Read more Lawrence Summers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36251/lawrence-summers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:13:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64661/economy-back-from-the-abyss-summers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's top economist is confident that swift action by the administration averted disaster, ABC News reports. “We were at the brink of catastrophe at the beginning of the year,” Larry Summers says, “but we have walked some substantial distance back from the abyss.” Summers credits the recovery to the...http://www.newser.com/story/64661/economy-back-from-the-abyss-summers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 12:39:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64137/bailouts-may-be-offered-to-small-businesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is working on a plan that would take money from the TARP—the $700 billion fund intended to rescue banks—and lend it to small businesses, the Washington Post reports. The money would come with few restrictions, and the government would pick up as much as 90%...http://www.newser.com/story/64137/bailouts-may-be-offered-to-small-businesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 8:13:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60299/quiet-radical-bernanke-reinvents-fed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has a huge decision coming up this summer: whether to reappoint Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Fed or turn to obvious challenger Lawrence Summers. If he’s smart, he’ll stick with the soft-spoken incumbent, writes David Ignatius of the Washington Post. “He has been a veritable tiger,” he...http://www.newser.com/story/60299/quiet-radical-bernanke-reinvents-fed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 8:22:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57248/iran-prez-no-talks-without-preconditions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRebuffing President Obama’s call for beginning US-Iranian negotiations without preconditions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pushed instead for a “clear-cut framework for talks.” In an interview from Tehran, the Iranian president told ABC’s This Week , “The agenda should be clear,” and complained that Obama didn’t respond to a congratulatory letter he sent the...http://www.newser.com/story/57248/iran-prez-no-talks-without-preconditions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Apr 2009 10:07:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57045/shhhh-dont-wake-up-larry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLarry Summers is no doubt putting in a lot of hours these days as a White House economic guru. Which might explain his ill-timed catnap today, in front of the media in the Roosevelt Room, as President Obama expounded on the dangers of the credit card industry, reports the Chicago...http://www.newser.com/story/57045/shhhh-dont-wake-up-larry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 18:38:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56717/white-house-targets-credit-card-chicanery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is throwing its weight behind congressional efforts to crack down on credit card companies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lawmakers are pushing legislation to ban practices like arbitrarily raising interest rates on existing balances and the president is expected to take a hard line on the issue...http://www.newser.com/story/56717/white-house-targets-credit-card-chicanery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 5:58:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56599/summers-end-of-cuban-embargo-way-down-road.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US trade embargo against Cuba won’t be ending anytime soon, President Obama’s economic adviser insisted today. “That’s way down the road, and it’s going to depend on what Cuba does going forward,” Lawrence Summers told NBC’s Meet the Press , saying Obama’s actions are “grounded in American interests, grounded in...http://www.newser.com/story/56599/summers-end-of-cuban-embargo-way-down-road.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 9:42:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56188/bernankes-pr-campaign-strips-fed-mystique.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBen Bernanke is breaking from his predecessors at the Federal Reserve by giving the public a less obstructed view of the Fed's role in the big picture, the Wall Street Journa l reports. Bernanke, thrust into the spotlight by the financial crisis, has ditched the man-behind-the-curtain mystique earlier chiefs reveled...http://www.newser.com/story/56188/bernankes-pr-campaign-strips-fed-mystique.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 6:53:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55790/economys-free-fall-nearly-over-summers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTop Obama economic adviser Lawrence Summers said today that measures to stabilize the economy will have a discernible effect in the next few months, the Hill reports. Loosening credit and an increased flow of inventory from manufacturers means the sense of “free-fall” will dissipate, though jobless numbers will continue to...http://www.newser.com/story/55790/economys-free-fall-nearly-over-summers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 16:14:14 CDT