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Federal Reserve Identifies Financial Groups That Got Loans
March 31, 2011 Federal Reserve releases information on banks that got emergency loans during 2008 financial crisis
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After Supreme Court Ruling, Federal Reserve Agrees To Reveal Loan Data
March 21, 2011 It will now have to give details about which financial institutions got emergency help.
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Federal Reserve: Economic Recovery Is On 'Firmer Footing'
March 15, 2011 And "conditions in the labor market appear to be improving gradually," central bank policymakers say. But they are silent on what, if any, effects the crisis in Japan may have on the global economy.
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Fed: 'Economic Activity Continued To Expand' Last Month
January 12, 2011 The central bank's latest "beige book" review of how things are going around the nation finds modest improvement in most places.
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'Self-Sustaining Recovery' In Spending Is Taking Hold, Fed's Bernanke Says
January 7, 2011 But the Fed chairman says economic growth is likely to remain too slow to significantly boost job growth — and that the nation's unemployment rate will likely still be at 8 percent or above two years from now.
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Federal Reserve Says 'Economic Recovery Is Continuing'; Holds Rates Steady
December 14, 2010 But while growth continues, it is "insufficient to bring down unemployment," the central bank's policymakers agree. So they'll keep interest rates low in a bid to boost growth.
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Retail Sales Better Than Expected; Wholesale Prices Up 0.8 Percent
December 14, 2010 Meanwhile, Federal Reserve policymakers meet today and this afternoon are expected to say they're keeping their policies unchanged.
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American Wealth Grows By $1.2 Trillion
December 9, 2010 A rising stock market during the July-September quarter has boosted the net worth of Americans by 2.2 percent to $54.9 trillion. The overall gain came despite the fact that real estate values dropped by 3.7 percent.
It's All Politics
Jon Stewart Busts Fed Chair Ben Bernanke On 'Printing Money'
December 8, 2010 Bernanke contradicted himself on the same news show inside a year regarding the Fed's "printing money." The central banker told 60 Minutes a year ago the Fed was printing money. Now he says it isn't — and blames it all on a myth.
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There Will Be Growth, But It Will Be Slower, Fed Says
November 23, 2010 The good news is that Federal Reserve policymakers think the economy will keep growing through next year and into 2012. The bad news is that they think unemployment will stay uncomfortably high.
