DOGE firings unleash worst February for layoff announcements since the Great Recession
Announced job cuts last month soared to levels not seen since the pandemic in the wake of Elon Musk’s efforts to hollow out ...
Economist who predicted biggest crash of our lifetime warns Trump could be blamed for next US recession
Economist Harry Dent is still expecting a recession to hit the U.S. economy in 2025, but signals that mass illegal immigrant ...
Consumers need the CFPB. Remember the Great Recession?
Consumers are concerned that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico will raise prices. So you might not ...
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Lessons of the Great Recession
Cordray gave a talk online earlier this fall, during which he drew comparisons between the nature and effects of the current financial crisis and those of the Great Recession of 2008. He spoke with ...
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CHARTS: How the rich won the Great Recession
From the time the Great Recession started in late 2007 until it officially ended in 2009, the richest 1 percent of America saw its income drop 36.3 percent, according to a new report by economists ...
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Consumers need the CFPB. Remember the Great Recession?
It took the recession and a wave of foreclosures before Congress acted to require simpler mortgage-disclosure forms. That task was assigned to the CFPB, the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D ...