Federal Reserve (The Fed)

The latest news and analysis about Federal Reserve (The Fed). Above, Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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• Stop? Pause? A distinction without a difference with Mazda iStop

  From AutoblogGreen  |  July 3, 2009

• Frankensnake Update: Twin-Turbo Viper V10-Powered Mustang [Custom...

  From Jalopnik  |  July 3, 2009

• iPhone 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot ahead of Dev Team

  From Engadget  |  July 3, 2009

 

• Shadowy modder gives Eee PC a risky back alley trackball implant

  From Engadget  |  July 2, 2009

  Remember that guy who uber-hacked his Eee PC with a GPS, Bluetooth, draft-n WiFi, FM transmitter, SDHC card reader, modem, USB hub, 2GB RAM... more

• How To Buy A PC Graphics Card [PC]

  From Kotaku  |  July 2, 2009

  Some of you may know exactly what you're after in a graphics card, and that's great. Good for you. But for most people, the market is a confusing... more

• Chrysler Sales Tumble 42 Percent in June

  From The Truth About Cars  |  July 2, 2009

  But, like Ford, Chrysler is talking retail. As in Chrysler increased “retail market share more than 1 percentage point compared with... more

• Columnist: Plug-in cars are the new ethanol-style boondoggle

  From AutoblogGreen  |  July 1, 2009

  Peapod - click above for high-res image gallery The amount of money that the U.S. federal government poured into corn ethanol is legendary... more

• Fed's Yellen: rates could be near zero for years

  From Reuters: Business News  |  July 1, 2009

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. benchmark lending rates could stay near zero for a couple of years based on the amount of slack now in the... more

• EPA: CA Can Set Its Own Automotive CO2 Standards

  From The Truth About Cars  |  June 30, 2009

  The LA Times reports that The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted California the right to set its own, independent CO2 standards... more

• Fed's Bullard says policy to stay loose for awhile

  From Reuters: Business News  |  June 30, 2009

  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Very accommodative Federal Reserve monetary policy will stay for an extended period and a premature exit from this... more

• Alan Schram: Debt, Inflation and the Stock Market

  From Huffington Post  |  June 29, 2009

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently warned Congress: "maintaining the confidence of the financial markets requires that we... more

• Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill Gathers Steam

  From CQ Politics  |  June 29, 2009

  He may have faded from the national political scene a year ago, after his dark-horse presidential run came to naught, but Rep. Ron Paul’s... more

• EDITORIAL: Exploring hope vs. reality

  From Recorderonline.com : News  |  June 28, 2009

  In his column in The New York Times on June 25, Judge Richard Posner wrote that “The most promising reform would be to give the Federal Reserve... more

• More on international ATM fees and London sights

  June 28, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

  Regarding Catharine Hamm's On the Spot column about ATM/credit card fees ["A Fee Frenzy," June 21]. Yes, it is your responsibility to be... more

• ECONOMY-US-CONFIDENCE

  June 27, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

  Confidence among U.S. consumers rose this month for a fourth straight time, reflecting signs that the worst of the recession has passed... more

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