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Economy

• Forecasters See Fast Recovery
  Louis Uchitell
  New York Times; January 2, 2009
• Manufacturing Reports Show Depth of Global Downturn
  Bettina Wassener
  New York Times; January 2, 2009
• Big Drops in October Home Prices
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; December 31, 2008
• Home Prices Down 26.7% from Year Ago
  Roger Showley
  San Diego Union Tribune; December 31, 2008
• In 2009, Economy Will Depend on Unlocking Credit
  Eric Dash; Vikas Bajaj
  New York Times; December 31, 2008
• Consumer Confidence in U.S. Declines to Record Low
  Shobhana Chandra, Courtney Schlisserman
  Bloomberg; December 30, 2008
• GMAC to Get $6 Billion Aid Deal
  Damian Paletta, John D. Stoll
  Wall Street Journal; December 30, 2008
  
• Gasoline Prices Fall in U.S. but Edge Up in California, Raising Concern
  Ronald D. White
  Los Angeles Times; December 30, 2008
• Grim New Year in Store for Retailers
  Andrea Chang, Mark Medina
  Los Angeles Times; December 30, 2008
  
• Financial Crisis of '08 Among the Worst Ever
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; December 28, 2008
• Home Prices Expected to Fall Further in 2009
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; December 27, 2008
• Toyota slashes outlook
  Yosio Takahashi, Juro Osawa
  Wall Street Journal; December 22, 2008
• Stocks Investors Lose Faith, Pull Out Record Amounts
  E.S. Browning
  Wall Street Journal; December 22, 2008
• State Law Hasn't Put Brakes On Defaults
  Jim Miller
  Riverside Press Enterprise; December 21, 2008
• More Companies are Cutting Labor Costs without Layoffs
  Matt Richtel
  New York Times; December 21, 2008
• California Posts a 8.4% Jobless Rate, Third Highest in U.S.
  Marc Lifsher & Mark Medina
  Los Angeles Times; December 20, 2008
• Auto Makers to Get $17.4 Billion
  John D. McKinnon
  Wall Street Journal; December 19, 2008
• Bush Approves $17.4 Billion Auto Bailout
  David M. Herszenhorn, David E. Sanger
  New York Times; December 19, 2008
• A Year Of Chaos In Finance
  Floyd Norris
  New York Times; December 18, 2008
• Recession Study Confirms Inland Economic Freefall
  Ben Goad
  Riverside Press Enterprise; December 18, 2008
• What Fed's Drastic Rate Cut Means
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; December 17, 2008
• How the Fed's Shock-and-Awe Move could Affect You
  Tom Petruno
  Los Angeles Times; December 17, 2008
• Gasoline Prices Drop To Early 2004 Levels
  Ronald D. White
  Los Angeles Times; December 16, 2008
• Fed Cuts Rate to as Low as Zero, Shifts Policy Focus
  Scott Lanman, Craig Torres
  Bloomberg; December 16, 2008
• Fed Cuts Rates to Historic Low
  Jon Hilsenrath
  Wall Street Journal; December 16, 2008
• Forecast: California Facing 'Ugly' jobless rate
  Michael R. Blood
  San Francisco Chronicle; December 11, 2008
• Key Report Sees 9% Jobless Rate, Housing Bottom In State In 2009
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; December 11, 2008
• UCLA Economists Expect Dismal 2009
  David Pierson
  Los Angeles Times; December 11, 2008
• The Decline and Fall of Price at Pump
  George Raine
  San Francisco Chronicle; December 10, 2008
• Washington Maps Pact for Bailout of Big Three
  Greg Hitt
  Wall Street Journal; December 10, 2008
• Obama Says Economy to `Get Worse' Before Recovering, Deficit Not a Concern
  Edwin Chen and Julianna Goldman
  Bloomberg; December 8, 2008
• Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale
  Peter Baker & John M. Broder
  New York Times; December 6, 2008
• Obama Unveils 21st Century New Deal
  Mike Allen & Jonathan Martin
  Politico; December 6, 2008
• Obama Pledges to Create Jobs Via Public Works
  Peter Wallsten
  Los Angeles Times; December 6, 2008
• Jobs, Clean Energy are Key to Obama Stimulus Plan
  Peter Nicholas & Janet Hook
  Los Angeles Times; December 6, 2008
• Biggest One-Month Job Loss Since 1974
  Tom Abate
  San Francisco Chronicle; December 6, 2008
• U.S. Sheds Over Half Million Jobs
  Brian Blackstone
  Wall Street Journal; December 5, 2008
• Jobless Rate Soars to 6.7% in November
  Louis Uchitelle
  New York Times; December 5, 2008
• More Bad Economic News on the Labor Font
  Howard Schneider & Cecilia
  Washington Post; December 5, 2008
• Companies Accelerate Layoffs
  Amol Sharma, Sudeep Reddy, Cari Tuna
  Wall Street Journal; December 5, 2008
• U.S. Payrolls Decline by 533,000, Most Since 1974 (Update2)
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; December 5, 2008
• Over 1 Million Layoffs
  Tom Abate
  San Francisco Chronicle; December 5, 2008
• Calls for $1 Trillion Stimulus Package Grow as Economy Tumbles
  Rich Miller and Matt Benjamin
  Bloomberg; December 4, 2008
• Fed Says Economy Weakened in All Regions Since Mid-October on Credit Woes
  Scott Lanman
  Bloomberg; December 3, 2008
• U.S. May Be in for ‘Great Recession,’ Longest Postwar
  By Steve Matthews and Timothy R. Homan
  Bloomberg; December 2, 2008
• U.S. Recession could Last Until 2010
  Maura Reynolds
  Wall Street Journal; December 2, 2008
• Economic Signs Point to Longer, Deeper Recession
  Neil Irwin
  Washington Post; December 2, 2008
• It's official: We're in a recession
  Aaron Siegel
  Investment News; December 1, 2008
• U.S. Recession is a Year Old
  Michael Mandel
  Business Week; December 1, 2008
• U.S. Recession Started in 2007, Longest Since 1980s
  Timothy R. Homan and Steve Matthews
  Bloomberg; December 1, 2008
• Government Coffers Feel Drop In Auto Sales
  Ken Bensinger
  Los Angeles Times; December 1, 2008
• Cities and States Feel the Squeeze
  Michael Aneiro
  Wall Street Journal; December 1, 2008
• Consumer Spending in U.S. Falls 1%, Most in 7 Years
  Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; December 1, 2008
• New Tax Rules Add to Anxiety for Small Businesses
  Cyndia Zwahlen
  Los Angeles Times; December 1, 2008
• Mortgage Rates Fall as U.S. Expands Rescue
  Jon Hilsenrath & Deborah Solomon
  Wall Street Journal; November 26, 2008
• Home Prices Down by Record Amount in September
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; November 26, 2008
• Area's Home Prices Slide Faster than U.S. Average
  Jim Wasserman
  Sacramento Bee; November 26, 2008
• Home Prices Keep Plunging: L.A. Sees Some of the Sharpest Declines
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; November 26, 2008
• Is the Fed's $800 Billion Plan Cause for Concern?
