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• Keynes on Steroids

  We are all Keynesians now. That was Richard Nixon's famous line from 1971 after announcing that he had taken the United States off the gold standard, a day that will live in infamy for monetarists still among us. Posted Nov 25 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, U.S. Federal Reserve, United States, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, on, The White House, Richard Nixon, Citigroup Inc., Barack Obama, Freddie Mac Holdings, Fannie Mae, Steven Pearlstein, Lawrence Summers, American International Group Inc., Steroids, Keynes

• For Treasury Post, Geithner Is Leader Schooled in Crisis

  On the evening of Friday, Sept. 12, Timothy F. Geithner gathered 20 Wall Street executives in a conference room at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Posted Nov 21 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Crisis, Hong Kong, Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, In, for, The White House, George W. Bush, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lehman Brothers Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Is, Barack Obama, Capitol Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Treasury, Jim Bunning, Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers, Leader, Dartmouth College, Geithner, Post,, Clinton Treasury Department, Westchester, Schooled

• Obama Picks N.Y. Fed President Geithner as Treasury Secretary

  President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to Democratic and industry officials yesterday. Posted Nov 21 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, New York, United States, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Fed, Henry M. Paulson, U.S. Department of Commerce, Georgetown University, The White House, The Washington Post Company, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Citigroup Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, As, President, Mexico, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Illinois, Obama, Chicago, Bill Clinton, N.Y., Asia, Russia, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Daniel K. Tarullo, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Bill Richardson (Politician), U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Robert Rubin, University of Chicago, Jason Furman, The Brookings Institution, U.S. House of Representatives, Treasury, Penny Pritzker, Secretary, Timothy Geithner, U.S. Senate, Austan Goolsbee, Lawrence Summers, New Mexico, U.S. Congressional Budget Office, United Nations, Picks, Kent Conrad, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Anne E. Kornblut, Chris Cillizza, National Economic Council, American International Group Inc., Geithner, Scott Talbott, Geithner Treasury, Joining Summers

• It's Not Hank's Mess, but He's Doing Well on Cleanup

  Poor Hank Paulson doesn't deserve the drubbing he's been getting. Posted Nov 20 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: U.S. Federal Reserve, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Henry M. Paulson, on, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., David Cho, but, Not, He's, It's, Freddie Mac Holdings, Fannie Mae, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Detroit, Sheila Bair, Steven Pearlstein, Doing, Cleanup, American International Group Inc., Well, Mess,, Hank's

• A Conversion in 'This Storm'

  First of two articles Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. had a stern message for more than two dozen of the nation's most powerful hedge fund managers gathered in the third-floor conference room near his office. Paulson told them it was time to begin regulating the opaque realm of hedge fun... Posted Nov 17 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, New York, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, In, A, Europe, The White House, George W. Bush, Barclays plc, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lehman Brothers Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Enron Corporation, Barack Obama, Illinois, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., London, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wachovia Corporation, Richard Fuld, Capitol Hill, Washington Mutual Inc., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair, Christopher Cox, Timothy Geithner, John Thain, American International Group Inc., John Mack, Storm', Conversion, 'This

• Top Goldman Executives To Forgo 2008 Bonuses

  NEW YORK, Nov. 16 -- Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein and six other top executives at the bank will not be receiving cash or stock bonuses for 2008, a spokesman said Sunday. Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, to, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Top, The Associated Press, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Executives, 2008, Lloyd Blankfein, David Viniar, Goldman, Gary Cohn, Michael Sherwood, J. Michael Evans, Bonuses, Lucas van Praag, Jon Winkelried, Forgo

• What Went Wrong

  A decade ago, long before the financial calamity now sweeping the world, the federal government's economic brain trust heard a clarion warning and declared in unison: You're wrong. Posted Oct 14 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, New York, United States, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Arnold & Porter LLP, United Kingdom, Indiana, George W. Bush, Manhattan, What, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lehman Brothers Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Alan Greenspan, Germany, Russia, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., NYSE Euronext, Capitol Hill, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Robert Rubin, Christopher Cox, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Phil Gramm, Timothy Geithner, Harry S. Truman, Switzerland, Dick Lugar, Lawrence Summers, Wrong, CME Group Inc., American International Group Inc., International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc., Michael Greenberger, CBOT Holdings Inc., Went, Jim Leach, Rayburn House Office Building, Harvey Goldschmid, Brooksley E. Born, E. Gerald Corrigan, Mary Schapiro, Treasury Undersecretary Gary Gensler, Arthur Levitt Jr., Henry Gonzalez, Donald W. Riegle, Peter Fisher, William Rainer, Geoffrey Aronow, John Damgard, Daniel Waldman, Craig Pirrong, Robert Thomason, Futures Industry Association, Citadel Investment Group LLC, Annette Nazareth, University of Houston

