings Expected To Continue
AP | Jeannine Aversa | Posted 09.19.2007 | Business
Like the tides, the wave of good feelings that swept over Wall Street and Main Street with the Federal Reserve's big rate cut could ebb just as quickl...
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