  Peter Coy
  Business Week; November 25, 2008
• Obama Signals Big Stimulus Plan
  Jon Hilsenrath, Jonathan Weisman
  Wall Street Journal; November 25, 2008
• Fed Commits $800 Billion More to Unfreeze Lending
  Scott Lanman, Dawn Kopecki
  Bloomberg; November 25, 2008
• California jobless rate soars to 8.2%
  Tom Abate
  San Francisco Chronicle; November 22, 2008
• City bankruptcies may signal trouble for California
  Robert Lewis
  Sacramento Bee; November 23, 2008
• U.S. October Home Resales Fall; Price Drop Is Record
  Timothy Homan
  Bloomberg.com; November 23, 2008
• Credit market freeze may claim local governments as victims
  Michael Hiltzik
  Los Angeles Times; November 22, 2008
• Lockyer, local officials urge Fed to pump cash into municipal bond markets
  Andrew McIntosh
  Sacramento Bee; November 22, 2008
• Market's Fall Deepens as Concerns Mount on Banks
  E.S. Browning
  Wall Street Journal; November 21, 2008
• Lawmakers Send Big Three back Home Empty-Handed
  Greg Hitt, John D. Stoll & Alex P. Kellogg
  Wall Street Journal; November 21, 2008
• Oil Closes Below $50, Lowest Price Since May 2005
  Jad Mouawad
  New York Times; November 21, 2008
• California Unemployment Jumps To 8.2%
  Marc Lifsher and Tiffany Hsu
  Los Angeles Times; Nobember 21, 2008
• U.S. Economy: Jobless Claims Near Highest Since 1982
  Bob Willis and Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; November 20, 2008
• CalPERS Sold $2 Billion in Private-Equity Stakes Before Crisis
  Jason Kelly and Michael B. Marois
  Bloomberg; November 20, 2008
• Price Of Southern California Homes Falls 41% From Peak
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; November 19, 2008
• Let Detroit Go Bankrupt
  Mitt Romney, opinion
  New York Times; November 19, 2008
• Consumer Prices in U.S. Decline 1%, Most on Record (Update2)
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg.com; November 19, 2008
• Producer Prices Post A Record Decline
  Kelly Evans
  Wall Street Journal; November 19, 2008
• Consumer Price Drop Prompts Fear of Deflation
  Jack Healy
  New York Times; November 19, 2008
• Pressure Builds For Infrastructure Outlays
  Christopher Conkey, Brody Mullins
  Wall Street Journal; November 19, 2008
• Economists say recession is here, and will last
  Tom Abate
  San Francisco Chronicle; November 18, 2008
• Foreclosures push down U.S. home sales
  Sacramento Bee; November 18, 2008
• NY Times: The Great Bailout Debate
  David E. Sanger
  New York Times; November 18, 2008
• Big Three automakers beg for $25 billion lifeline
  Julie Hirschfield Davis, Associated Press Writer
  Sacramento Bee; November 17, 2008
• Retail sales: biggest monthly drop since 1992
  Victoria Colliver
  San Francisco Chronicle; November 15, 2008
• Bailout Report Card is Mixed
  Editorial
  Sacramento Bee; November 14, 2008
• Many Line Up for Cash, but Bailout Plan Falters
  Michael J. De La Merced
  New York Times; November 14, 2008
• Cities Panic As Consumers Stop Spending And Home Values Fall
  Ken McLaughlin
  San Jose Mercury News; November 13, 2008
• Bailout's Next Phase: Consumers
  Deborah Solomon
  Wall Street Journal; November 13, 2008
• U.S. Shifts Focus in Credit Bailout to the Consumer
  Edmund L. Andrews
  New York Times; November 13, 2008
• Jobless Claims Hit 7-Year High
  Brian Blackstone, Jeff Bater
  Wall Street Journal; November 13, 2008
• U.S. announces mortgage affordability plan
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Time; November 12, 2008
• Key borrowers back move to rewrite troubled mortgages
  Jim Wasserman
  Sacramento Bee; November 12, 2008
• Fannie, Freddie Boost Effort to Minimize Foreclosures
  Dawn Kopecki and Rebecca Christie
  Bloomberg; November 11, 2008
• Jobless Rate Soars To 14-Year High
  Tom Abate
  San Francisco Chronicle; November 8, 2008
• Labor Data Show Pain Across Economy
  Sudeep Reddy, Kris Maher, Ilan Brat
  Wall Street Journal; Nobember 8, 2008
• Is that a Housing Market Bottom or a Mirage
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; November 8, 2008
• Jobless Rate at a 14 year high after October losses
  Peter S. Goodman
  New York Times; November 7, 2008
• Economy Sheds 240,000 Jobs
  Brian Blackstone
  Wall Street Journal; November 7, 2008
• Pending Sales of Existing Homes in U.S. Fell 4.6%
  Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; November 7, 2008
• Schwarzenegger proposes 90-day freeze on pending home foreclosures
  Mark Lifsher
  Los Angeles Times; November 6, 2008
• Longer-term jobless benefits hit 25-year high
  Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press
  Dailybreeze.com; November 6, 2008
• California Cities Cut Police Budgets
  Bobby White
  Wall Street Journal; October 31, 2008
• Economic barometer points to recession
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 31, 2008
• Bad recession seen
  Jeannine Aversa, Associate Press
  San Diego Union Tribune; October 30, 2008
• Business panel predicts 2 tough years for state
  Gregory J. Wilcox, Staff Writer
  Los Angeles Daily News; October 30, 2008
• GDP down 0.3% as consumers get thrifty
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; October 30, 2008
• U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks at Fastest Pace Since 2001 Recession
  By Rich Miller and Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; October 30, 2008
• U.S. Economy Contracts, Hurt by Consumers
  Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal ; October 30, 2008
• GPD Growth Faces Tough Slogs Ahead
  Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; October 30, 2008
• Concerned Fed Trims Key Rate by a Half Point
  Edmund L. Andrews
  New York Times; October 29, 2008
• Fed Cuts Rates by Half Point Amid Economic Deterioration
  Jon Hilsenrath, Joellen Perry and Takesthi Takeuchi
  Wall Street Journal; October 29, 2008
• Aggressive Fed Cuts Key Rate by a Half-Point
  Edmund L. Andrews
  New York Times; October 29, 2008
• Fed Cuts Key Rate to 1% as Central Banks Race to Avert Worldwide Recession
  Craig Torres
  Bloomberg; October 29, 2008
• Home prices still falling amid gloomy forecast
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 29, 2008
