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1. Different Views on Tax Revenue Value Make Comparing Debt-Ceiling Plans Hard

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Public debts -- Management, Budget deficits -- Management -- Political aspects, Budget -- Management -- Political aspects, Company business management, Government, Political science
Abstract

Byline: Edmund L. Andrews As Congress and the White House lurched closer this week to a debt-ceiling Armageddon, the choice between competing budget plans looked simple. Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]

Published
2011

2. My Personal Credit Crisis

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Mortgages -- Management -- Methods -- Social aspects -- Personal narratives, House buying -- Methods -- Personal narratives -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Mortgages, Company business management, Management, Social aspects, Methods, Personal narratives
Abstract

If there was anybody who should have avoided the mortgage catastrophe, it was I. As an economics reporter for The New York Times, I have been the paper's chief eyes [...]

Published
2009

3. Bernanke Concedes Fed Lapses

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Officials and employees -- Powers and duties -- Management, Chairpersons -- Powers and duties, United States economic conditions -- Management
Abstract

Under fire from Democrats and Republicans alike, Ben S. Bernanke on Thursday defended his record as chairman of the Federal Reserve but conceded that the central bank's lapses contributed to […]

Published
2009

4. Fed Begins Testing a Strategy to Exit a Securities Program

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Domestic policy -- Management, Mortgage-backed securities -- Management
Abstract

The Federal Reserve said Monday that it would begin testing its strategy to shrink its trillion-dollar portfolio of mortgage-backed securities and eventually unwind its biggest program to prop up financial […]

Published
2009

5. Federal Government Faces Balloon in Debt Payments

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Public debts -- Management, Budget deficits -- Management, Budget -- Management
Abstract

The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.'s on terms that seem too good to be true. But that happy situation, aided by ultralow interest […]

Published
2009

6. Goldman Eyes Tax Credits Fannie Mae Doesn't Need

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Bowley, Graham

Subjects
Company business management, Banking industry, Fannie Mae Corp. -- Taxation, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. -- Taxation, Mortgage banks -- Taxation, Tax credits -- Management, Banking industry -- Taxation
Abstract

It could be yet another opportunity for Goldman Sachs to come out a winner from the financial crisis that it helped create, but the Treasury Department appears poised to squash […]

Published
2009

7. Global Forum Will Expand, Permanently

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, G-20 -- Economic policy -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Management, Global economy -- Management -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

President Obama will announce Friday that the once elite club of rich industrial nations known as the Group of 7 will be permanently replaced as a global forum for economic […]

Published
2009

8. Fed to Lower Safety Net, but Gingerly

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Powers and duties -- Government finance -- Management, Economic recovery -- Management -- Government finance, Dwellings -- Government finance, Housing -- Government finance
Abstract

The Federal Reserve, acknowledging that an economic recovery has begun, took a cautious step on Wednesday toward weaning the housing market off its trillion-dollar support program. But even as policy […]

Published
2009

9. F.D.I.C. Sells Failed Bank's Troubled Mortgages to Private Investor

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Company joint venture, Banking industry, Franklin Bank (San Mateo, California) -- Government finance -- Joint ventures -- Management, United States. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. -- Powers and duties -- Joint ventures -- Government finance -- Management, Mortgage banks -- Joint ventures, Bank failures -- Management -- Government finance, Banking industry -- Government finance -- Joint ventures
Abstract

Offering the lure of cheap government-guaranteed financing, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation moved on Wednesday to push its efforts to have private investors buy distressed mortgages from troubled banks. Agency […]

Published
2009

10. U.S. IS FINDING ROLE IN BUSINESS HARD TO UNWIND

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Sanger, David E.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Intervention (Federal government) -- Economic aspects -- Analysis -- Government finance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Financial institutions -- Government finance -- Economic aspects -- Analysis -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States economic conditions -- Management -- Economic aspects -- Government finance -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Analysis
Abstract

When President Obama travels to Wall Street on Monday to speak from Federal Hall, where the founders once argued bitterly over how much the government should control the national economy, […]

Published
2009

11. China Denounces New Tire Tariffs

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Wong, Edward

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Tariffs -- Laws, regulations and rules, Protectionism -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, China -- Tax policy -- Trade policy
Abstract

Within hours of President Obama's decision to penalize imports of automobile tires from China, Chinese officials accused the United States of violating international trade laws and succumbing to political pressure […]

Published
2009

12. Bernanke's 2nd-Term Challenge Will Be to Undo First-Term Steps

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Officials and employees -- Powers and duties -- Management -- Planning, Chairpersons -- Powers and duties -- Planning, United States economic conditions -- Management, Interest rates -- Management
Abstract

As he looks forward to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke's biggest challenge will be to undo much of what made him a hero […]

