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Fed Rate Cuts May Go Even Deeper
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- January 30, 2008
Bernanke's moves show the central bank has adopted an approach different from under Greenspan.
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Rate Cut Needs Six Months to Show Effects
By Katy Marquardt -
Money Matters
- January 25, 2008
Goldman Sachs says the impact won’t be felt until this summer.
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Bernanke Story Helps Rock Market
News Desk
- January 23, 2008
The Washington Whispers story reporting Fed chief Ben Bernanke's private worries that the economy is in even worse shape than he has admitted publicly landed with a thud in the markets today. About 10:30 a.m., with the Dow Jones industrial average down just 50 points, CNBC picked up the story, showing it twice on the TV screen from the floors of the exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Within an hour, the Dow had dropped an additional 150 points.
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In Private, Bernanke Tells Horror Stories
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- January 22, 2008
Fed chair had a big reason for the rate cut: He thinks things are even worse than he has let on.
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Surprise Fed Rate Cut Slows Stocks' Fall
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- January 22, 2008
The central bank's dramatic move, signaling increased recession fears, is its largest cut since 1984.
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4 Ways Consumers Will Feel the Fed Cut
By Kimberly Palmer -
Money & Business
- January 22, 2008
Mortgage holders could get some relief, but savers will earn less interest.
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Wall Street Reaction
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- January 22, 2008
A sampling of commentary on the Fed's move to cut interest rates.
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Stocks Down After Surprise Fed Rate Cut
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- January 22, 2008
The central bank's move, signaling increased fears of recession, is its largest cut since 1984.
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Bernanke Finally Gets Into the Game
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- January 22, 2008
The big Fed rate cut is a step toward restoring investor confidence.
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Recession Watch: Bernanke and Bush on Speed, Stimulus, and Slowdowns
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- January 17, 2008
The White House and Fed chairman both back a quick, temporary boost for the economy.
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Another Plan to Ease the Pain
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- December 20, 2007
The Fed pushes for mortgage reform as housing keeps sinking
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The Fed Comes Out Blazing
By James Pethokoukis -
Money & Business
- December 13, 2007
Central banks open up their ATMs—but is anybody in line?
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Anti-Bernanke Sentiment Builds on Wall Street
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- December 13, 2007
The Fed chairman is seen as weak and too willing to compromise.
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5 Things You Need to Know About the Fed Rate Cut
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- December 11, 2007
Less growth, credit problems, and a weak dollar will continue.
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Skimpy Fed Rate Cut Irks Stock Market
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- December 11, 2007
Investors flee as recession worries rise.
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One and Done for Bernanke?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- November 26, 2007
Slow Fed action on the credit crisis might limit its chairman to a single term.
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Bernanke Puts a Low Speed Limit on Growth
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- November 20, 2007
The Fed's forecast predicts the economy can expand only moderately in the future.
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Bond Market to Bernanke: You're Blowing It!
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- November 19, 2007
Forget the economic models—look to the market for forecasts.
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Credit Woes Hinting at Consumer Recession
By Luke Mullins -
Nation & World
- November 10, 2007
Citigroup's subprime debacle shows the Fed's interest rate cuts have failed to stop the bleeding
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A Quarter-Point Cut, But Is It the Last?
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- October 31, 2007
The Fed lowers interest rates again, but it gives no hint of further cuts
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Not Exactly a Cut-Rate (or Rate-Cut) Economy
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- October 31, 2007
Third-quarter economic growth easily outpaces expectations, despite the credit crunch.
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The Yellow-Light Economy
By Mortimer Zuckerman -
Opinion
- October 12, 2007
Where Our Economy Stands
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Behind the Weak Dollar
By Rick Newman -
Money & Business
- October 11, 2007
Global investing is a currency bet. Here are the basics
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Job Numbers Show the Economy Can Take a Punch
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 5, 2007
Housing and credit problems have slowed, but not stopped, the economic expansion.
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Inflation, Gold, and Iran
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 25, 2007
The yellow metal is getting pricier, but that may be a reflection of rising geopolitical tensions.
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