• Consumer Confidence in U.S. Plunged to Record Low
  Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; October 28, 2008
• Loss-Laden CalPERS Relies On Bear Market Lessons To Get Through Downturn
  Marc Lifsher
  Los Angeles Times; October 28, 2008
• For UC's Retirement Fund, Flush Times End
  James P. Sweeney
  San Diego Union Tribune; October 28, 2008
• Downturn Clobbers Public Pension Funds
  Peter Whoriskey
  Washington Post, October 28, 2008
• Job Losses Buffet U.S. Early, Compounding the Downturn
  Kris Maher
  Wall Street Journal; October 27, 2008
• Housing Needs New Sales to Find Bottom
  Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; October 27, 2008
• U.S. Economy: New-Home Sales Rose in September From 17-Year Low
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; October 27, 2008
• Foreclosures In California On Steep Rise
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 24, 2008
• Home Defaults Slide As California Law Puts On The Brakes
  William Heisel Marc Lifsher Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; October 24, 2008
• More Evidence That the Recession Has Already Arrived
  Floyd Norris
  New York Times; October 24, 2008
• Decline in Calpers Assets May Lead to Increased Employer Contributions
  Craig Karmin
  Wall Street Journal, October 22, 2008
• California Home Sales Revive, But Not Without Intense Pain
  Michael Corkery, Jonathan Karp
  Wall Street Journal; October 22, 2008
• For '09 Grads, Job Prospects Take a Dive
  Cari Tuna
  Wall Street Jouran; October 22, 2008
• Signs Credit Markets Are Recovering
  Stan Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 22, 2008
• Fed to Provide Up to $540 Billion to Aid Money Funds
  Craig Torres
  Bloomberg; October 21, 2008
• Southern California home prices continue to slide
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; October 21, 2008
• Report calls S.F. state's strongest economy
  Tom Abate
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 21, 2008
• California energy policy will create jobs, lead to savings, study says
  Matt Nauman
  San Jose Mercury News; October 20, 2008
• The Economy in Turmoil
  Carolyn Said
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 20, 2008
• State 'Green' Plan Called Job Creator
  Marla Dickerson
  Los Angeles Times; October 20, 2008
• State Data Shows more than 143,000 Jobs Lost in Past Year
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; October 18, 2008
• California Sees Job Losses in September
  Tom Abate
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 18, 2008
• Job loss continues in California
  Dale Kasler
  Sacramento Bee; October 17, 2008
• Housing data keeps stocks volatile
  Peter A. McKay
  Wall Street Journal; October 17, 2008
• Inflation Opens The Door For Fed To Cut Interest Rates Further
  Jon Hilsenrath and Joellen Perry
  Wall Street Journal; October 17, 2008
• Sentiment Drops by Record; Housing Starts Decline
  Shobhana Chandra and Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; October 17, 2008
• Oil's Slide Deepens as Downturn Triggers Sharp Drop in Demand
  Neil King Jr.
  Wall Street Journal; October 17, 2008
• Falling Oil Prices Give Consumers a Break
  Ronald D. White & Ken Bensinger
  Los Angeles Times; October 17, 2008
• Californians' health premiums rise 5 times faster than pay
  Bobbie Caina Calvan
  Sacramento Bee; Oct. 16, 2008
• Citigroup Posts Fourth Consecutive Loss on Writedowns
  Bradley Keoun and Josh Fineman
  Bloomberg; October 16, 2008
• US injection lifts confidence
  Krishna Guha, James Politi, Michael Mackenzie
  Financial Times; October 15, 2008
• At Moment of Truth, U.S. Forced Big Bankers to Blink
  By Damian Paletta, Jon Hilsenrath and Deborah Solomon
  Wall Street Journal; October 15, 2008
• Which Banks Live or Die? The US may decide
  Los Angeles Times; October 15, 2008
• U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Slide Signals Deepening Recession
  Bob Willis and Timothy R. Homan
  Bloomberg; October 15, 2008
• U.S. Plan for Direct Bank Investments is Promising, Problematic
  Maura Reynolds & Jim Puzzanghera
  Los Angeles Times; October 15, 2008
• Devil is in Bailout's Details
  Deborah Solomon & David Enrich
  Wall Street Journal; October 15, 2008
• Buckle Up -- We Haven't Reached Bottom Yet
  Steven Pearlstein column
  Washington Post; October 15, 2008
• Credit Shows Signs of Easing on Bank Rescue
  Serena Ng, Liz Rappaport and Carrick Mollenkamp
  Wall Street Journal; October 15, 2008
• U.S. Plan Adds New Risks
  Bob Davis and Justin Lahart
  Wall Street Journal; October 15, 2008
• What Paulson is trying to do
  Andy Kessler, Opinion
  Wall Street Journal; October 15, 2008
• What went wrong
  Anthony Faiola, Ellen Nakashima and Jill Drew
  Washington Post; October 15, 2008
• Commodity Prices Tumble
  Clifford Krauss
  New York Times; October 14, 2008
• U.S. To Buy Stakes In Nation's Largest Banks
  Deborah Solomon, Damian Paletta, Jessica Holzer, Jon Hilsenrath, Aaron Lucchetti
  Wall Street Journal; October 14, 2008
• We're Laying The Groundwork For Recovery
  Ben S. Bernanke, Opinion
  Wall Street Journal; October 14, 2008
• Intervention is Bold but has a Basis in History
  Steve Lohr
  New York Times; October 13, 2008
• U.S. to buy shares in struggling banks
  Jim Puzzanghera, Richard Simon and Michael A. Hiltzik
  Los Angeles Times Staff Writers; October 11, 2008
• Housing Won't See Rebound Until 2014
  George Avalos
  Inside Bayarea.com; October 10, 2008
• The End Of American Capitalism?
  Anthony Faiola
  Washington Post; October 10, 2008
• Market's 7-Day Rout Leaves U.S. Reeling
  E.S. Browning & Annelenena
  Wall Street Journal; October 10, 2008
• Wells Gets Green Light For Wachovia
  James Temple, Victoria Colliver
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 10, 2008
• Wells Fargo Grabs Wachovia as Citi Walks
  David Enrich & Dan
  Wall Street Journal; October 10, 2008
• September Made More Retailers Wince
  Miguel Bustillo
  Wall Street Journal; October 10, 2008
• Dow Below 8600
  Wall Street Journal; October 9, 2008
• Stocks Plunge Again; Dow Under 9,000
  David Jolly, Bettina Wassener
  October 9, 2008
• First in Recession, California shows Possible Future for U.S.
