Why Wall Street isn’t panicking—yet
Economics
Foroohar: The Fed Is Making the Two Americas Problem Worse
The Federal Reserve Bank isn’t supposed to be political. But, of course, it is. Just look at the recent decision to delay “tapering,” or scaling back the $85 billion a month asset buying spree that the bank has been on for …
Wall Street’s Worst Computer Glitches
Post updated on September 20th at 2:00pm.
A computer glitch at the Treasury Market blocked Goldman Sachs from bidding on part of $30 billion worth of 3-month, U.S. government debt, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Taper Tantrums: 3 Myths About Quantitative Easing
The Federal Reserve concludes a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee later today, and markets are anxiously awaiting what the committee will decide with regards to the central bank’s monthly purchases of $85 billion in …
Foroohar: Turn Off the Money Spigot
Markets cheer end of Larry Summers, but a slowdown could be around the corner
5 Things Everybody Should Know About Janet Yellen
Here are five things everybody should know about the next head of the Federal Reserve
Study: The 1% Took an Even Bigger Slice of the Pie in 2012
Step aside, Roaring Twenties, you’ve been bested, inequality-wise.
The richest 1% of Americans collected a greater share of household income last year than at any time in the last century, according to a new analysis of IRS …
5 Myths About Living Wage Laws
Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is uncomfortably nestled between a rock and a hard place. Last Friday, the D.C. council sent a bill (The Large Retailer Accountability Act of 2013) to the mayor’s desk that would require large retailers like Walmart and Target to pay its workers a “living wage” of $12.50 per hour — significantly higher …
Taper Terror: Markets Fear the End of Fed Stimulus
Playing the markets isn’t easy, even for the most experienced investors. But in the wake of the financial crisis and the Federal Reserve’s subsequent efforts to stimulate the economy, understanding securities markets has in some
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America’s Productivity Problem
Would you like a raise? How about more vacation? Of course you would. If you’re anything like me, one of your main motivations each day at the office is the prospect of advancing, making more money, or even earning more time off …
Europe’s False Recovery
Fewer Americans Will Work: What That Means for the Economy
With last year’s presidential election so focused on jobs and the economy, the American public probably knows more about the nuances of the unemployment rate than they ever have before. One particular of the official unemployment rate that received attention last year is that the Labor Department counts someone as unemployed only if he …