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The Circle Bastiat
Why Bernanke's analysis is wrong

Washington leadership's anti-market rhetoric is to blame for our current economic woes
Stock market in first quarter: best this century?

Stock market poised Thursday to turn in its best first-quarter performance since tech bubble. Can stock market keep climbing?
The Reformed Broker
Twas the night before Fed Day

The seniors were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of fixed income danced in their heads. And Geithner at Treasury, and I at the Fed, Had hooked up the banks with a risk-free spread.
Robert Reich
Why policy fixes won't work: The middle class needs a bigger piece of the pie.

Government wants to give more loans to business, but the problem is consumers. They can't afford to consume until they get a bigger share of the economy.
Interest rates: Fed signals it will take further steps if needed

Interest rates will stay low and the Federal Reserve signals it would take further steps to boost the economy if growth slows.
What Federal Reserve did to boost weak economic recovery

The Federal Reserve was set to let its $2 trillion pool of securities shrink. But it decided Tuesday to keep that amount steady – by buying Treasury bonds – as a way to spur economic recovery.
Janet Yellen: How nominee would shape Federal Reserve policy

President Obama's nominee for second-in-command at the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, is 'dovish' on inflation – she's not likely to tighten monetary policy to counteract it.
The Reformed Broker
The econ gangs of New York

The post-recession pre-recovery era has created a rash of factions embroiled in a battle of words over how to fix the economy.
Doubts rising over plan to fix banks

A fire hose of US funds hasn’t ended the credit crisis. So what’s Plan B?