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  • Fed Now Concerned About US Wealth Inequality Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 10:15 AM ET

    As the gap between the wealthy and rest of America becomes a hot-button issue in Washington, the Fed's ability to improve the situation may soon move into the spotlight.

  • Monetary Policy Is Not Loose Enough: Fed Official Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 1:16 PM ET
    Federal Reserve Building, Washington, D.C.

    Modest U.S. growth will keep inflation in check and means the Federal Reserve should ease monetary policy further, a senior U.S. central banker said on Wednesday.

  • Cha-Ching! Taxes Won’t Stop Rich From Spending Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 12:20 PM ET

    "Taxes are going to kill spending!," they cried. "Don't punish the rich!" Well, the rich have spoken and guess what? They're still spending.

  • Minimum-Wage Hike? Why Main Street Hates It...A Lot Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 1:37 PM ET

    The battle over a minimum-wage increase has begun, and small employers on both sides have entered the debate.

  • American Dream Is Back, So Are Stocks: CNBC Survey Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 7:32 AM ET

    Key measures of Americans' attitudes toward their homes and the stock market surged in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey.

  • High Court Weighs Drug Companies' Generics Policy Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 9:49 AM ET

    Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceuticals from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing cheaper versions of brand-name drugs.

  • Pension Funds Wary as Bankrupt Stockton Goes to Trial Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 12:00 AM ET
    A pedestrian walks by a newspaper rack displaying the headline 'Bankrupt!' last summer in Stockton, Calif.

    Wall Street is taking America's biggest pension fund to court this week, for a long-awaited battle over who takes the losses when a city goes bust—workers and retirees, municipal bondholders, or both. The NYT reports.

  • Fed's Raskin Flags Low-Wage Nature of Recovery Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | 9:22 AM ET
    Sarah Bloom Raskin

    Too much of the recent growth in employment has been concentrated in low-wage and temporary jobs, leaving the recovery on shaky ground, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday.

  • House Passes Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 10:57 AM ET
    The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

    The House passed a huge stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, sidestepping any threat of a government shutdown.

  • Model of Health-Care Reform Can't Get Costs Low Enough Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 8:19 AM ET

    Kaiser Permanente has been touted as the model of reformed health care, but even they can't trim costs enough, the New York Times reports.

  • US Supreme Court Will Hear 'Pay for Delay' Drug Case Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | 9:17 AM ET
    The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

    The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products off the market.

  • School's Out! Chicago Announces Mass Closures Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 9:09 PM ET

    Chicago will close 54 schools and 61 school buildings by the beginning of next year in the country's third-largest public school district, a move that union leaders called the largest mass closing in the nation.

  • FCC Chairman Announces Plans to Step Down Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | 11:28 AM ET
    Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski

    FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced plans Friday to step down after a four-year term that focused heavily on improving Internet access across the country.

  • Is There a Doctor in the (White) House's Future? Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 1:08 PM ET
    Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

    Dr. Benjamin Carson was a political unknown just weeks ago. Now, He is in some ways a dream candidate for Republicans. The NYT reports.

  • Cyberattacks: Act of War?  Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 1:09 PM ET

    When does a cyberattack constitute as an act of war? CNBC's Eamon Javers reports.

  • Kudlow: Does Bernanke Have the Right Strategy? Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 6:12 PM ET
    Ben Bernanke

    Does Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke have the right strategy for fixing the economy? CNBC's Larry Kudlow weighs in.

  • Senate to Post Office: Keep Saturday Mail Delivery Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 11:43 AM ET

    The US Postal Service has suffered a setback in its plan to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail, as Congress advanced a bill requiring six-day delivery.

  • Leaving Wall Street--and Still Getting a Nice Payday Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 11:06 AM ET
    President Barack Obama and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew.

    Banks have provisions that allow acceleration of payments owed to senior executives if they take government jobs, NYT reports.

  • 6 Key Areas of Legislation to Hit Main Street Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 10:09 AM ET

    A rundown of proposals, from tax deductions to the minimum-wage fight, that would impact small businesses.

  • President Obama's Inaugural Trip to Israel  Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 7:00 PM ET

    President Obama said that standing with Israel makes both nations stronger and more prosperous, with Martin Indyk, Brookings; Dan Senor, The Foreign Policy Initiative; Ryan Grim, The Huffington Post; and Tony Fratto, CNBC contributor.