Secondary Sources: Too Big to Fail, Jobs and Inflation, Health-Care and Wages
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Recession Graduates Find Varying Levels of Success
Graduating in a recession is an unlucky break. The unemployment rate for 20 to 24 year olds was 14.9% in September, swamping the nations 9.8% rate.
Worried Words About a New Asset Bubble in Asia
It seems unimaginable that financial markets could produce another bubble so soon after the devastating credit crash of 2008, but officials and economists gathering at a conference on Asia sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco this week were worried about just that. In this case, the worry was a bubble in Asian...
Senators Unveil New Bill to Audit the Fed
Proponents of auditing the Federal Reserve have a new bill to support their cause.
Secondary Sources: China and Dollars, Tax Revenue, Upward Mobility
A roundup of economic news from around the Web.
Caterpillar: Double-Dip Unlikely as Long as Central Banks Don’t Overreact
When Caterpillar Inc. issues its earnings each quarter, it also offers its take on the world economy.
Stumped by the Math and Science Gender Gap
Theorizing about gender differences in the study of mathematics can be a hazardous pursuit.
JPM Executive Says Asia Should Look Beyond IMF
Andrew Crockett, president of J.P. Morgan Chase International and former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, a central bank for central bankers, says it is time to give Asia it's due.
Has the U.S. Exhausted Its Safe Haven Status?
The U.S. dollars performance confounded many economists during the financial crisis. Instead of falling, as many economists predicted it would, the value of the currency rose.
Bernanke: We Need To Develop A Fiscal Exit Strategy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday it was crucial to develop a fiscal exit strategy to maintain confidence in the U.S. economy and the dollar.
Governors’ New Slogan: “Read my dips … in tax collection”
How is it that as the economy appears to be improving, state governments only see things getting worse?
Secondary Sources: Beseeching Bernanke, Long Live Reagonomics?
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