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  1. the economy
    How Fallout From SVB Is Increasing the Risk of a RecessionAs midsize banks bleed deposits, consumers and businesses will suddenly find credit hard to come by.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. silicon valley bank
    The Fed Might ‘Fix’ the Economy by Breaking BanksTriggering a cascade of bank runs might be an effective way to cool off an economy.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. the economy
    How Bad Is the Economy Going to Get?The case for (and against) expecting a bad recession in 2023.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. wall street
    The End of the Pandemic Boom Is NighNetflix, Peloton, and other Wall Street winners of the pandemic economy are running out of steam.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  5. inflation
    Two Big Myths About Why Energy Prices Are RisingWhy Joe Biden and climate hawks are not responsible for soaring fossil-fuel costs.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. the economy
    3 Reasons April’s Inflation Will Probably Be TemporaryPrice rises were concentrated in sectors heavily impacted by the pandemic.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. wall street
    Wall Street Spooked by Biden’s Tax PlanInvestors fear the president’s new capital gains tax will hurt America’s salt-of-the-earth, hardly working millionaires.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. the economy
    The Biden Boom Has BegunJobless claims are falling, factory production is rising, and retail sales are skyrocketing as Biden’s stimulus kicks in.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. stonks
    GameStop Rally Refuses to Die, As Robinhood Restores TradingRobinhood traders regained access to GME shares Thursday, while new details about the origins of the rally came to light.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. the republican party
    The GOP Is No Longer the Pro-Business PartyThe right’s contempt for climate science and Keynesianism makes it incapable of governing in capital’s long-term interests.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. the economy
    As Big Business Feasts on Cheap Credit, Small Firms StarveAnd Congress isn’t coming to the little guys’ rescue anytime soon.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. coronavirus stimulus
    Maybe Panicked Investors Will Save the COVID StimulusWall Street has priced in another round of coronavirus relief. If a deal falls through, plunging stock prices just may break the GOP’s resolve.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. the economy
    The ‘V-Shaped’ Recovery Has Died of CoronavirusA swift rebound from the pandemic was always unlikely. But COVID-19’s resurgence has now rendered one impossible.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. markets
    White House: Stocks Are Plunging Because Jerome Powell Doesn’t SmileMultiple Trump advisers have blamed the markets’ jitters on the Fed chair’s poor “bedside manner.”
    By Eric Levitz
  15. the economy
    An Economist Who Called the 2008 Crash Says We’re In for a Long DepressionNouriel Roubini predicted the 2008 crash. Now, he’s warning that the America is hurtling toward food riots — and then a decade-spanning depression.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. the federal reserve
    Why Trump Might Be Right About Negative Interest RatesThe Federal Reserve opposes the radical stimulus policy. But it might be necessary to promote recovery.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. markets
    Americans Expect the Stock Market to Flourish As They SufferA Federal Reserve survey finds U.S. households expressing record levels of optimism about stock prices — and pessimism about their own finances.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. markets
    The Unemployment Rate Is 15 Percent. Here’s Why the Stock Market Doesn’t Mind.Investors have either lost touch with reality — or the need for a functioning society and labor market.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. oil
    Oil Is Crashing Again. It Could Take Whole Governments Down With It.As unwanted oil overwhelms storage capacity, many petro-states are poised for existential crises.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. the economy
    Fed Projection: Coronavirus Crisis Could Drive Unemployment to 32 PercentThe pandemic could force 47 million Americans out of work, according to new projections from the St. Louis Federal Reserve.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. coronavirus
    Who Should Get a Coronavirus Bailout and How?Congress needs to go big or the economy’s going to hell.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. markets
    Markets Rebound After Trump Signals He Intends to Do His JobTrump stopped tweeting QAnon memes long enough to promise stimulus to aid recovery from the coronavirus crash. For a couple hours, investors rejoiced.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. markets
    Trading Halted for 15 Minutes After Markets Plunge at the OpenThe S&P dropped 7 percent, triggering a “circuit breaker” and temporarily pausing trading.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. coronavirus
    How Coronavirus Could Tank the Economy — and Trump’s Odds of ReelectionIf the outbreak escapes containment in North America, U.S. economic growth could fall to roughly zero, according to a new OECD report.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. the economy
    The Recurring Recession FearAn Intelligencer chat about how seriously to take another round of inauspicious economic signals.
