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What if the economy needs more than the Fed can give it?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 3, 2020
The U.S. government may need to spend its way out of a coronavirus-induced slowdown.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced an interest rate cut of half a percentage point Tuesday.
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Clinton economic policies rely on tax changes

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 11, 2016
In a speech near Detroit, Clinton said the rich and corporations should pay more.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton plans to tax corporations that move jobs outside of the country to pay for her initiatives.
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Japan approves $45 billion in extra spending

by David Brancaccio
Aug 2, 2016
Some are saying this amount is too little.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech in Fukuoka, Japan in late July.
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What the end of Quantitative Easing will and won't mean

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 28, 2014
The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee is meeting today and tomorrow and many are expecting it to announce an end to the bond-buying program of the past six years. What has been the effect of quantitative easing? And are reports of the end of stimulus misleading?
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The European Central Bank whips out the big guns

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 4, 2014
The ECB announced a surprise cut in interest rates.
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Fed grapples with rising prices and slow growth

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 18, 2014
Questions on stimulus and interest rates are subject of Federal Reserve meeting.
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How well did the stimulus work?

by David Gura
Feb 17, 2014
Lessons on the fifth anniversary of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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Japan's stimulus efforts come up short

by David Brancaccio
Feb 17, 2014
Economic stimulus is the talk of Japan, but the latest numbers suggest there's not much to show for it.
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The Fed's new tools

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 13, 2014
Economists say the Fed's massive balance sheet isn't a concern, thanks to new tools.
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Final Note

$4.04 trillion in assets

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 19, 2013
As of yesterday, that's how much the Fed held on its books.
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