Financial crisis

That authority was curbed during the 2008 financial crisis. Some are arguing that power should be returned.

"Credit is the mother’s milk of economic activity," said one analyst.

On Wall Street’s most turbulent since the COVID-19 outbreak, a Harvard economist explains what’s going on.

But that may not be signaling that the economic damage from the coronavirus will be as bad as the Great Recession.

Reforms after the financial crisis haven't brought dramatic change.

During the financial crisis, two writers found their way into the wedding business.

Today's corporate borrowing is similar in many ways to the mortgage debt that burst the housing bubble.

The White House released its plan to end government stewardship of the companies that control half of all mortgages in the U.S.

G-20 members make up more than 80% of the world’s GDP. But they might not be a fair representation of the world.

One of the last big unresolved issues from the financial crisis is what to do about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Together with government-owned Ginnie Mae, they own or guarantee more than half the home loans in the country. Fannie and Freddie have been under conservatorship — bascially government protection and control — since 2008, […]