  Conor Dougherty, Rhonda L. Rundle, Justin Lahart
  Wall Street Journal; October 9, 2008
• September Retail Sales Reflect the Slowdown
  Stephanie Rosenbloom
  New York Times; October 9, 2008
• Stocks retreat again despite emergency rate cut
  Joe Bel Bruno - AP Business Writer
  Sacramento Bee; October 8, 2008
• Fed, ECB, Central Banks Cut Rates in Coordinated Move
  Scott Lanman
  Bloomberg; October 8, 2008
• Federal Reserve Orders Emergency Rate Cut to 1.5%
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; October 8, 2008
• Fed will Lend Directly to Corporations
  John Hilsenrath, Diya Gullapalli, Randall Smith
  Wall Street Journal; October 8, 2008
• With Bonds in Trouble, States Seek Federal Help
  Mary Williams Walsh and Randal C. Archibold
  New York Times; October 8, 2008
• Retirement Savings Lose $2 Trillion In 15 Months
  Nancy Trejos
  Washington Post; October 8, 2008
• Housing Pain Gauge: Nearly 1 in 6 Owners Under Water
  James R. Hagerty & Ruth Simon
  Wall Street Journal; October 8, 2008
• Stock market gyrates as economic fears grow
  Dale Kasler
  Sacramento Bee; October 7, 2008
• Is This A Replay of 1929?
  Robert Samuelson
  Newsweek; October 13, 2008
• We're Not Headed For A Depression
  Gary S. Becker, Opinion
  Wall Street Journal; October 7, 2008
• Fed to Purchase U.S. Commercial Paper to Ease Crunch
  Craig Torres
  Bloomberg, October 7, 2008
• BofA OKs Foreclosure Relief for All Californians
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 7, 2008
• Accord Aims to Save Homes
  Jim Wasserman
  Sacramento Bee; October 7, 2008
• California Officials Try to Avoid Second Housing Hit
  Rhonda L. Rundle
  Wall Street Journal; October 7, 2008
• Markets in Turmoil as Credit Crisis Spreads
  Kathleen Pender
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 7, 2008
• Fed to Buy Massive Amounts of Short-Term Debt
  Jeannine Aversa
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 7, 2008
• Market Falls on Doubts Rescues will Succeed
  Jon Hilsenrath & Carrick Mollenkamp
  Wall Street Journal; October 7, 2008
• Investors Succumb to Fears of Recession
  E.S. Browning & Ianthe Jeanne Dugan
  Wall Street Journal; October 7, 2008
• Survey Finds Expansion Of Housing In The U.S.
  Sam Roberts
  New York Times; October 7, 2008
• No Rescue in Sight for what Ails Economy
  Peter G. Gosselin
  Los Angeles Times; October 6, 2008
• Wells Fargo's Bid for Wachovia Gets a Boost
  Sara Lepro
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 6, 2008
• September Job Decline is Highest in Five Years
  Carolyn Said
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 6, 2008
• Broad Job Losses Augur Recession Despite Bailout
  Sudeep Reddy, Kris Maher, Ilan Brat
  Wall Street Journal; October 4, 2008
• Wells Fargo Makes a Strong Bid for Wachovia
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 4, 2008
• Wells Fargo Offers to Buy All of Wachovia for $15 Billion
  E. Scott Reckard
  Los Angeles Times; October 4, 2008
• The Problem Is Still Falling House Prices
  Martin Feldstein
  Wall Street Journal; October 4, 2008
• Bailout plan wins approval
  David M. Herszenhorn
  New York Times; October 3, 2008
• Uncertainty Over Rescue Intensifies Credit Crisis
  Liz Rappaport, Serena Ng and Peter Lattman
  Wall Street Journal; October 3, 2008
• Municipal Borrowers Locked Out of Bond Market for Third Week
  Jeremy R. Cooke and Adam L. Cataldo
  Bloomberg; October 3, 2008
• Senate Approves Bailout After Revisions
  Maura Reynolds, Richard Simon and Nicole Gaouette
  Los Angeles Times; October 2, 2008
• Senate steps up
  Editorial
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 2, 2008
• Stock Losses Take Heavy Toll On Retirement Savings
  David Pitt, AP Business Writer
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 2, 2008
• Credit Freeze Puts Businesses On Thin Ice
  Marla Dickerson, Tiffany Hsu and Jerry Hirsch
  Los Angeles Times; October 2, 2008
• Hazardous Conditions for the Auto Industry
  Bill Vlasic & Nick Bunkley
  New York Times; October 2, 2008
• Bailing Out Ourselves
  Editorial
  Wall Street Journal; October 2, 2008
• Metro U.S. Home Prices Fall on Higher Foreclosures
  Sharon L. Lynch
  Bloomberg; October 2, 2008
• Pressure Builds on House After Senate Backs Bailout
  Carl Hulse
  New York Times; October 1, 2008
• Senate Vote Gives Bailout Plan New Life
  Greg Hitt and Sarah Lueck
  Wall Street Journal; October 1, 2008
• Credit Crunch Causing Bigger Dent In Car Sales
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; October 1, 2008
• Securities Lending Is Being Squeezed
  Craig Karmin
  Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2008
• CalPERS loses $24.9 billion but stays strong, analysts say
  Zach Fox
  North County Times; September 30, 2008
• Unknown terrain for economy
  Robert Gavin and Casey Ross
  Boston Globe; September 30, 2008
• Bailout Plan Rejected, Markets Plunge, Forcing New Scramble to Solve Crisis
  Sarah Lueck, Damian Paletta, Gary Hitt
  Wall Street Journal; September 30, 2008
• House Rejects Bailout Package, 228-205; Stocks Plunge
  Carl Hulse & David M. Herszenhorn
  New York Times; September 30, 2008
• U.S. Stocks Surge on Speculation Bank-Rescue Plan Will Pass
  Eric Martin
  Bloomberg; September 30, 2008
• As Risk Grows, Resources Strained at Fed, FDIC
  Peter G. Gosselin & James
  Los Angeles Times; September 30, 2008
• Citi, U.S. Rescue Wachovia
  David Enrich & Matthew Karnitschnig
  Wall Street Journal; September 30, 2008
• Industry is Remade in a Wave of Mergers
  Damian Paletta & Robin Sidel
  Wall Street Journal; September 30, 2008
• For Stocks, Worst Single-Day Drop in Two Decades
  Vikas Bajaj & Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times; September 30, 2008
• Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Declined 16.3% in July
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; September 30, 2008
• FDIC Says Citibank to Take Over Wachovia
  Bond Buyer; September 29, 2008
• House rejects bailout package; Stocks plunge
  Carl Hulse and David M. Herszenhorn
