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Kai Explains

To understand the Fed’s bond-buying dilemma, picture a lake

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 13, 2021
A Columbia Business School professor explains quantitative easing and the Feds' $120 billion per month bond-buying program with an analogy.
If water on a lake is too low, boats can't go from one side to the other smoothly. "The Fed is basically adding some water in that lake to keep the liquidity — or to keep the water — from completely drying out,” says Yiming Ma of Columbia Business School.
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Should the Fed decide who gets bailout cash?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 20, 2020
That authority was curbed during the 2008 financial crisis. Some are arguing that power should be returned.
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.
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Liquidity will be key to weathering COVID-19 slowdown

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 13, 2020
"Credit is the mother’s milk of economic activity," said one analyst.
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What happened to the stock market today?

by Marketplace Staff
Mar 9, 2020
On Wall Street’s most turbulent since the COVID-19 outbreak, a Harvard economist explains what’s going on.
A trader reacts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.
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Bond yields are lower than during the financial crisis

by Amy Scott
Mar 9, 2020
But that may not be signaling that the economic damage from the coronavirus will be as bad as the Great Recession.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday.
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House subcommittee scrutinizes diversity at biggest banks

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 12, 2020
Reforms after the financial crisis haven't brought dramatic change.
Has Wall Street really become more diverse since the 2008 recession?
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From recession to celebration, the business of wedding vows

by Bennett Purser
Oct 3, 2019
During the financial crisis, two writers found their way into the wedding business.
A bride reads her vows at a ceremony officiated by Angie Sommer.
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Could the explosion of corporate debt lead to a new financial crisis?

by Ben Bradford
Oct 1, 2019
Today's corporate borrowing is similar in many ways to the mortgage debt that burst the housing bubble.
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What you need to know about the Trump plan to set Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac free

by Kai Ryssdal and Amy Scott
Sep 6, 2019
The White House released its plan to end government stewardship of the companies that control half of all mortgages in the U.S.
Freddie Mac headquarters in McLean, Virginia, in 2010.
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Who gets a seat at the G-20 table?

by Janet Nguyen
Jun 27, 2019
G-20 members make up more than 80% of the world’s GDP. But they might not be a fair representation of the world.
U.S. President Donald Trump at a dinner at the Imperial Hotel in Osaka on June 27, 2019.
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