May 30, 2021 | 9:51 AM
Why Democrats are angry at Wall Street
Anger has been magnified at a time when banks have seen their profits soar during the pandemic
tag | Great Recession
December 30, 2019 | 10:09 AM
A decade after a fearful market hit bottom, stock bulls continue historic run
The S&P 500 has increased nearly fivefold since the market bottom, and an investor astute enough to buy, say, a share of Microsoft in March 2009 for about $17 would have seen it rise to nearly $159 today.
By NPR December 2, 2019 | 7:28 AM
You can thank the Great Recession for 2019’s Christmas tree shortage
Because Christmas trees grow at an average rate of a foot per year, the public only started to harvest in 2017 trees planted during the recession.
