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Sarah Rosen Wartell made welcoming remarks and spoke about housing finance and the future of federal regulation of mortgage policies in light of recent turmoil in credit markets. Susan Wacht…

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget held a forum at the National Press Club on the economic and budgetary consequences of the financial bailout. The first panel discussed the bail…

Panelists talked about recent turmoil in financial markets, the distribution of wealth in the U.S., the influence of economic inequality on market instability, and role the economy would pla…

Recent economic indicators show that inflation (the general rise in the cost of goods and services) hit a 17-year high. Dean Baker talked about what areas saw the most growth, what went into…

Witnesses testified about the state of the housing market and the impact of recent foreclosures on neighborhoods and communities. Among the issues they addressed were falling house values, c…

Dean Baker talked about the State of the Union speech from a liberal perspective. He said the stimulus package is not strong enough. He also wrote a report in May called, “Economic Impact of…