Full Coverage: U.S. Economy

US Government takes over mortgage giants

AP - Sun Sep 7, 9:51 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.

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Off the Wires

Hedge fund Paulson to weigh buying bank stocks: report Reuters - Sun Sep 7, 7:34 PM ET
Light, or train, at end of tunnel? Reuters - Sun Sep 7, 4:24 PM ET
Paulson expected to detail Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bailout AFP - Sun Sep 7, 9:09 AM ET
Yellowstone RV park full despite fuel costs AP - Sat Sep 6, 6:50 AM ET
Jobless rate at 5-year high Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:37 PM ET

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News Stories

Stocks Take a Beating at The Washington Post - Fri, Sep 05, 2008
Unemployment Rate Hits 5-Year High As Economy Continues to Shed Jobs at The Wall Street Journal - Fri, Sep 05, 2008
Unemployment tops 6% for first time in five years at The Los Angeles Times - Fri, Sep 05, 2008
Payrolls Decline, Sending Unemployment to 6.1% at Bloomberg.com - Fri, Sep 05, 2008
Greenspan's Chattiness Is Drowning Out Bernanke's Fed at The Washington Post - Tue, Sep 02, 2008

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Feature Articles

As Food Costs Rise, So Do School Lunch Prices at The New York Times - Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Upscale malls reach out as shoppers cut back at The Los Angeles Times - Thu, Aug 21, 2008
On Rodeo Drive, the economy's booming at The Los Angeles Times - Wed, Aug 20, 2008
In Farm Country's Boom, Hints of a Bubble at The Washington Post - Wed, Aug 20, 2008
Media coverage of the economy lags, study finds AP via Yahoo! News - Mon, Aug 18, 2008
Washington offers no relief for savers AP via Yahoo! News - Mon, Aug 18, 2008

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Opinion & Editorials

Our Inequality of Outcomes at The Washington Post - Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Where's the Prosperity? at The New York Times - Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Deconstructing consumer confidence at The Los Angeles Times - Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Dear Recession, you're not so bad at Christian Science Monitor - Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Smart Investors Have to Wonder Who's Dumb Now at Bloomberg.com - Fri, Aug 22, 2008
No End in Sight at The New York Times - Wed, Aug 20, 2008

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Related Web Sites

U.S. Economic Calendar - economic indicators to be released in the coming week. From Yahoo! Finance.
Economy at a Glance - Key economic statistics, updated monthly. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Federal Reserve System Beige Book - provides national and regional summaries of U.S. economic conditions.
U.S. Department of Commerce - site includes updates on economic indicators and data.
The Conference Board - non-profit, non-advocacy organization that created the consumer confidence index, an economic indicator released monthly. Also tracks leading economic indicators.
Statistics of Income (SOI) - Find out more about individual and corporate income from data files compiled from tax and information returns filed with the IRS.