Leading economists from Japan, China and the United States offered expert opinions on the outlook for the global economy on the opening session of the Yomiuri International Forum 2009 held Tuesday in Tokyo...
When Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke proposed the $700 billion bailout last September, many mainstream economists who spoke out lined up in favor, although about as many economists were critical...
An explosion of money is the main reason, but not the only one, to be concerned about last week’s surprise decision by the Federal Reserve to increase sharply its holdings of mortgage backed securities and to start purchasing longer term Treasury securities...
Relatively lost in the frenzy over $165 million in bonuses paid to AIG employees last week was an announcement by the Federal Reserve that it would take the highly unusual step of buying up to $300 billion worth of long-term Treasury bonds...
The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.