Published
2009

13. Bernanke, a Hero to His Own, Can't Shake Critics in Congress

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Officials and employees -- Management, United States economic conditions -- Evaluation
Abstract

Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, no longer looks sleep-deprived. He still works seven days a week, but earlier this month he took two days off -- for […]

Published
2009

14. An Upbeat Fed Views Recession As Near an End

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Reports -- Management, Financial markets -- Forecasts and trends -- Management -- Reports, Recessions -- United States -- Management -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Almost exactly two years after it embarked on what was the biggest financial rescue in American history, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that the recession is ending and that […]

Published
2009

15. Call to Curb Speculators In Energy

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission -- Powers and duties -- Management, Exchange-traded funds -- Analysis -- Forecasts and trends, Independent regulatory commissions -- Powers and duties -- Analysis -- Forecasts and trends, Commodity markets -- Management -- Forecasts and trends -- Analysis
Abstract

The country's top regulator of commodity markets said Tuesday that the government should 'seriously consider' strict limits on the trades of purely financial investors in the futures markets for oil, […]

Published
2009

16. Unresolved questions after hearing with Geithner

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, United States. Congress -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Derivatives (Financial instruments) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Hedging (Finance) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Legislative hearings -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The issues were arcane and technical, but the hearing drew an extraordinary turnout: 110 members of Congress, many of whom waited three hours to ask questions for five minutes. All […]

Published
2009

17. Two Authorities on Fed Advise Congress Against Expanding Its Power

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Analysis -- Management, Economists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United States economic conditions -- Management -- Economic aspects -- Analysis, United States history -- Economic aspects -- Analysis
Abstract

Two economists with longstanding ties to the Federal Reserve warned Congress on Thursday that it would be a mistake to make the Fed a super-regulator in charge of reining in […]

Published
2009

18. U.S. gets tough on funds trying to buy failed banks

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, United States. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. -- Standards -- Management, Bank mergers -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bank failures -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Federal bank regulators toughened policies on Thursday that have allowed private equity firms to buy up failing banks, saying they were worried if such investors would have enough capital and […]

Published
2009

19. Fed Maintains Status Quo, Keeping Interest Rate Near Zero

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company growth, Company business management, Consumer spending -- Management, United States economic conditions, Interest rates -- Growth, Central banks -- Management
Abstract

Facing an economy that is perking up slightly but still deep in recession, the Federal Reserve left its rescue policies unchanged on Wednesday and said that it would keep interest […]

Published
2009

20. G.O.P. Expected to Paint Bernanke as Ally of Big Government

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Story, Louise

Subjects
Government regulation, Securities industry, Company business management, Company acquisition/merger, Banking industry, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bank of America Corp. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Management -- Economic policy, Banking industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Laws, regulations and rules, Securities industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

In a peculiar role reversal, Republican lawmakers are mounting a ferocious attack on the Republican chairman of the Federal Reserve, while Democrats are coming to his defense. Ben S. Bernanke, […]

Published
2009

21. Regulators Push for Change At Two Troubled Big Banks

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Story, Louise

Subjects
Company business management, Banking industry, Bank of America Corp. -- Officials and employees -- Management, Banking industry -- Officials and employees -- Management
Abstract

With a crucial deadline looming in the federal bank bailout program, Washington regulators are pressing some unwelcome prescriptions upon two of the nation's largest lenders. One by one, allies of […]

Published
2009

22. Plan to help banks clear their books is halted

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, United States. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. -- Planning -- Management, Bank loans -- Management -- Planning, Bank assets -- Management
Abstract

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation indefinitely postponed a central element of the Obama administration's bank rescue plan on Wednesday, acknowledging that it could not persuade enough banks to sell off […]

Published
2009

23. Treasury Department Is Said to Plan Second Bailout for GMAC

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business planning, Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, Ally Financial Inc. -- Services -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, United States. Department of the Treasury -- Planning -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Services, Consumer finance companies -- Services -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Subprime loans -- Forecasts and trends -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The Treasury Department has decided to bail out GMAC, the former financing arm of General Motors, with $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions, which would bring its […]

Published
2009

24. Bank System Is Healing, Geithner Tells Senators

Author

Healy, Jack and Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Banking industry, United States. Troubled Asset Relief Program -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Banking law -- Interpretation and construction -- Laws, regulations and rules, Banking industry -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The country's biggest banks have made moves to bolster their balance sheets by about $56 billion since the government disclosed the results of its financial 'stress tests' two weeks ago, […]

Published
2009

25. Plan to help homeowners modify second mortgages

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Mortgages, Company business management, Foreclosure -- Prevention -- Economic aspects, Government lending -- Management -- Economic aspects, Mortgages -- Management -- Economic aspects, Homeowners -- Economic aspects
Abstract

