Great Recession

Over the past two decades, the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet has grown to $6.7 trillion in response to two major financial crises.

“I’m a bit closer to the values that I had in my early 20s than I was in my mid-30s,” said Ryan Nichols

New delinquencies have largely stabilized after a big spike a couple of years ago, but lots of people are still carrying around old credit card debt they fell behind on.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law in 2010 in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

The Fed’s balance sheet, mentioned by Jerome Powell this week, tracks what the Fed owns and owes. And the Fed has stopped its buying spree, mostly to reduce its influence on the market.

Recent spending cuts to rural safety net programs have some bracing for financial hardship, in light of what they went through during the Great Recession.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which regulates financial products on behalf of the public, has returned billions of dollars to consumers.

Trader Jared Dillian says PE firms are having problems exiting their investments, and he worries that the sector poses systemic risk.

New research casts doubt on the widespread belief that the generation of Americans will be worse off than their parents.

Even a small increase in unemployment can result in disproportionate effects on marginalized groups.