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Bernanke: Economy growing much too slowly to put people back to work
October 1, 2012
J.K. WallFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a local lunch crowd that he expects the economy to keep growing, but he said the
growth is so slow that it could create a "permanent group" of underemployed Americans.
MoreBernanke makes strong defense of Fed rate policies
October 1, 2012
Associated PressIn a speech in Indianapolis, Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a sharp defense Monday of the Federal Reserve's bold policies
to stimulate the weak economy, while cautioning Congress to respect its private discussions.
MoreBernanke's speech at Economic Club a coup for city
September 17, 2012
Scott OlsonThe chairman of the Federal Reserve is scheduled to speak at the Economic Club of Indiana's Oct. 1 meeting, an event that
should put Indianapolis in the national spotlight given the Fed's recent and controversial decision to try to stimulate the
economy.
MoreRising gas prices put a crimp in Americans' spending
September 16, 2012
Associated PressThe Federal Reserve this week took steps to boost economic growth. But those stimulus measures are also pushing oil prices
up. If gas prices follow, consumers will have less money to spend elsewhere.
MoreAnalysis: In a crummy economy, why are stocks rising?
September 15, 2012
Associated PressEconomic growth is pitiful. So why are the major stock indexes just a few percentage points shy of an all-time record? Start
with two words: Ben Bernanke.
MoreFed unveils bold, open-ended steps to aid economy
September 13, 2012
Associated PressThe Federal Reserve unleashed a series of bold and open-ended steps Thursday designed to stimulate the economy by boosting
the stock market and making it cheaper for people to borrow and spend. Stocks surged after the announcement.
MoreHICKS: Debate rages on about role of Federal Reserve
May 5, 2012
Mike HicksThe Employment Act of 1946 essentially required the Federal Reserve to do two mutually exclusive things: promote full employment
and keep inflation low.
MoreALLEY: Where banks will find growth in the future
March 10, 2012
Mike Alley / Special to IBJDemographics, technology will reward winning institutions.
MoreFed to keep interest rate near zero for 2 years
August 9, 2011
Associated PressThe Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will likely keep interest rates at record lows for the next two years after acknowledging
that the economy is weaker than it had thought and faces increasing risks.
MoreSKARBECK: Inflation worries growing, and for good reasons
April 16, 2011
Ken SkarbeckAs much as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would like to think he can pull in the reins at the right moment, the beast
of inflation is difficult to control.
MoreSKARBECK: Fed's monetary policies drag down bond returns
April 2, 2011
Ken SkarbeckInflation is a sinister sort of tax that confiscates wealth. Bonds will lose value in an inflationary environment as interest
rates rise.
MoreCOAN: Stocks will get worse before they get better
November 20, 2010
Paul CoanLooking at the final years of the Great Depression tells me that next year might not be so kind to investors.
MoreStudy of local mortgage defaults shows benefit of counseling
June 22, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerA study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago finds a strong correlation between pre-mortgage credit counseling and loan
performance after
comparing Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership clients with other low-income Marion County borrowers.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.