2008 Financial Crisis

This weekend's Italian election was not so much a victory for anti-European Union forces as it was a defeat for governance. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: The collapse of the Italian center-left

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In the test, the country's biggest banks will be subjected to a hypothetical crisis in which unemployment spikes, the stock market collapses, and housing prices tumble. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Business

This year’s stress tests will put banks through an even greater hypothetical crisis

Joseph Lawler -

February 1, 2018 10:10 pm

Former President Barack Obama made $400,000 for a speech he gave to clients of Northern Trust Corp. last month, according to a report. He is scheduled to headline Cantor Fitzgerald LP's healthcare conference next week. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, FILE)

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Obama making $400,000 speeches to Wall Street firms: Report

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September 18, 2017 2:05 pm

In 2015, median incomes grew the fastest of any one year on record, and poverty fell. (iStock Photo)

Economy

Median household incomes hit new record high in 2016, finally eclipsing 1999 levels

Joseph Lawler -

September 12, 2017 2:21 pm

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How Not to Fix Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Ike Brannon -

September 5, 2017 4:15 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, before the Senate Banking Committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Economy

Janet Yellen backtracks: ‘We can never be confident’ of no financial crisis

Joseph Lawler -

July 13, 2017 2:50 pm

House Financial Services lawmakers want the committee to conduct its own investigation into the administration's probes of OneWest. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Economy

Maxine Waters, other Democrats cast doubt on Trump administration’s investigation into Mnuchin’s former bank

Joseph Lawler -

June 30, 2017 7:48 pm

Fed chairwoman touted the rules that the central bank has implemented in the aftermath of the financial crisis and warned against undoing them. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Economy

Yellen: I don’t believe there will be another financial crisis in our lifetimes

Joseph Lawler -

June 27, 2017 5:55 pm

Magazine

Using houses as ATMs helped cause the crash

Washington Examiner Staff -

May 22, 2017 4:01 am

Three-judge panel says AIG investors lacked standing to sue for losses in the insurance company's bailout during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Economy

Appeals court reverses decision that AIG bailout was illegal

Joseph Lawler -

May 9, 2017 5:08 pm

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Tag: 2008 Financial Crisis

Michael Barone: The collapse of the Italian center-left

This year’s stress tests will put banks through an even greater hypothetical crisis

Obama making $400,000 speeches to Wall Street firms: Report

Median household incomes hit new record high in 2016, finally eclipsing 1999 levels

How Not to Fix Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Janet Yellen backtracks: ‘We can never be confident’ of no financial crisis

Maxine Waters, other Democrats cast doubt on Trump administration’s investigation into Mnuchin’s former bank

Yellen: I don’t believe there will be another financial crisis in our lifetimes

Using houses as ATMs helped cause the crash

Appeals court reverses decision that AIG bailout was illegal

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