• Goldman Sachs's Rich History

  "The Partnership" by Charles D. Ellis, though always useful and occasionally riveting, isn't an epic history. Posted Oct 14 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, New York, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Henry M. Paulson, New Jersey, Lehman Brothers Inc., History, Ronald Reagan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Jon Corzine, Robert Rubin, Stanford University, Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Orleans, Sears Holding Corporation, Lloyd Blankfein, Warren Buffett, Ford Motor Company, Greenwich Associates LLC, Rich, Penguin Group, Goldman, Samuel Sachs, Sidney Weinberg, War Production Board, Charles D. Ellis, Robert Maxwell, John Whitehead, Sachs's, Steve Friedman, George W. Bush's National Economic Council, Woolworths Group plc, Bob Hurst

• The Big Apple Losing Some of Its Luster

  NEW YORK -- This big, brash, in-your-face city suddenly seems to have lost its mojo. Posted Oct 11 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Wall Street, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., The, Miami, Manhattan, California, of, Lehman Brothers Inc., Big, Arizona, Hillary Clinton, Some, Chicago, Its, Rudolph Giuliani, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., NYSE Euronext, National League (Baseball), Major League Baseball, NL East Division, Michael Bloomberg, Kathryn Wylde, Partnership for New York City, Losing, Apple, Tempe, Statue of Liberty, Santa Monica, Luster, Hudson River, American International Group Inc., Maison International, Alex Todd, Diane Zettler, Yacht Owners Association of New York, Joe St. Cyr, Hugo Zettler, Marie-Claire Martineau, Joe Todd, Frank Giordano, New York Mets, Alden Cass

• Failure This Big Wasn't Born Yesterday

  If you're mad as hell about what's happening to our economy and need to stay mad to keep from wailing, read the October selection for the Color of Money Book Club. Posted Oct 04 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Wall Street, United States, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., JP Morgan Chase & Co., New Jersey, National Public Radio Inc., Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post Company, Big, Conde Nast Publications Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Yesterday, This, Born, BusinessWeek Magazine, Mother Teresa, Rand Groves, Gary Weiss, Failure, Wasn't

• Poorest Feel Downturn as Donations Fall

  NEW YORK -- For Citymeals-on-Wheels, a nonprofit group that delivers food to homebound New Yorkers, the Wall Street crisis already means 100,000 fewer meals will be delivered to people who need them. Posted Oct 04 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Wall Street, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Manhattan, Lehman Brothers Inc., As, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Fall, Downturn, Feel, Indiana University, Donations, American International Group Inc., Harlem, Starr Foundation, Marcia Stein, Lehman Brothers Foundation, Toni Goodale, Fortune Society, Don Crocker, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Lincoln Center, Melissa Berman, Poorest, Support Center for Nonprofit Management, Teach for America, Robin Hood Foundation, Dorothy Skinner, Giving USA Foundation, Reynold Levy

• With No Plan B, House Reluctantly Passes Politically Risky Measure

  Henry M. Paulson Jr. was in his corner office in the Treasury Department on Monday afternoon, too nervous to turn on his television, when his chief of staff poked his head into the Treasury secretary's office to tell him the stunning news playing out on Capitol Hill: The House had just defeated the... Posted Oct 03 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, United States, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, Maryland, The White House, Dick Cheney, Indiana, Texas, George W. Bush, California, Wells Fargo & Company, Cleveland, Lehman Brothers Inc., U.S. Department of the Treasury, With, Mortgage Bankers Association, No, Charles Schumer, Harry Reid, Steny Hoyer, Neil Irwin, John McCain, U.S. Republican Party, Barack Obama, Tennessee, World Trade Center, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Germany, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Christopher Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Barney Frank, American Bankers Association, Wachovia Corporation, Capitol Hill, North Carolina, Dick Durbin, Plan, Max Baucus, Charlotte, AARP, John Boehner, Rahm Emanuel, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Elijah Cummings, Abraham Lincoln, House, David Maraniss, Mark Vitner, Michael Abramowitz, Passes, Kent Conrad, Mitch McConnell, Measure, Drew Greenblatt, Republican Study Committee, Jeb Hensarling, Roy Blunt, Joshua Bolten, Zachary A. Goldfarb, Risky, Louie Gohmert, Midland (Texas), Mike Pence, Plan B. The Treasury Department, Betty Sutton, Volkswagen AG, Brad Sherman, Joseph Crowley, Kuhl Jr., Rayburn House Office Building, Skeptics' Caucus, Sue Myrick, Politically, Zach Wamp, Kermit High School, B,, Ellen Tauscher, Paulson's Treasury, Chattanooga, Mike Conaway, Reluctantly, Brian Gaston

• Prosecutors Expected To Spare Wall St. Firms

  Justice Department officials yesterday vowed to unravel the complex financial deals that helped prompt a market crisis in an effort that will generally seek criminal charges against individual brokers and bankers, rather than companies themselves, according to interviews with lawyers involved in the... Posted Oct 02 2008, 05:00 PM