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![Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin bump elbows at the conclusion of their testimony before Congress on June 30, 2020. The Fed and Treasury are engaging in a rare clash over the fate of key pandemic lending programs.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ap_20182684001183-c21b1871038e96e41da5d8af183d2e5268ee30e5-scaled-e1605894759212-900x422.jpg)
Fate Of Pandemic Funds Sparks Unusual Dispute Between Treasury And Federal Reserve
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The Fed is pushing back against a request from Treasury to wind down emergency lending programs set up in the wake of the coronavirus.
![More so than other big banks, Goldman Sachs depends on stock and bond trading to make money, and the financial markets were the place to be in the second quarter.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ap_17363432267196-791d309206558c0d10efbce8112fd68865effebb-scaled-e1594842271445-900x422.jpg)
It’s Nice To Be Rich: Wall Street Is Raking In Profits In The Stock Market
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The economy is tanking, with massive layoffs and bankruptcies. But the richest sliver of the country continues to do quite well. The latest evidence: Goldman Sachs said it’s raking in money on trades.
![The long economic recovery has brought unemployment to historic lows. But the number of men in the labor force during their prime working age has dropped significantly over the past 50 years.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gettyimages-649662627-ec58c4dcba361a5730a164c5b0b672f0046535e8-scaled-e1582301881703-900x422.jpg)
Despite Job Boom, More Men Are Giving Up On Work
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The long economic recovery has brought unemployment to historic lows. But the number of men in the labor force during their prime working age has dropped significantly over the past 50 years.
![The S&P 500 has seen a nearly fivefold increase since the depths of the Great Recession. It has gone up nearly 30% this year alone.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/gettyimages-632701638-c3c9b1fb896c5ec9383f762bdd7dd3fd0374bb45-e1577728984240-900x422.jpg)
A Decade After A Fearful Market Hit Bottom, Stock Bulls Continue Historic Run
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The S&P 500 has seen a nearly fivefold increase since the depths of the Great Recession. But some analysts say the bull market may have gone on too long, encouraging investors to take more risks.
![Chinese officials from left Ning Jizhe, Vice Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission, Liao Min, Deputy Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs and Vice Minister of Finance, Zheng Zeguang, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs attend a press conference on the trade deal with the United States in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AP_19347565580544-e1576257865516-900x422.jpg)
U.S.-China Trade Deal Phase 1 Is Here; December Tariffs Are Scrapped
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China says the deal would cover intellectual property protections and currency manipulation, but no details have been released.
![U.S. stock indexes tumbled Wednesday after rebounding a day earlier amid an escalating trade war between the United States and China.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_19218529954796-12e6b5a41a57df7efa2dc0e625aaa18534441968-e1565195585654-900x422.jpg)
Deepening Fears About The Global Economy Send Stocks Falling Again
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Stocks resumed their slide, amid escalating fears that the U.S.-China trade war will further damage a worldwide economy that’s already slowing. Central banks in Asia and New Zealand cut rates.
![Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. U.S. stock markets fell sharply at the open but crept higher as the day wore on after President Trump threatened to raise tariffs on imports from China.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-1141632112-977f326d465235c3c9526962da50d6049c5163f7-e1557160706547-900x422.jpg)
Trump’s Threats To Raise Tariffs On China Send Markets Falling
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China and the U.S. are scheduled to continue trade talks in Washington this week, but President Trump’s threat has blindsided Beijing, a trade analyst says.
![The Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. President Trump is suing Deutsche Bank and Capital One, seeking to block the banks from responding to subpoenas from two House panels seeking personal financial documents related to the president, his family and his company.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ap_19120313325559-67c86fc4b77b51e7ab467d1ae2736da8ae1ed230-e1556633922479-900x422.jpg)
Trump Sues 2 Banks To Block Democrats From Investigating His Finances
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The lawsuit seeks to prevent Deutsche Bank and Capital One from responding to subpoenas from two House panels seeking personal financial documents related to the president, his family and his company.
![Citigroup Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat (from left), JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and other top bank executives are sworn in before testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gettyimages-1136110649-06c5824355b98ab74e00724d20298e83c21f09a2-e1554921853443-900x422.jpg)
CEOs Of Big Banks Face Tough Questioning Over Their Pay
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The House Financial Services Committee is grilling executives from seven banks Wednesday about overdraft fees and executive pay. The hearing comes 10 years after the financial crisis.
![A truck passes a stack of China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Georgia on July 5, 2018. The U.S. goods trade deficit with China hit a record $419.2 billion in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_18290549158076-359fd668805fb98908e8bf3445a2c3b66223c21e-e1551893991708-900x422.jpg)
Report: The Trade Deficit Is Only Getting Wider
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President Trump has pushed tariffs to cut the trade gap. But the United States bought more from other countries than it sold to them last year, pushing the deficit to a level not seen since 2008.
![The U.S. economy grew 2.9 percent last year, just missing President Trump's 3-percent target.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ap_19052000130858-ada5d98b7ef72444d633b2f84f60e4e7681a044f-e1551377494300-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Economy Grew 2.9 Percent In 2018, Just Below Trump’s Target
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The U.S. economy expanded at a solid 2.6 percent rate during the last three months of 2018, but growth was significantly lower than it had been earlier in the year as the boost from tax cuts waned.
![David Malpass, a conservative with longstanding ties to President Trump, has been nominated to run the World Bank, which he has criticized.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ap_18289742981052-79f7330c58a2973cdbb9c5851f3e4b6694ee18ac-e1549490518539-900x422.jpg)
Trump Nominates Outspoken Critic David Malpass To Head World Bank
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The nomination of Treasury Department official David Malpass already has generated controversy in the international development community.
![A sign at the entrance of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., says the museum will reopen Tuesday. The shutdown reduced federal spending by $18 billion, although most of that will be recouped, now that the government has reopened, according to a new report.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gettyimages-1090635906-125af21d354e068da855a0bf010a0a176565a74f-e1548709162432-900x422.jpg)
Government Shutdown Cut Into Economic Growth, CBO Says
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A report says the shutdown reduced federal spending by $18 billion, although most of that will be recouped, now that the government has reopened.
![Workers weld drawers on the assembly line at the Metal Box International toolbox factory in Franklin Park, Ill. Many analysts estimate that U.S. economic growth picked up in the second quarter.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rts1n5cr-d97b3cb493aecc2d75a267dd504cc23f283fa6ac-e1532628744119-900x422.jpg)
How Fast Did The Economy Grow? Forecasts Are All Over The Place
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President Trump is eager to tout a fast-growing economy, boosted by the tax cuts he pushed through Congress. That makes Friday’s report on gross domestic product a highly anticipated news event.