Fred E. Walker, P.C.

Fed Warns of Global Slowdown That Adds to U.S. Deflation Risk

2009-01-29T15:41:00.000-08:00

Fed Warns of Global Slowdown That Adds to U.S. Deflation Risk

Layoffs Spread to More Sectors of the Economy

2009-01-29T15:39:00.001-08:00

Layoffs Spread to More Sectors of the Economy

Economists: Recession getting worse

2009-01-29T15:39:00.000-08:00

Economists: Recession getting worse

California jobless rate hits 9.3%

2009-01-29T15:38:00.001-08:00

California jobless rate hits 9.3%

Bloody Monday, January 26, 2009: Over 71,400 jobs lost

2009-01-29T15:38:00.000-08:00

Bloody Monday: Over 71,400 jobs lost

Consumer Confidence index sinks to all-time low in January

2009-01-29T15:37:00.000-08:00

Consumer Confidence index sinks to all-time low in January

New jobless claims rise more than expected to 589K

2009-01-22T12:19:00.000-08:00

Microsoft resorts to first layoffs in history.

2009-01-22T12:16:00.000-08:00

Microsoft resorts to first layoffs, cutting 5,000

Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said during a conference call: "We're certainly in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime set of economic conditions. The perspective I would bring is not one of recession. Rather, the economy is resetting to lower level of business and consumer spending based largely on the reduced leverage in economy."

8 really, really scary predictions - Nouriel Roubini

2008-12-15T16:24:00.001-08:00

8 really, really scary predictions - Nouriel Roubini (1) - FORTUNE: "Dow 4,000. Food shortages. A bubble in Treasury notes. Fortune spoke to eight of the market's sharpest thinkers and what they had to say about the future is frightening."

Why home values may take decades to recover

2008-12-15T16:24:00.000-08:00

Why home values may take decades to recover - USATODAY.com

Switzerland may have to print money to stave off deflation

2008-12-15T16:23:00.000-08:00

Switzerland may have to print money to stave off deflation - Telegraph

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years

2008-11-10T16:07:00.000-08:00

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years - BusinessWeek: "The nation's jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory gates and office doors to 240,000 more Americans with the holidays nearing. Politicians and economists agreed on a painful bottom line: It's only going to get worse."

U.S. Job Losses Poised to Accelerate in October - BusinessWeek

2008-11-06T14:05:00.000-08:00

U.S. Job Losses Poised to Accelerate in October

Lingering effects from Hurricane Ike, the strike at Boeing, and the consumer pullback should make for a bleak October U.S. jobs report

The October U.S. employment report, scheduled for release Nov. 7, should prove the worst one yet for the current downturn, and will set the stage for the degree of weakness the markets should expect for the remaining October economic reports.

U.S. Factory Index Declines to 26-Year Low

2008-11-04T18:08:00.000-08:00

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: Manufacturing in the U.S. contracted in October at the fastest pace in 26 years. The U.S. purchasing managers' gauge of new orders for factories decreased to the lowest level since 1980. Job losses accelerated, today's report also showed. Employers have cut more than three-quarters of a million jobs so far this year, and economists predict the Labor Department in four days will report that the unemployment rate climbed to 6.3 percent in October, matching the highest level since 1994.

France threatens to seize banks

2008-11-04T18:02:00.001-08:00

France threatens to seize banks, German bail-outs escalate - Telegraph

Fear of Deflation Lurks as Global Demand Drops

2008-11-04T18:02:00.000-08:00

Fear of Deflation Lurks as Global Demand Drops - NYTimes.com

Crisis foreshadows probable collapse of UK commercial real estate market in 2009

2008-11-04T18:01:00.000-08:00

Germans freeze £21bn property funds - Business News, Business - The Independent

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Spending Stalls and Businesses Slash U.S. Jobs

2008-10-27T17:10:00.000-07:00

Spending Stalls and Businesses Slash U.S. Jobs - NYTimes.com

Europe on the brink of currency crisis meltdown

2008-10-27T16:29:00.000-07:00

"Europe on the brink of currency crisis meltdown"

Bernanke: The nation is facing its most serious financial and economic crisis since the end of World War II

2008-09-24T10:30:00.000-07:00

Congress scrambles on rescue bill

2008-09-24T10:29:00.000-07:00

Treasury Bill Rates Tumble on Concern Bailout Won't Happen Soon

2008-09-24T10:28:00.000-07:00

Bernanke Tells Congress That U.S. Economy Is Faltering - washingtonpost.com

2008-09-24T10:27:00.001-07:00

Bailout Proposal Meets Bipartisan Rage

2008-09-24T10:27:00.000-07:00

5 Trillion Needed to Stop Rout

2008-09-24T10:26:00.000-07:00