The Obama administration sought to expand its $50 billion plan to reduce home foreclosures, announcing a new program on Tuesday to help troubled homeowners modify second mortgages or piggyback loans. […]

Published
2009

26. Global finance officials promise more help, but seek it, too

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company growth, Company business management, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, World Bank Group. World Bank -- Management -- Growth, International Monetary Fund -- Management -- Growth, Foreign loans -- Management -- Demographic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Global economy -- Growth -- Forecasts and trends, Developing countries -- Finance -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Top officials at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund pledged Thursday to increase their lending to poor countries, warning that the global financial crisis was far from over. […]

Published
2009

27. Credit Markets Still Tight, Geithner Says

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Healy, Jack

Subjects
Company public relations, Mortgages, Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, United States. Department of the Treasury -- Economic policy -- Management, Mortgages -- Management -- Forecasts and trends, Credit market -- Forecasts and trends -- Management
Abstract

Despite huge government efforts to restore lending to normal, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Tuesday that borrowing costs remained high and credit was still not flowing normally. Speaking before […]

Published
2009

28. Common Stock Offers Leeway In Bank Rescue

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Capital stock -- Management
Abstract

President Obama's top economic advisers have determined that they can shore up the nation's banking system without having to ask Congress for more money any time soon, according to administration […]

Published
2009

29. 3 Trustees of A.I.G. Are Quiet, Perhaps to a Fault

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Insurance industry, American International Group Inc. -- Government finance -- Management -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Insurance industry -- Government finance -- Management -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

In an early sign of just how tricky corporate governance has become in the era of taxpayer bailouts, three little-known trustees with no office, no staff and almost no mission […]

Published
2009

30. A retreat from citing China over its currency

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Currency devaluation -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Monetary policy -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Foreign exchange -- Prices and rates
Abstract

The Treasury Department said on Wednesday that China was not manipulating its currency to increase its exports, a big retreat from the criticism expressed by Timothy F. Geithner in January […]

Published
2009

31. Showdown seen between banks and regulators

Author

Labaton, Stephen and Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Banking industry, Banking industry -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

As the Obama administration completes its examinations of the nation's largest banks, industry executives are bracing for fights with the government over repayment of bailout money and forced sales of […]

Published
2009

32. Battles Over Reform Plan Lie Ahead

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, Economic reform -- Planning -- Management
Abstract

Outlining a far-reaching proposal on Thursday to rebuild the nation's broken system of financial regulation, the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, fired the opening salvo in what is likely to […]

Published
2009

33. U.S. to Detail Plan to Rein In Finance World

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Story, Louise

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Financial services industry, Financial services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Management
Abstract

The Obama administration will detail on Thursday a wide-ranging plan to overhaul financial regulation by subjecting hedge funds and traders of exotic financial instruments, now among the biggest and most […]

Published
2009

34. Fed Chairman Tacitly Backs Call for Spending

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Calmes, Jackie

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Officials and employees -- Economic policy -- Management, Expenditures, Public -- Management, Budget -- Management
Abstract

The chairman of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday tacitly endorsed President Obama's call for huge increases in spending and trillion-dollar deficits over the next couple of years, saying the economic […]

Published
2009

35. Tax Cuts

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, Budget -- Management -- Planning
Abstract

As President Obama vowed during his campaign and again after the elections, the proposed budget would extend the Bush tax cuts for most households with taxable incomes below $250,000 but […]

Published
2009

36. In Latest Plan for Banks, U.S. Could Demand Voting Stake

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Citigroup Inc. -- Government finance -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Management, Business-government relations -- Management -- Government finance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government ownership -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Government finance, Commercial banks -- Government finance -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The Obama administration put the nation's biggest banks on notice Monday that the government could become their biggest shareholder if regulators decide they are not strong enough to weather a […]

Published
2009

37. $275 BILLION PLAN SEEKS TO ADDRESS CRISIS IN HOUSING

Author

Stolberg, Sheryl Gay and Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Mortgages, Company business management, Foreclosure -- Management -- Government finance -- Social aspects, Mortgages -- Government finance -- Social aspects, Domestic economic assistance -- Social aspects -- Government finance
Abstract

President Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to help as many as nine million American homeowners refinance their mortgages or avert foreclosure, saying that it would shore up housing prices, […]

Published
2009

38. Obama Plan On Housing Said to Push On Lenders

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Mortgages, Company business planning, Company business management, Foreclosure -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Mortgages -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Planning, Housing development -- Planning -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

President Obama's plan to reduce the flood of home foreclosures will include a mix of government inducements and new pressure on lenders to reduce monthly payments for borrowers at risk […]

