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Deficit Spending Steals Money From Small Companies

By Robert E. Berney |  Aug 1, 1981

When the government competes with business for credit, guess who wins.  Read story

Best Practices: Manage Cash Flow

Jul 24, 2000

Cash flow management is a process that involves collecting payments, controlling disbursements, covering shortfalls, forecasting cash needs, investing idl...  Read story

Banks and Banking

The banking sector of the economy can be viewed bottom-up or top-down. The top-down view shows central banks overseeing financial activities for the entir...  Read story

Interest Rates

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Rites Of Fed Bashing

By Steve Coll |  Jun 1, 1985

THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS DEFLECTED ALL ATTEMPTS IN THE PAST TO END ITS INDEPENDENCE. NEXT TIME, IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.  Read story

Forecaster Gary Shilling

Nov 1, 1986

They used to say that this maverick economist was wrong about his warnings of disinflation and depression. Now, they say he was just a bit early.  Read story

Motion Without Movement

By JAY FINEGAN |  Jan 1, 1988

A diary of official Washington in the midst of an economic crisis  Read story

Washington Insiders;

Jan 1, 1988

Whether or not the plunge in stock prices drives the nation into a depression, it has already driven American business to rework many of its assumptions abou...  Read story

Fear Not

By John Case |  Jun 1, 1994

How fundamental changes in the economy make inflation in the near future highly unlikely.  Read story

Credit Loosens (for Now)

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1994

Chart showing what types of companies were able to increase their credit availability in 1993.  Read story

Fed Begins Survey of Small Businesses

By Matt Quinn

June 11, 2004 -- The Federal Reserve announced on Thursday that it had begun its latest Survey of Small Business Finances. The survey is ...  Read story

As Interest Rates Rise, Small Businesses Look Out

By Matt Quinn

July 1, 2004 -- All that cheap capital that has helped the economy recover in the last few years just got a little bit more expensive.Read story

Growth in Consumer Prices Looks Certain to Spur Rate Hike

By Matt Quinn

June 15, 2004 -- U.S. consumer prices surged 0.6 percent in May, largely due to soaring energy costs. The report by the Labor Department ...  Read story

As Interest Rates Rise, Small Businesses Look Out

By Matt Quinn

July 1, 2004 -- All that cheap capital that has helped the economy recover in the last few years just got a little bit more expensive.Read story

Fed Raises Rates, Believes Economy Will Accelerate

By Matt Quinn

August 11, 2004 -- The Federal Reserve raised its short-term interest rate target by a quarter-point for the second time this year on Tue...  Read story

Economy Perking Up

By Stephanie Clifford |  Jan 1, 2005

Jan. 21, 2005 -- The economy's temperature is improving, according to a slew of recent economic reports. Cheaper oil meant consumer price...  Read story

More Expected Rate Hikes

By Jonathan Steiman |  Feb 3, 2005

Feb. 4, 2005 -- For the sixth time since June, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates on Wednesday, and signaled that futur...  Read story

Small Businesses Withstand Another Round of Rate Hikes

By Priya Ganapati |  May 5, 2005

May 6, 2005 --The quarter percentage point hike in the interest rate by the Federal Reserve is likely to further affect small businesses, ...  Read story

Economic Data Dips, Surges

By Max Chafkin |  Jun 30, 2005

June 30, 2005 --Reports released Thursday by the Departments of Labor and Commerce provided mixed messages on the economy, while House Dem...  Read story

Fed Intent on More Rate Increases

By Max Chafkin |  Jul 21, 2005

July 21, 2005 --Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan appeared before a Senate subcommittee Thursday, repeating his intention to continu...  Read story

Small Business Optimism Up

By Max Chafkin |  Aug 10, 2005

August 10, 2005 --The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point for the tenth straight time Tuesday, lending credence to re...  Read story

Interest Rates To Continue Rising

By Daniel Del'Re |  Sep 20, 2005

Sept. 20, 2005 --Economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise the rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans as the economy t...  Read story

Fed Halts Interest-Rate Hikes

Aug 8, 2006

To help stave off inflation, the Federal Reserve voted against an increase for the first time in two years.  Read story

The Economy This Week

By Angus Loten |  Nov 15, 2007

Small-business owners are cutting back on spending plans; gas prices hit record highs.  Read story

Fed Trims Interest Rate

By Angus Loten |  Dec 11, 2007

Banks respond by dropping benchmark lending rates for small businesses to a two-year low.  Read story

The Economy This Week

By Angus Loten |  Dec 13, 2007

Optimism among small-business owners fades; retail sales get a seasonal boost.  Read story

Industrial Production Rebounds

Nov 16, 2006

Nov. 16, 2006 -- Industrial production was up 0.2 percent last month after declining in September, the Federal Reserve said today. Read story

Industrial Production Picks Up

Dec 15, 2006

Dec. 15, 2006 -- Industrial production increased by 0.2 percent in November, the Federal Reserve reported on Friday. Gains in Octo...  Read story

Industrial Production Rebounds

Jan 17, 2007

Jan. 17, 2007 -- Industrial production rose by 0.4 percent in December, driven by increased output in the high-tech and auto sectors, the...  Read story

Outlook 2006: Interest Rates

By Stephanie Clifford |  Jan 1, 2006

Going up!  Read story

A Borrower Be

By Martin Mayer |  Jan 1, 2003

Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money?  Read story

The Insider's Guide to Economic Forecasting

By Gene Sperling |  Aug 1, 2003

Or, How to Get Ahead of the Competition by Becoming Your Own Economist. A well-known economist pulls back the curtain on the indicators he a...  Read story

Squeeze Plays

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 2001

Banks are flush with cash and rates are low, but for many small companies, getting credit is going to be tougher than ever.  Read story

Small-Business Optimism Plunges

By Angus Loten |  Dec 11, 2007

Recent interest rate cuts have prompted owners to slash hiring and spending plans, a survey finds.  Read story

One-armed Bandits

May 1, 1984

Suspicious of automatic-teller machines? You should be, says Neil B. Godick of Godick & Co., a Philadelphia-based certified public accounting firm. He...  Read story

This Week's Economic Roundup

By Angus Loten |  Jul 27, 2006

Consumer optimism rises; housing market continues to slide.  Read story

New Signs Economy Rebounding

By Darren Dahl

August 13, 2004 -- Following on the heels of the Federal Reserve's decision yesterday to Read story

Encyclopedia Of Economics, Edited By Douglas Greenwald. Mcgraw-hill, 1221 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, Ny 10020; 1,070 Pp., $49.95.

Mar 1, 1982

Gathering works of 178 economists together in one volume and hoping they will make collective sense is a courageous undertaking no matter what the reason....  Read story

Where Small Companies Go for Credit

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jun 1, 1991

Chart depicting where most small companies go for credit.  Read story

A Loan At Last

By Virginia Inman |  Jan 1, 1986

When it comes to commercial loans, the rich aren't getting richer. New York City banks may have the most dough, but their commercial and industrial loan ...  Read story