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'The Public Has a Right to Know': Fed Refuses to Release Documents on Fossil Fuel Industry's Covid-19 Bailouts
Former Federal Reserve Governor Rebukes Central Bank for Using Covid-19 Lending Power to Bail Out 'Dying' Fossil Fuel Industry
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Pumpjacks on Lost Hills Oil Field in California on Route 46.
"If polluters want to deny the existence of the ongoing bailout, Congress should swiftly repeal these blatant corporate tax giveaways and make fossil fuels ineligible for stimulus lending programs."
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Watchdog Demands Probe After Energy Secretary Admits WH Pressed Fed to Give Oil Companies Access to Covid-19 Funds
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"These Fed facilities are not supposed to direct aid specifically to certain...
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'Conflicts of Interest Abound': Progressives Sound Alarm as BlackRock Prepares to Lead the Fed's Covid-19 Corporate Bailout Program
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot afford to allow the interests of private corporations to supersede...
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To Prevent 'Monopoly Free-for-All,' Congress and Fed Urged to Bar Use of Covid-19 Funds for Corporate Mergers
Fracking wells are seen on a farm in McKenzie County, North Dakota in 2013.
Expansion of Fed Lending Program Blasted as Bailout for 'Toxic and Reckless' Fossil Fuel Industry
'Lining Up at the Trough': Federal Reserve to Offer Corporations $500 Billion No-Strings-Attached Bailout Loophole
Top Unions Accuse Trump of Exploiting Loopholes in Covid-19 Stimulus to 'Enrich Corporate Executives'
'The Public Deserves to Know': Lone Watchdog Demands Federal Reserve Release Names of Corporations Receiving Taxpayer Bailouts
oil rig
Amid Calls for a People's Bailout, Fed's Corporate Debt-Buying Could Mean Billion-Dollar Big Oil Bailout
'Extremely Alarming': Coronavirus Stimulus Law Allows the Federal Reserve to Hold Secret Meetings on Corporate Bailouts
The Bank Policy Institute, a lobbying group for big banks, drew criticism for a policy memo suggesting financial deregulation as a response to the coronavirus outbreak.
You'll Never Guess How Big Banks Want the Fed to Handle the Coronavirus: More Wall Street Deregulation
Traders work after the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on August 5, 2019 in New York City.
As Household Debt Hits $14 Trillion, Economists Say Fed Quantitative Easing Solution for Next Recession Insufficient
Woolsey Fire
As Financial Institutions Grow Concerned About Economic Impacts of Climate Crisis, Activists Target Funders of Fossil Fuel Industry
Is the Fed reacting to market volatility or preparing for recession?
'What Is the Fed Not Telling Us?': Fears of Economic Instability After Central Bank Intervention Spikes
Journalist Medhi Hasan interviews President Donald Trump's economic advisor Stephen Moore in a video released Friday.
'Is That Not Racist?' Hasan Pushes Trump Advisor to Condemn President's Remarks

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