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The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bernanke's Out of Bullets Ben Bernanke has spent the past year and a half firing as many bullets as possible to prop up the economy. After lowering the target on the Fed funds rate to a range of zero to 0.25%, he's finally out of ammunition.   |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Confidence Is Back After bottoming out in February, consumer confidence is now the highest it has been since the financial tsunami began last September. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2010
Morgan Housel |
An Ominous Sign for Recovery? Many people are wondering what yesterday's miserable consumer confidence report says about the future. As consumer confidence tanks, the thinking goes, so do our chances of an economic recovery. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Confidence ... or Con Game? When you think about it, trying to gain someone's confidence in order to grift them out of their hard-earned dollars really isn't an outlandish metaphor for our current situation. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2009
Morgan Housel |
4 Things Obama Can Do to Help the Economy The new administration is already up to their ears in suggestions, but here are four more changes and ideas that should be considered to bolster the economy for the long term. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Japan Today, Zimbabwe Tomorrow? Now that Uncle Sam has thrown some $8.6 trillion at the financial fiasco, why aren't we experiencing inflation? |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Consumers Are Still Scared Out of Their Minds How consumer confidence drives, and dives, an economy. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Google Panic Indicator Tracking Google search terms is now used to measure an economy's state of mind. The fact that the unprecedented flow of information -- a lot of it bogus -- greatly contributed to fear and panic. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Very Real Cost of Doing Nothing You're right: $3.9 trillion is really just a drop in the bucket. |
U.S. Banker
August 2004 |
Consumers Feeling Queasy, But Still Spending Despite a recession, a bear market, the 9/11 attacks and two wars-all of which have roiled consumer confidence-spending has grown steadily. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Chris Jones |
Will the Fed Make You Rich? Once money flows freely again through the capital markets, the liquidity injections that could cause inflation could be reversed, keeping the balance in price pressures evenly split between inflation and deflation. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Bernanke Calls a Bottom Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke reveals the results of his peek into his economic crystal ball, declaring that our economy could be on the road to recovery in 2010. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Wealth Is Back! Household wealth sees its first jump in two years. What's it mean for the economy? |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2009
James Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Fed Should Be in No Rush to Raise Rates Trading in the futures market already shows investors are betting the Fed will begin to lift its target interest rate within the coming year. But time is on Bernanke's side, and he won't want to jump the gun. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
The Market's Biggest Fear for 2009 Are falling prices here to stay? |
Finance & Development
June 2009 |
Uncharted Territory When aggressive monetary policy combats a crisis. This chart shows how radically policy thinking has changed in the past century. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2008
Scott Schedler |
Panic 2008: A Little Perspective Why you should be picking your spots. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Everyone Is Scared Out of Their Minds July's consumer confidence fell to the lowest level since March 2009, and you can thank the debt ceiling. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: S&P Retail SPDR How will April's consumer confidence rating affect this retail ETF? |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Is the Fed or Market More Panicked? An emergency interest rate cut ahead of the regular meeting shows just how jittery economic planners are. |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Rich Miller |
What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Dan Sullivan |
Confidence Builder When you have confidence as a daily resource, entrepreneurs can learn anything, respond to anything, adjust to anything, and achieve anything. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
The Confidence Roller-Coaster Ride Last month's rosy consumer confidence data left the market feeling elated, bus this month sent those hopes screaming back down to earth. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Lots of Worry, Even More Opportunity Fear, greed, and profits. When consumer confidence is low, ensuing stock returns are generally high, and vice versa. |
BusinessWeek
November 8, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: How Costly Oil Will Test The Economy Federal Reserve officials estimate that the buffeting from costlier oil has already knocked up to three-fourths of a percentage point from growth through the first three quarters of 2004. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
