Manage The Numbers - Financial Crisis

Financial Crisis

US banks in strong shape as 4th quarter profit jumps

Feb 28, 2017

Profits at US banks rose 7.7 percent in 4th quarter as lending expanded

Downturn in farm economy complicating new Farm Bill efforts

Feb 26, 2017

Work is beginning to draft new legislation amid daunting challenges confronting farmers in the era of President Donald Trump

Regulator: China needs to rein in risky stock behavior

Feb 26, 2017

A Chinese regulator says Beijing needs to rein in risky behavior by financial industries following market turmoil in 2015 that battered investors

Puerto Rico governor meets with top US officials amid crisis

Feb 24, 2017

Puerto Rico's governor has met with the U.S. treasury and health secretaries to seek support in pulling the island out of a deep economic crisis

China names economic officials amid slowdown, Trump threats

Feb 24, 2017

China's government has replaced its commerce minister and the head of its top economic planning body as part of a Cabinet reshuffle amid a slowing economy and the threat of increased trade friction with President Donald Trump's administration

Puerto Rico's federal control board appoints general counsel

Feb 24, 2017

A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico's finances has hired an attorney who was once a partner at a law firm that the new governor got rid of when he took office

End of the euro? French candidate plots return of the franc

Feb 22, 2017

What happens to the euro if Marine Le Pen actually gets elected president of France

Thousands of Puerto Rico university students go on strike

Feb 22, 2017

Thousands of public university students in Puerto Rico have gone on strike to protest looming budget cuts amid a deep economic crisis.

Portugal tries to please, but IMF demands more

Feb 22, 2017

Portugal is finding it hard to please the International Monetary Fund

UK's Lloyds bank turning corner after years of crisis

Feb 22, 2017

Lloyds Banking Group says fourth-quarter earnings rose 2.1 percent as it began to move beyond past scandals and a colossal government rescue during the financial crisis