Financial crisis

The White House released its plan to end government stewardship of the companies that control half of all mortgages in the U.S.

G-20 members make up more than 80% of the world’s GDP. But they might not be a fair representation of the world.

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, […]

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 […]

We gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.

We've gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.

Did saving the financial system break the political system?

Ten years ago the economy broke and changed the way we live.

10 years after the Great Recession companies have increased their dependence on non-permanent workers.

We take a look at four cities whose fates are linked to Chrysler and GM.