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IMF warns U.S. not to scale back stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON — Amid speculation that the Federal Reserve soon might start scaling back its stimulus efforts, the International Monetary Fund cautioned that a pullback before next year could hurt economies worldwide. Highlighting its concern Friday,...
Tags: International Monetary Fund, U.S. Congress, Government Debt, Money and Monetary Policy, Budgets and Budgeting
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U.S. Jobless Claims Nears Five-year Low
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, nearing its lowest level in five years in a sign of resilience for the U.S. labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 12,000 to a seasonally...Tags: Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve, Unemployment Benefits, Economic Indicator, Unemployment Rate
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Graduates get pep talks before facing tough times
Graduation season brings with it a flurry of commencement speeches meant to rouse the spirits and inspire. Judging by recent data, graduates may need as much help as they can get. Outstanding student loan debt now totals nearly $1 trillion, according to...Tags: Federal Reserve, Invention and Innovation, Labor Markets, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Consumers
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Is Lawrence Summers the most qualified to succeed Fed's Bernanke?
WASHINGTON -- With the Federal Reserve playing an over-sized role in the U.S. economy, Wall Street investors are keenly interested in who will be the central bank's next chairman when Ben S. Bernanke's term expires in January. The Fed's No. 2 official,...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Timothy Geithner, Politics
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Greenspan says Federal Reserve should start tapering stimulus
WASHINGTON -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the central bank should start tapering its stimulus program and begin reducing its dramatically swelled balance sheet -- whether the economy is ready for it or not. "My view is the sooner...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, CNBC (tv network), Credit Ratings, Alan Greenspan
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Housing shows life; can the economy be far behind?
The latest indicator that the U.S. economy is on the upswing can probably be found on the street where you live: It's the "sold" sign planted in the neighbor's yard. Perhaps you hadn't noticed, but the real estate industry is not the moribund mess you...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Nikkei, Government Debt, Economic Indicator, White House
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Goldman Sachs wins even when muzzled by the feds
Almost three years ago, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid $550 million to settle fraud accusations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the claims was that Goldman misled the bond-insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. in a horribly complex...Tags: Justice System, Insurance, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Mary Jo White, Defendants
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Letters: Sen. Warren speaks up
Re "Warren upends bankers, tradition," May 11 As the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is a breath of fresh air. Finally, there's a voice in Washington for the people and a staunch advocate for consumers....Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Federal Reserve, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Sen. Warren goads Fed, SEC, DOJ to explain no-fault bank deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, having chastised bank regulators for failing to put Wall Street giants on trial, is demanding to see any analyses that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission have conducted...Tags: U.S. Congress, Mary Jo White, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Maryland's McDaniel College closing the 'opportunity gap'
Here's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said three years ago as the nation's gap between rich and poor widened toward historic levels: "I think it's a very bad development. It's creating two societies. And it's based very much, I think, on...
Tags: Graduation, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Personal Income, Education, Students
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Editorial: Time for the Federal Reserve to ease up on stimulus
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress last week that the central bank might start to cut back its main economic stimulus program later this year. The minutes of the Fed's most recent meeting showed that he's getting pushed by some of his...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Labor Markets, Prices
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Social Security, Litigation and Regulation, Finance, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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