    By Josh Barro and Benjamin Hart
  26. the economy
    The Bond Market Gazes Into the Future, Only Sees PainA top recession indicator is flashing red. And while the U.S. economy remains strong, there’s reason to think this isn’t a false alarm.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. markets
    Trump’s Huawei Ban Is a Bigger Deal Than His Trade WarIf great-power rivalry renders high-tech trade between the U.S. and China impossible, globalization as we’ve known it will end.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. president trump
    Why Trump’s Turkey Tariffs Are Worrying InvestorsTrump just suggested that any country whose currency falls against the dollar is a fair target for sanctions, no matter the cause of depreciation.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. 2008
    Steve Bannon on How 2008 Planted the Seed for the Trump Presidency“That lit a match, and the explosion was Trump.”
    By Noah Kulwin
  30. 2008
    Naked Capitalism’s Yves Smith on Why We Didn’t See the 2008 Crash Coming“People forget how petrified everybody was at the time.”
    By Noah Kulwin
  31. 2008
    We Are Still Living in the Ruins of the 2008 CrashTen years after Wall Street’s doomsday, how the financial meltdown broke the modern world and left us living in this one.
  32. Major Investors Believe a Populist Democratic Government Is ComingPortfolio managers are trading bank stocks for cash, fearing a Democratic takeover of the House will embolden the party’s progressive wing in 2020.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. Corporations Invested Their Tax Cuts Into Stock Buybacks That Didn’t Even WorkInstead of making capital investments or increasing wages, corporate America is plowing record sums into buying their own shares at a high.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. Trump Press Allies to Quit Importing Iranian Oil By November 4The president appears to be engineering a spike in energy prices on the eve of the midterm elections.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. Peter Navarro Assures Rattled Investors That Trump’s Trade War Is Actually GoodThe White House sent its most protectionist adviser to calm investors Monday, after trade-war jitters rattled markets.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. Dow Tumbles As Trump Escalates Trade War With ChinaThe president has now threatened to impose tariffs on $450 billion worth of Chinese goods — and China has promised to respond in kind.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. Dow Drops Nearly 400 Points, Amid Rising Global Political InstabilityWith a constitutional crisis looming in Italy — and trade war brewing between the U.S. and China — traders fled risk Tuesday.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. Trump Cheers on Trade War With China As Stocks TumbleAfter Beijing threatened to slap tariffs on 106 U.S. exports Wednesday, markets panicked — and Trump reiterated his enthusiasm for trade war.
    By Eric Levitz
  39. The Stock Market Just Had Its Worst Day Since 2011And that’s (probably) fine.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. The Canadians Think Trump Will Try to Kill NAFTA. Are They Right?The president longs for trade war — but also a booming stock market and the approval of his corporate donors.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. How Harvey and Irma Will Impact Our EconomyThe storms are humanitarian disasters — but (probably) not economic ones.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. The Trump Economy Is a Gilded MediocrityFive reasons why the American economy is far weaker than mainstream commentary suggests.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. Markets Start to Wonder If the President Might Be an Incompetent LunaticWall Street was sure Trump would be a disaster, until he won. Now, its blind euphoria at the prospect of tax cuts is starting to fade.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. By Being Bad at His Job, Sean Spicer Nearly Causes Market PanicThe press secretary just made his biggest mistake since praising the restraint that Hitler showed in his use of weaponized gas.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. After Health-Care Flop, Markets Worry Trump Is ‘All Talk, No Action’After Trumpcare failed to reach the House floor, Wall Street loses confidence in the president’s capacity to deliver a large corporate tax cut.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. The Markets’ ‘Trump Bump’ May Be OverStocks saw their steepest drop since Trump’s election, as investors fret about the president’s legislative prowess.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. Wall Street Remembers Why It Was Afraid of President TrumpGoldman Sachs is starting to wonder if having an incompetent nativist as president might have its downsides.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. Trump Announces Plan to Let Boeing Eat Lockheed Martin’s LunchThe president-elect tweets that he has asked Boeing to propose an alternative to Lockheed’s F-35. Lockheed’s market value falls by $1.2 billion.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. Here’s What the Markets Expect From President TrumpTrump’s America will be a great place for banks and for-profit colleges — but not for hospitals — according to the Wall Street hive mind.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. Trump Takes Shot at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 ProgramOn Twitter, the president-elect is making a habit of tanking defense contractors’ stock prices by criticizing their federal contracts.
    By Eric Levitz
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