Published
2009

39. Stimulus Plan Tightens Reins On Wall St. Pay

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Dash, Eric

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Legislators -- Economic policy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Executives -- Compensation and benefits, Domestic economic assistance -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

A provision buried deep inside the $787 billion economic stimulus bill would impose restrictions on executive bonuses at financial institutions that are much tougher than those proposed 10 days ago […]

Published
2009

40. Geithner Said to Have Prevailed on the Bailout

Author

Labaton, Stephen and Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, Domestic economic assistance -- Planning -- Management
Abstract

The Obama administration's new plan to bail out the nation's banks was fashioned after a spirited internal debate that pitted the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, against some of the […]

Published
2009

41. Both parties move to aid struggling homeowners

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Mortgages, Company business management, Company financing, Foreclosure -- Prevention -- Laws, regulations and rules, Mortgages -- Management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Housing policy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Homeowners -- Finance -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

-- Four months after Congress tried to rescue the economy with a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry, Republicans and Democrats are suddenly competing to bail out financially struggling […]

Published
2009

42. Fed Signals It's Ready to Expand Assistance as Needed

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Economic policy -- Management, Economic stabilization -- Management -- Economic aspects, Mortgage-backed securities -- Economic aspects
Abstract

Conceding that the economy is still spiraling downward on most fronts, the Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday that it would expand its use of unconventional measures to directly prop up […]

Published
2009

43. Geithner Says Financial Plan Is in the Works

Author

Labaton, Stephen and Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company public relations, Company business management, Banking industry, United States. Department of the Treasury -- Officials and employees -- Government finance -- Management, Banking industry -- Government finance -- Public relations -- Officials and employees, Economic policy -- Evaluation -- Government finance, United States economic conditions -- Management -- Government finance
Abstract

As lawmakers pressed the Obama administration for details of how it would assist financial firms that have been rapidly deteriorating, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Wednesday the administration is […]

Published
2009

44. For Fed Policy-Making, Murky Era Lies Ahead

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Powers and duties -- Analysis -- Management, Interest rates -- Management -- Analysis, United States economic conditions -- Management -- Analysis
Abstract

Until last month, anyone keeping tabs on monetary policy at the Federal Reserve would focus almost entirely on one simple, almost Pavlovian number: the overnight federal funds rate that banks […]

Published
2009

45. Bank crisis deepens

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Banking industry, Banking industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects -- Management
Abstract

WASHINGTON --Even before they have settled into their new jobs, President Obama's economic team faces an acute crisis in the nation's banking system that has no easy answers and that […]

Published
2009

46. Despite Skepticism, Release of $350 Billion More in Federal Bailout Money Gains Favor

Author

Herszenhorn, David M. and Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business planning, Company business management, Financial services industry, Legislators -- Economic policy -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Financial services industry -- Government finance -- Planning -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States economic conditions -- Management -- Government finance -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Republican and Democratic Senate leaders signaled on Monday that they would support the release of the second half of the Treasury's $700 billion financial system bailout fund, despite anger among […]

Published
2009

47. A Crisis Trumps Constraint

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Global Economic Crisis, 2008-2010 -- Management -- Evaluation, Government spending policy -- Evaluation, Budget deficits -- Management, United States economic conditions -- Management
Abstract

As the ranking Democrat and then chairman of the House Budget Committee, Representative John M. Spratt Jr. of South Carolina accused President Bush for eight years of recklessly running up […]

Published
2009

48. Obama warns of prospect for trillion-dollar deficits

Author

Zeleny, Jeff and Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, Expenditures, Public -- Control -- Political aspects, Budget deficits -- Management -- Political aspects -- Control
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday braced Americans for the unparalleled prospect of 'trillion-dollar deficits for years to come,' a stark assessment of the budgetary outlook that he said […]

Published
2009

49. Fed's Minutes Reveal Shock At Downturn

Author

Andrews, Edmund L.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Global Economic Crisis, 2008-2010 -- Management, United States economic conditions -- Management -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Interest rates -- Management -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

Policy makers at the Federal Reserve appeared almost stunned by an economy that was sinking faster than they had expected on almost every front in December, so much so that […]

Published
2009

50. FED CUTS KEY RATE ALMOST TO ZERO; OBAMA MAPS PLAN

Author

Andrews, Edmund L. and Calmes, Jackie

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Economic policy -- Management, United States economic conditions -- Management -- Statistics, Interest rates -- Statistics, Domestic economic assistance -- Planning -- Statistics, Presidents -- Economic policy -- Planning -- Statistics
Abstract

The Federal Reserve entered a new era on Tuesday, lowering its benchmark interest rate virtually to zero and declaring that it would now fight the recession by pumping out vast […]

Published
2008

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