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Test yourself: The Federal Reserve Time Machine
Kai Ryssdal Mar 21, 2013
Think you can figure out the Federal Reserve's position on inflation and unemployment in 2012 compared to today? Test your smarts.
Quantitative easing is here to stay: Analyst
Juli Niemann Mar 20, 2013
Juli Niemann, analyst with Smith, Moore & Company, joins Marketplace Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to explain why the Federal Reserve is likely to continue with quantitative easing.
Federal Reserve meets, considers future of quantitative easing
Sabri Ben-Achour Mar 21, 2013
The Federal Reserve is finishing up a meeting today in Washington, to which many economists and investors are looking for signs of just how long the central bank intends to keep up its aggressive monetary easing.
Surprise! Your home may no longer be underwater
David Gura Mar 19, 2013
More homeowners are going from underwater to above water on their mortgages, and that could mean some really good news for the economy.
Atlanta real estate: Peachy keen or sour grapes?
David Lazarus Mar 21, 2013
The weather is hot in Atlanta, but is the housing market?
Housing recovery: Good for would-be homeowners?
Robert Reich Mar 13, 2013
Commentator Robert Reich says the housing recovery is mostly benefiting investors, not home buyers.
Steady as a rock: Real estate in Jackson, Miss.
David Lazarus Mar 8, 2013
Daffodils are starting to bloom in Jackson and that's when buyers start coming out looking for a home. We check in with a broker to see what real estate's like in Mississippi.
Stressed out? Banks get the Fed's diagnosis
Sabri Ben-Achour Mar 7, 2013
As the Federal Reserve issues its annual stress test results for big banks, the question is do they have enough cash to survive a deep recession, a 50 percent stock market fall and 12 percent unemployment?
Yee-haw! Why Houston's housing market is growing so fast
David Lazarus Mar 7, 2013
Why was Houston, Texas, just named the "healthiest housing market for 2013?" Realtor Thai Klam helps explain.
GDP grows at weakest pace in 2 years
Diane Swonk Feb 28, 2013
The government has revised its latest GDP figures, saying the economy grew at a rate of 0.1 percent during the last three months of 2012. The increase was the weakest GDP performance in two years.