  New York Times; September 29, 2008
• Lehman's Demise Triggered Cash Crunch around Globe
  Carrick Mollenkamp & Mark Whitehouse, John Hillsenrath, Lanthe Jeanne Dugan
  Wall Street Journal; September 29, 2008
• California to Get $500 Million in Federal Foreclosure Relief
  Jessica Garrison
  Los Angeles Times; September 27, 2008
• WaMu Assets Sold to JPMorgan in Record Bank Failure
  Ari Levy and Elizabeth Hester
  Bloomberg; September 26, 2008
• U.S. Economic Growth Slower Than Initially Estimated
  Timothy R. Homan
  Bloomberg; September 26, 2008
• SEC's Ban on Short Selling is Casting a Very Wide Net
  Kara Scannell & Serena Ng
  Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2008
• Lawmakers reach deal on rescue plan principles
  Ruth Mantell, Robert Schroeder, Greg Robb
  Market Watch; September 25, 2008
• FDIC May Need $150 Billion Bailout as More Banks Fail
  David Evans
  Bloomberg; September 25, 2008
• State's Home Builders Expect Worst Year Since 1954
  Jim Wassterman
  Sacramento Bee; September 24, 2008
• Cutting Back the Rescue's $700 Billion Price Tag
  John D. McKinnon
  Wall Street Journal; September 24, 2008
• FBI Investigates Four Firms at Heart of the Mess
  Evan Perez
  Wall Street Journal; September 24, 2008
• Bernanke Sees `Grave Threats' to U.S. Financial Stability
  Craig Torres
  Bloomberg; September 24, 2008
• Two California Economic Forecasts See Gloomy 2009
  Dale Kasler
  Sacramento Bee; September 24, 2008
• UCLA Economists Issue Gloomy California Forecast
  Marc Lifsher & Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; September 24, 2008
• Experts, State could Go Slip Into Recession
  Gregory J. Wilcox
  Los Angeles Daily News; September 24, 2008
• State Economy Stalled; No Relief Near
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; September 24, 2008
• $700 Billion Buys much Skepticism in Congress
  Carolyn Lochhead
  San Francisco Chronicle; September 24, 2008
• An Inadequate Case for the Bailout
  Editorial
  New York Times; September 24, 2008
• Don't Sell America's Economy Short
  Max Boot
  Los Angeles Times; September 24, 2008
• Congress Urged to Act Soon on Bailout
  Mark Landler and Steven Lee Myers
  New York Times; September 23, 2008
• Bernanke Says Normal Markets Needed or Growth Halts
  Scott Lanman and Craig Torres
  Bloomberg; September 23, 2008
• Paulson Plan May Push National Debt to Post-World War II Levels
  Matthew Benjamin
  Bloomberg; September 23, 2008
• Wall-Street-In-Crisis
  Special Section
  Wall Street Journal; September 22, 2008
• Bush Urges Democrats to Act Quickly on Bailout
  David Herszenhorn
  New York Times; September 22, 2008
• Bush Urges Quick Action on Financial Rescue Package
  Roger Runningen
  Bloomberg; September 22, 2008
• Ten Days Changed Wall Street as Bernanke Saw `Massive Failures'
  John Helyar, Alison Fitzgerald, Mark Pittman and Serena Saitto
  Bloomberg; September 22, 2008
• Goldman, Morgan Stanley Bring Down Curtain on an Era
  Christine Harper and Craig Torres
  Bloomberg; September 22, 2008
• Democrats Set Terms as Bailout Debate Begins
  David M. Herszenhorn, Stephen Labaton and Mark Landler
  New York Times; September 21, 2008
• Mixed reviews of relief plan sent to Congress
  Kathleen Pender
  San Francisco Chronicle; September 21, 2008
• Learning from this financial fiasco
  Editorial
  Orange County Register; September 21, 2008
• U.S. Drafts Sweeping Plan to Fight Crisis
  Deborah Solomon and Damian Paletta
  Wall Street Journal; September 19, 2008
• Stocks soar as officials confirm gov't rescue plan
  Associated Press
  Los Angeles Times; September 19, 2008
• CalSTRS Leads Big Funds Against Aggressive Short-Sales Tactics
  Jim Downing
  Sacramento Bee; September 19, 2008
• SEC Issues Temporary Ban Against Short Selling
  Kara Scannell, Deborah Solomon, Craig Karmin and Gregory Zuckerman
  Wall Street Journal; September 19, 2008
• Backlash Against Bailouts Grows on Capitol Hill, Wall Street
  Matthew Benjamin and Brian Faler
  Bloomberg; September 19, 2008
• California unemployment rate rises sharply to 7.7%
  Mark Lifsher
  Los Angeles Times; September 19, 2008
  
• Wall Street in Crisis
  Special Section
  Wall Street Journal; September 18, 2008

• Leading Economic Indicators in the U.S. Probably Fell in August
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; September 18, 2008
• Who’s Paying the Bill? How the government's bailouts will hit taxpayers
  Daniel Stone
  Newsweek; September 17, 2008
• Wall Street Upheaval May Sap Economy, Spur Rate Cut
  Matthew Benjamin
  Bloomberg; September 16, 2008
• Lehman Files for Bankruptcy, Merrill to be Sold
  Andrew Ross Sorkin
  New York Times; September 16, 2008
• Lehman Files for Bankruptcy, Merrill Sold, AIG Seeks Cash
  Carrick Mollenkamp, Susanne Craig, Serena Ng, Aaron Lucchetti
  Wall Street Journal; September 16, 2008
• Credit Crisis Strains Government's Options
  Jon Hilsenrath, David Enrich, Deborah Solomon
  Wall Street Journal; September 12, 2008
• U.S. Seizes Mortgage Giants
  James R. Hagerty, Ruth Simon
  Wall Street Journal; September 8, 2008
• A Sigh of Relief, but Hard Questions Remain on U.S. Economy
  Vikas Bajaj & Keith Bradsher
  New York Times; September 8, 2008
• We Need Fundamental Mortgage Reform
  Bert Ely
  Wall Street Journal; September 8, 2008
• Mixed Economic Data Show A Changing Business Cycle
  Jon Hilsenrath and Kelly Evans
  Wall Street Journal; September 8, 2008
• In Rescue to Stabilize Lending, U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Finance Titans
  Stephen Labaton & Edmund L. Andrews
  New York Times; September 7, 2008
• Jobless Rate Tops 6%, Fueling Fight On Economy
  Kelly Evans, Bob Davis and Tom Lauricella
  Wall Street Journal; September 6, 2008
• Unemployment tops 6% for first time in five years
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; September 5, 2008
• US Economy Remains Weak, Fed Finds
  Neil Irwin
  Washington Post, September 4, 2008
• Tide Turns as Financials Rebound, Commodity Prices Sink
  Neil King, Jr., Robert Guy
