Showing posts with label banks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banks. Show all posts

Monday, November 19, 2012

The U.S. Recovery Has Been Spectacular*

We need a real recovery. That's what Mitt Romney said during the campaign, and he was right. Five years since the start of the Great Recession, unemployment is still far too high. It's not for a lack of optimism among policymakers. As Evan Soltas pointed out, the Federal Reserve keeps predicting that prosperity is just around the corner, only to find it's not. Catchup growth is the new Godot. FULL STORY *Compared to almost every other rich country and almost every other financial crisis.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Big U.S. banks face delayed bonuses


U.S. regulators on Monday made their most forceful attempt yet to clamp down bank bonuses since the 2007-2009 financial crisis..

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com