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Federal Reserve

'Like Nominating Dr. Phil to Run CDC': Alarm Bells as Trump Nominates Right-Wing Sycophant Stephen Moore to Federal Reserve

Stephen Moore

With Help of Democrats, Regulators Move to Gut 'Last Line of Defense' Against Wall Street Gambling

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We can expect Too Big to Fail banks to get riskier and have less of a cushion to guard taxpayers from bailouts," said Rep. Katie Porter

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American Net Worth Fell a Record $4 Trillion at End of 2018

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

It was " the single largest quarterly dollar drop on record."

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'Needlessly Gambling' With Taxpayer Money, Trump's Fed Moves to Gut Big Bank Safeguards

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Deregulating some of the largest banks in the country will make the financial...

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Paving Way for Next Taxpayer-Funded Wall Street Bailout, Trump Fed Unveils Plan to Gut Volcker Rule

What Campaign Promises? Trump Backpedals on Yet More Major Pledges

Five Big Banks Flunk Key Test, Proving They're Still "Too Big To Fail"

Sanders: When I'm President, Wall Street Foxes Won't Guard Fed Henhouse

Bernie Sanders Calls Fed Rate Hike Bad News for Working Families

Avoiding 'Regressive Mistake,' Fed Holds Off on Rate Hike — For Now

Fed Up With Being Shut Out of Federal Reserve, Activists Descend on Summit

Just in Time for the Holidays, Another Wall Street Giveaway

Newswire

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Federal Reserve Pick Stephen Moore Is a Misogynist in Donald Trump’s Own Image

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

The Federal Reserve Needs to Recommit to the Full Employment Mandate

Jubilee USA Network

Federal Reserve Raises Rates and Poor Countries Pay More Debt

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Statement on Federal Reserve and Interest Rates

Jubilee USA Network

Federal Reserve Rate Increase Impacts Poor Country Debt

Center for Popular Democracy

Fed Up Campaign Celebrates Victory for Working Families as Fed Holds Off on Rate Hikes

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Sam Pizzigati

How The Super-Rich Avoid Paying Their Share

Eric Levitz

Democratic Socialism: 'There Is No Alternative'

Tim Koechlin

Stephen Moore? Really?

Nomi Prins

Survival of the Richest

Ellen Brown

The Fed's Dramatic About-Face

Ellen Brown

Trump’s War on the Fed

Ellen Brown

Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All at Risk

Richard Eskow

An Economy in the Fast Lane – With No Brakes

Nomi Prins

Donald Trump and the Next Big Crash

Richard Eskow

The “People’s Fed” and the Oracles of Jackson Hole

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