  Wall Street Journal; September 3, 2008
• Despite Low Oil Prices, Little Relief for Consumers
  Louis Uchitelle & Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times; September 3, 2008
• Commodities sell-off gaining momentum
  Stevenson Jacobs, Associated Press
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• U.S. Economy: Consumer Spending Slows, Inflation Accelerates
  Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; August 29, 2008
• Census Data Shows No Rise in Wages in 2007
  Dean Calbreath & Lori Weisberg
  San Diego Union Tribune; August 27, 2008
• Home Sales In State Soar As Prices Plunge
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; August 26, 2008
• Bernanke Says U.S. Inflation Should Slow Into 2009
  Craig Torres and Scott Lanman
  Bloomgerg; August 22, 2008
• The Economy: Don't expect much mercy as price hikes mushroom
  Darrell Smith
  Sacramento Bee; August 20, 2008
• Foreclosures smack home prices - down 29.3%
  Carolyn Said
  San Francisco Chronicle; August 20, 2008
• Twice as many in state can now afford a home
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; August 20, 2008
• Sacramento-area home sales rise for fourth straight month
  Jim Wasserman
  Sacramento Bee; August 19, 2008
• Southern California home sales jump 13.8% in July
  Annette Haddad
  LA Times; August 19, 2008
• Housing prices sink; Sales surge, but real estate market is still in decline
  Roger Showley
  San Diego Union Tribune; August 19, 2008
• Renewable energy could electrify California economy and job market, report says
  Margot Roosevelt and Tami Abdollah
  Los Angeles Times; August 19, 2008
• California's Unemployment Rate Rises to 7.3%
  Marc Lifsher
  Los Angeles Times; August 15, 2008
• Living Costs Rising Fast, and Wages are Trailing
  Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times; August 14, 2008
• Skies Darken for Retailing as Spree Fades
  Jeff D. Opdyke and Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; August 13, 2008
• Skies Darken for Retailing as Spree Fades
  Jeff D. Opdyke and Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; August 13, 2008
• Gasoline Prices Tumble In U.S., California
  Elizabeth Douglass and Martin Zimmerman
  Los Angeles Times; August 12, 2008
• Mortgage-Market Trouble Reaches Big Credit Unions
  Mark Maremont
  Wall Street Journal; August 11, 2008
• A Pullback in Businesses' Capital Spending Bodes Ill
  Martin Zimmerman
  Los Angeles Times; August 11, 2008
• Signs Say Economic Recovery isn't Here
  Tom Lauricella
  Wall Street Journal; August 11, 2 008
• Slump in U.S. to Worsen as Consumers Get `Squeezed'
  Timothy R. Homan and Alex Tanzi
  Bloomberg; August 11, 2008
• Food Giants Race to Pass Rising Costs to Shoppers
  Scott Kilman
  Wall Street Journal; August 8, 2008
• Fed Shift Indicates Main Rate Will Stay at 2% to Revive Economy
  Scott Lanman
  Bloomberg; Aug. 6 2008
• Economists Plumb The Depths Of The Downturn
  Abha Bhattaraiabha Bhattarai
  The New York Times; 8/6/2008
• Clean-Tech Investment Leaps 83% in Year
  Deborah Gage
  San Francisco Chronicle; August 5, 2008
• Price Increases Ramp Up, Sounding Inflation Alarm
  Kelly Evans
  Wall Street Journal; August 5, 2008
• U.S. Spending Rises; Prices Jump the Most Since 2005
  Bob Willis and Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; August 4, 2008
• U.S. Economy: Unemployment Rate Increases to Four-Year High
  Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; August 1, 2008
• Workers' Pay and Benefits Lagging Far Behind Inflation
  Tom Petruno
  Los Angeles Times; August 1, 2008
• Exports, Stimulus Plan Prop Up Economy
  Kelly Evans, Anton Troianovski and Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; August 1, 2008
• More Arrows Seen Pointing to a Recession
  Peter S. Goodman
  New York Times August 1, 2008
• Profit Data may Explain U.S. Gloom
  Floyd Norris
  New York Times; August 1, 2008
• Early GDP report: Good news scarce
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; August 1, 2008
• The Plunge in the Price of Homes Gets Worse
  Carolyn Said
  San Francisco Chronicle; July 30, 2008
• Energy Prices are Bright Sliver in Grim Economy
  Jad Mouawad
  New York Times; July 30, 2008
• Stimulus Program Is Working To Lift Spending, Study Says
  Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; July 30, 2008
• U.S. Economy: House Prices Drop, Confidence Near Low
  Timothy R. Homan and Courtney Schlisserman
  Bloomberg; July 29, 2008
• Economists Weigh Possibility of a Recession Amid Economic Growth
  Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; July 28, 2008
• Dark News Piles Up On California Economy
  Dan Walters
  Sacramento Bee; July 27, 2008
• Reeling Retailers Cut Stores, Mull Bankruptcy Protection
  Penni Crabtree
  San Diego Union Tribune; July 26, 2008
• State's Home Sales Have a Baffling 17.5% Jump
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; July 26, 2008
• Record number are worse off financially than they were in '07
  John Marelius
  San Diego Union Tribune; July 26, 2008
• Mortgage Writedowns to Total $1 Trillion, Gross Says
  By Sandra Hernandez
  Bloomberg; July 24, 2008
• House Approves Sweeping Effort to Help Housing
  David M. Herszenhorn
  New York Times; July 24, 2008
• Potential Impact of Federal Housing Project
  James Temple & Carolyn Said
  San Francisco Chronicle: July 24, 2008
• U.S. Economy: Home Resales Decline to 10-Year Low
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; July 24, 2008
• Businesses Feel Pinch Of Tighter Lending
  Justin Lahart
  Wall Street Journal;7/21/2008
• U.S. Expansion May Be First Without Income Recovery
  Vivien Lou Chen
  Bloomberg; July 21, 2008
• Bernanke, Paulson Pressed to Seek Big-Government Bank Bailout
  Rich Miller
  Bloomberg; July 21, 2008
• Rescue Plan Is Latest In a Series of Risks Taken On by Taxpayers
  Deborah Solomon
  Wall Street Journal; July 18, 2008
• California's unemployment rate rises to 6.9% in June
  Marc Lifsher
  Los Angeles Times; July 18, 2008
• Concern grows over a fiscal crisis for U.S.