The Fed: Another Failure To Communicate? The Federal Reserve must convince the markets that higher interest rates can still accommodate growth |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
Morgan Housel |
9 Things That Could Kill a Recovery Fired up on a recovery? Read this. Here are nine land mines that could send the economy back down to earth. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2008 |
Virtuous Circle A look at the possible positive effects that a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have on the economy. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Joshua Zumbrun |
The Jobless: Why There's No Inflation As long as unemployment stays above 9 percent, retailers' pricing power is nil. It's a situation that could last for years. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Doesn't Budge Bernanke holds rates steady. Here's why that was a good idea. |
CRM
September 2004
Britt et al. |
The 2004 Market Leaders CRM vendors have individually and collectively worked to build confidence in the discipline, and those efforts are paying off. Read on to see what companies prevailed from 2003, and how others are leaving an indelible mark on the industry. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Quick Take: Stop the Presses, Ben! The Federal Reserve surprised equity markets by launching a new weapon against the mortgage meltdown and the resulting credit crisis, but the dollar suffers. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Friday's ETF to Watch: Inflation Protected Bond (TIP) The iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund offers exposure to inflation protected Treasuries, one of the most popular options for protecting against inflation. |
BusinessWeek
October 15, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outloook: The Waning Threat of Deflation The recovery is starting to reverse many trends putting downward pressure on prices and wages, paving the way for the Fed to begin tightening in 2010 |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Eric Rasmussen |
Thawing Out Expect the slow economic recovery to continue in 2011. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
Bernanke's Complete and Utter Failure If the Fed's rate cut six months ago had been the extent of its command-and-control meddling, we might've been out of the woods by now. Sadly, it wasn't, and we're not. |
FDIC FYI
February 27, 2003 |
How Real is the Threat of Deflation to the Banking Industry? Deflation refers to a decline in the general price level, usually caused by a sharp decline in money or credit supply or a severe contraction in the economy. This paper outlines the current debate over deflation, focusing on its potential effect on the banking industry. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2000
Paul Brandus |
Is the party ending? Despite upbeat economic readings, it may be a less cheery Christmas than most think... |
AFP eWire
September 18, 2006 |
Public Confidence in Charities Rebounds Slightly A new survey found that 69% of Americans expressed a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in charities. That figure represents a 5% increase from the July 2005 survey and a 9% increase from the September 2002 survey. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2010
Christopher Barker |
Death Knell for the Dollar Of all the world's currencies, only one is the scorching hot potato that you absolutely don't want to be left holding when the smoke clears. Dodge that dying dollar, and for goodness' sake grab some gold. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Shoots, Market Falls Stocks plunged Wednesday morning, a day after the Federal Reserve announced plans to keep the spigot of easy money wide open. |
Entrepreneur
September 2007
Barry Farber |
Take a Swing Selling is 90 percent mental. Your belief, enthusiasm and confidence in your ability speak volumes to the customer. Here are three keys to building confidence. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Miller & Kennedy |
Global Inflation Is Low--and Falling The world economy has struggled back onto its feet, but pricing power is still dangerously low, risking a Japan-style deflationary malaise. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Calls a Bottom -- Again Haven't we played this game before? |
Reason
February 2009
Jacob Sullum |
The Reversals of Market Wisdom The TARP turnaround is not the only bewildering reversal of economic wisdom we've seen in recent months. Here are some of the more memorable ones. |
U.S. Banker
December 2002
John Engen |
Losing the Faith Skittish investors. Slumping sales. Growing uncertainty. Looming war in Iraq. Can things get any murkier? A cloudy crystal ball, darkened by the threat of a double-dip recession, may soon have bankers relying on tarot cards and tea leaves. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2009
Stephen E. Gerard |
Pharma Confidential In these tough times, how does pharma see its future? How confident are top executives in the future of the industry and their own company? Does size make a difference? Operations executives from a cross section of large, mid-tier, and specialty companies answer these questions and more. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to James Bianco The Bianco Research bond market specialist sees Fed policy sparking inflation. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Housel & Moscovitz |
Live Blog: Bernanke's First Press Conference The Fed speaks. |
BusinessWeek
November 18, 2010
Liz Capo McCormick |
Bond Investors Detect a Whiff of Inflation Bond options are anticipating a rise in prices. That would lower the risk of deflation settling in. |
