Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the man in charge of the nation's money supply, discovered last summer that even he is not immune to the risk of identity theft.
A $9 trillion federal deficit over 10 years may be too hard to comprehend. But this part is easy: Such unwieldy amounts of debt could have an impact on Americans' bottom line one way or the other -- if not tomorrow, then the day after.
The number of institutions on the government's so-called "problem bank" list surpassed 400 in the latest quarter, climbing to its highest level in 15 years, according to a government report published Thursday.
The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance fell last week, and the number filing for ongoing claims also sank, the government said Thursday.
The pace of economic decline in the second quarter slowed at an annual rate of 1%, according to the government's revised reading on gross domestic product. It was unchanged from a previous estimate.