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Financial crisis
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.
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.
There's yet another proposal to get the government out of the mortgage-guarantee business
by
Amy Scott
Feb 4, 2019
One of the last big unresolved issues from the financial crisis is what to do about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Together with government-owned Ginnie Mae, they own or guarantee more than half the home loans in the country. Fannie and Freddie have been under conservatorship — bascially government protection and control — since 2008, […]
Why the Fed's balance sheet is making markets nervous
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Phoebe Unterman
Jan 3, 2019
Robert Kaplan, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, on Thursday told Bloomberg that the Fed ought to think about slowing down how quickly it’s shrinking its balance sheet. What’s a balance sheet? It’s a ledger of the Fed’s assets and liabilities that, in the middle of the financial crisis, the Fed expanded as […]
Divided Decade: Financial crisis yields lasting pain and new possibilities
by
Tommy Andres
and Hayley Hershman
Dec 21, 2018
We gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.
Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed you
by
Tommy Andres
and Hayley Hershman
Dec 20, 2018
We've gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.
Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed politics
by
Tommy Andres
Dec 18, 2018
Did saving the financial system break the political system?
For public good, not for profit.
Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed housing
by
Tommy Andres
Dec 17, 2018
Ten years ago the economy broke and changed the way we live.
How temp workers became the norm in America
by
Scott Tong
Nov 15, 2018
10 years after the Great Recession companies have increased their dependence on non-permanent workers.
How auto industry towns are faring a decade after the bailout
Nov 13, 2018
We take a look at four cities whose fates are linked to Chrysler and GM.