  Caolyn Lochhead
  San Francisco Chronicle; July 17, 2008
• Fed Confronts Spike in Inflation
  Anton Troivanoski & Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; July 17, 2008
• Consumers hit hard by June price hikes
  Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
  Los Angeles Daily News; July 17, 2008
• An Economy Thrown Into Turmoil
  Anthony Faiola and Neil Irwin
  Washington Post; July 16, 2008
• Americans may be losing faith in free markets
  Peter G. Gosselin
  Los Angeles Times; July 16. 2008
• Economic indicators point to more distress
  Maura Reynolds and Walter Hamilton
  Los Angeles Times; July 16, 2008
• Inflation, Bernanke's warning rub salt in economy's wounds
  Associated Press and New York Times News Service
  San Diego Union Tribune; July 16, 2008
• Gas and Food Prices Push Up Inflation
  Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times: July 16, 2008
• Treasury and Fed Pledge Aid For Ailing Mortgage Giants
  James R. Hagerty, Deborah Soloman and Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; July 14, 2008
• Treasury Acts to Save Mortgage Giants
  Stephen Labaton
  New York Times; July 14, 2008
• Bank Fears Spread After Seizure of IndyMac
  Robin Sidel, David Enrich and Jonathan Karp
  Wall Street Journal; July 14, 2008
• Continuing Vicious Cycle of Pain In Housing and Finance Ensnares Market
  Michael Corkery and James R. Hagerty
  Wall Street Journal; July 14, 2008
• Fannie, Freddie Woes Worse Than Bear's in Some Ways
  Aparajita Saha-Bubna and Joseph Checkler
  Wall Street Journal; July 14, 2008
• Crisis Deepens as Big Bank Fails
  Damian Paletta and David Enrich
  Wall Street Journal; July 12, 2008
• Fed Sees Turmoil Persisting Deep into Next Year
  Stephen Labaton
  New York Times; July 9, 2008
• New California Law Offers A Shield On Mortgage Defaults
  Kevin Yamamura
  Sacramento Bee; July 9, 2008
• New State Law Aims To Help Distressed Homeowners
  Josh Richman
  San Jose Mercury News; July 9, 2008
• US Loses 62,000 Jobs, Jobless Rate Holds at 5.5%
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; July 8, 2008
• Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting into '09
  Peter S. Goodman
  New York Times; July 2, 2008
• At Midyear, the Economic Pain Persists
  Vikas Bajaj
  New York Times; July 1, 2008
• Commodities Prices Jump, and Upward Trend is Likely to Continue
  Carolyn Cui
  Wall Street Journal; July 1, 2008
• U.S. Economy: Spending Rose More Than Anticipated
  Shobhana Chandra
  Bloomberg; June 27, 2008
• After-tax incomes and spending show big gains
  Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
  San Francisco Chronicle; June 27, 2008
• This Recession, It's Just Beginning
  Steven Pearlstein
  Washington Post; 6/27/2008
• Americans, Hurt by Rising Gas Prices, Curb Spending, Poll Finds
  Rich Miller
  Bloomberg; June 26, 2008
• UOP: State's In Mild Recession
  Dale Kasler
  Sacramento Bee; June 26, 2008
• Fed Shifts its Concern to Inflation
  Louis Uchitelle
  New York Times; June 26, 2008
• Fed Holds Rate Steady as Inflation Worries Rise
  Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; June 26, 2008
  
• Chapman University Forecasters Say U.S. in Recession
  Conor L. Sanchez
  Los Angeles Times; June 25, 2008
• Consumer Confidence Plummets
  Kelly Evans & Anton Troianovski
  Wall Street Journal; June 25, 2008
• U.S.-Backed Mortgage Program Fuels Risk
  Nick Timiraos
  Wall Street Journal; June 24, 2008
• Recession seen looming in new report
  Associated Press
  San Francisco Chronicle; June 24, 2008
• Bernanke's Inflation Cure Wanes as Import Costs Rise
  Rich Miller
  Bloomberg; June 23; 2008
• Harvard Report, Housing Outlook Remains Bleak
  Emmet Pierce
  San Diego Union Tribune; June 23, 2008
• Principles for Improving State Fiscal Decisions
  Editorial
  Sacramento Bee; June 22, 2008
• Mortgage rates on rise, as are fears for housing
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; June 22, 2008
• California unemployment rate hits 6.8%
  Marc Lifsher
  Los Angeles Times; June 21, 2008
• Why is oil so high? Pick a view
  Jad Mauawad and Diana B. Henriques
  New York Times; June 21, 2008
• Median home price in California drops 30% in May
  Associated Press
  Los Angeles Times; June 19, 2008
• Home Sales Hit 13-Year Low In Calif.
  Roger Showley
  San Diego Union Tribune; June 19, 2008
• Glut of repossessed homes will weigh on capital region until late 2009
  Jim Wasserman
  Sacramento Bee; June 19, 2008
• U.S. Slowdown, Price Increase Isn't Your Father's Stagflation
  Carlos Torres and Rich Miller
  Bloomberg; June 19, 2008
• Inflation Now Enemy No. 1 for Fed
  David Wessel
  Wall Street Journal; June 19, 2008
• Economists predict more pain ahead but no recession
  Roger Vincent
  Los Angeles Times; June 18, 2008
• Forecast Predicts Slow Economy For 18 More Months
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; June 18, 2008
• UCLA Economists Expect No Recession This Year
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; June 18, 2008
• Housing Woes Hit Community Banks
  E. Scott Reckard
  Los Angeles Times; June 17, 2008
• Gas Prices Latest Worry for Real Estate Market
  Roger Vincent
  Los Angeles Times; June 17, 2008
• Southland Home Prices Go Way South
  Gregory J. Wilcox
  LA Daily News, June 17, 2008
• Home Prices Continue Downward Spiral
  Mike Freeman
  San Diego Union Times Tribune; June 17, 2008
• Foreclosure Filings Jump, and fall is forecast as peak
  Associated Press
  New York Times; June 14, 2008
• Stung by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again
  Timothy Aeppel
  Wall Street Journal; June 13, 2008
• Stung by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again
  Timothy Aeppel
  Wall Street Journal; June 13, 2008
• Inflation Rate Jumps by Biggest Amount in 6 Months
  Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
  News.yahoo.com; June 13, 2008
• Retail Sales Rise Above Forecasts
  Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times; June 13, 2008
• US Retail Sales Increase Twice as Much as Forecast
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; June 12, 2008
• Retail Sales Jump by largest amount in 6 months
  Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
  Los Angeles Times; June 12, 2008 note: same story in Chronicle
