Will yesterday's Federal Reserve decision to lower the federal funds and the discount rates by a record three-quarters of a percentage point cause Rep. Charles Rangel, the Democratic chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, to shelve his plans for a fiscal stimulus package?

Amy Robach, a daytime anchor at MSNBC, recently reported on the “Today” show that “everyone’s talking about a recession..."

Ben Bernanke blinked...

Presidential candidates clambered into the fiscal fray Tuesday, emphasizing how their long-advocated plans or experience could cure the economy’s ills...