Tag: Great Recession

From today’s LA Times: Before the 2008 financial crisis, BAC Community Bank in Stockton made about 100 mortgage loans a year. Now, after new regulations mandated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street…

From today’s LA Times by Jim Puzzanghera: Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen told senators Thursday that the risk of another financial crisis would increase if some Trump administration proposals to roll back regulations were enacted. In…

From Mother Jones, June 7, 2017 by Hannah Levintova:  . From the earliest days of his campaign, Donald Trump has opposed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Obama-era…

From today’s NYT “UpShot” Blog  by David Leonhardt: American workers have been receiving meager pay increases for so long now that it’s reasonable to talk in sweeping terms about the trend.…

From NYT  “TheUpshot” Blog August 31 by Steven Greenhouse: Temps aren’t just employees who sort mail and answer the boss’s phone. The work of temping has changed vastly — today…

From the NYT “Upshot” Blog by Claire Cain Miller: The American work force has been growing polarized for decades. On one end, there are highly skilled jobs like writing software or…

President Obama’s State of the Union Address last week highlighted a number of themes that focused on creating more opportunities for working Americans by streamlining the tax code, providing financial…

                This last year was a record one for fines and financial settlements levied against corporations for breaking laws and wreaking havoc on…

From the LA Times: Guess how many Americans correctly answered this basic financial question: Is the stock of a single company usually safer than a mutual fund? A) 100% B)…

Update:  Thursday, August 9. Today Fannie Mae announced a quarterly profit of $10 billion and projected profits for the foreseeable future. When this dividend is paid, Fannie will have repaid approximately $105…