• Rates on 30-year mortgages jump to nearly 8-month high
  Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
  San Jose Mercury News; June 12, 2008
• Bonds Sound Diverse Alarms
  Tom Lauricella
  Wall Street Journal; June 9, 2008
• That Stagflation Show
  Editorial
  Wall Street Journal; June 9, 2008
• The Weak-Dollar Threat to the World
  Judy Shelton
  Wall Street Journal; June 9, 2008
• Economy Reeling Under Weight of Bad News
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; June 7, 2008
• Monthly growth in unemployment rate is biggest in over 20 years
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; June 7, 2008
• Unemployment Rate Hits 5.5% and 49,000 Jobs Lost
  Peter S. Goodman & Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times; June 6, 2008
• Housing Sector Deteriorates
  George Avalos
  Contra Costa Times; June 6, 2008
• Some Chains Posts Strong Sales Despite Gas Prices, Low Confidence
  Ann Zimmerman and Nicholas Casey
  Wall Street Journal; June 5, 2008
• Local Banks Regain Mortgage Business
  JAMES R. HAGERTY
  Wall Street Journal; June 5, 2008
• Economic downturn hits Latinos hard, especially in construction
  Eve Hightower
  Modesto Bee; June 5, 2008
• Latino Immigrants Hit by Jobs Shortage
  Julia Preston
  New York Times; June 5, 2008
• Slump is affecting Latino workers
  Leslie Berestein
  San Diego Union Tribune; June 5, 2008
• Expect Higher Food Costs With Drought
  Dennis Pollock and Mark Grossi
  Fresno Bee; June 5, 2008
• Food Is Gold, And Investors Pour Billions Into Farming
  Diana B. Henriques
  New York Times; June 5, 2008
• 'Wealth Effect' May Be Near Payback Time
  Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; June 5, 2008
• Americans' net worth took a dive in the first quarter
  Los Angeles Times Blog; June 5, 2008
• Foreclosures hit a record high - and more coming
  Jeannine Aversa
  San Francisco Chronicle; June 5, 2008
• U.S. Services Expanded at Faster Pace Than Forecast
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg; June 4, 2008
• Productivity Was Revised Higher For 1st Quarter, as Labor Costs Slowed
  Brian Blackstone
  Wall Street Journal; June 4, 2008
• Bernanke Bolsters Weak Dollar
  Sudeep Reddy, Joanna Slater
  Wall Street Journal; June 4, 2008
• Gas Keeps Climbing as Oil Falls Sharply
  Bruce V. Bigelow
  San Diego Times Tribune; June 4, 2008
• Commodity Regulators Vow Stricter Oversight
  Diana B. Henriques
  New York Times; June 3, 2008
• Think the Economy Is Bad? Wait Till the States Cut Back
  Louis Uchitelle
  New York Times; June 2, 2008
• Gay Marriage may be a Gift to California's Economy
  Alana Samuels
  Los Angeles Times; June 1, 2008
• Soaring Food, Gas Prices Taking Their Toll
  Julia M. Scott
  Los Angeles Daily News; June 1, 2008
• All Business: Commodities Risky for Pensions
  Rachel Beck
  San Jose Mercury News; May 30, 2008
• U.S. home prices fall sharply in first quarter
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; May 28, 2008
• Food price inflation is just the beginning
  Mike Lee
  San Diego Union Tribune
• California Housing Industry Expects Fewest Starts In Half-Century
  Jim Wasserman
  Sacramento Bee; 5-28-08
• Consumer confidence drops to 16-year low
  Aaron Siegel
  Investment News; May 27, 2008
• Home sales rise in hard-hit areas
  James R. Hagerty
  Wall Street Journal; May 27, 2008
• Suddenly, a bright future for old-economy companies
  Peter G. Gosselin
  Los Angeles Times; May 25, 2008
• Home Sales See First Monthly Gain in 6 Months
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; May 21, 2008
• Dow Drops 199.48 Points as Fears Rise Over Inflation
  Mark Gongloff & Peter A. Mckay
  Wall Street Journal; May 21, 2008
• Slowdown is forecast to go into next year
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; May 20, 2008
• Home Sales Hit 8-Month High
  Gregory J. Wilcox
  LA Daily News; May 20, 2008
• Some See Signs of Hope for Housing
  Roger Showley
  San Diego Union Tribune; May 20, 2008
• State's Unemployment Rate Holds Steady
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; May 19, 2008
• California Unemployment Rate Remains at 6.2 Percent
  Jon Ortiz
  Sacramento Bee; May 19, 2008
• Steep Drop in Home Prices may Help Economy
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; May 19, 2008
• Oil Refineries See Profits Sink as Consumption Falls
  Jad Mouawad
  New York Times; May 14, 2008
• Fed Officials Say Economy May Remain Sluggish for Some Time
  Sudeep Reddy
  May 14, 2008; Wall Street Journal
• Recession? Not So Fast, Say Some
  Kelly Evans amp; Justin Lahart
  Wall Street Journal; May 14, 2008
• Why Inflation may Not Get Out of Control
  Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; May 14, 2008
• Paulson Sees Credit Crisis Waning
  Michael M. Phillips and Damian Paletta
  Wall Street Journal; May 7, 2008
• Bernanke: Foreclosure woes require action
  Les Christie
  CNNMoney.com; May 6, 2008
• Bernanke Urges Action to Slow Jump in U.S. Home Foreclosures
  Scott Lanman and Alison Vekshin
  Bloomberg; May 6, 2008
• Calif. Courthouse Repairs
  Rick Saskal
  Bond Buyer; May 6, 2008
• Perata Bill would Raise Fees, Fix Courthouses
  Matthew Yi
  San Francisco Chronicle; May 6, 2008
• Plan to Upgrade Courthouses is Pushed
  Patrick McGreevy
  Los Angeles Time; May 6, 2008
• Economic Spin
  Editorial
  Press Enterprise; May 4, 2008
• Consumer spending up but much of gain reflects higher prices
  Martin Crutsinger; Associated Press
  San Jose Mercury News; May 1, 2008
• Low Spending is Taking a Toll on Economy
  Peter S. Goodman
  New York Times
• Rising inflation limits Fed’s options
  Kevin G. Hall
  Sacramento Bee; April 28, 2008
• Wider, not higher, sales tax seen as budget fix
  Judy Lin
  Sacramento Bee; April 27, 2008
• California Home Foreclosures Hit a Record
  Peter Y. Hong
  LA Times; April 23, 2008
• Lenders Derail Plan to Let Bankruptcy Judges Modify Mortgages
  Michael A. Hiltzik
  LA Times; April 22, 2008
• California jobless rate rises to 6.2%; Sacramento hits 6.5%
  Dale Kasler and Jim Wasserman
  Sacramento Bee, April 19, 2008
• Desperate Times Call for Creative Measures
  Patt Morrison
  Los Angeles Times; April 17, 2008
• Desperate Times Call for Creative Measures
  Patt Morrison
  Los Angeles Times; April 17, 2008
• US Consumer Confidence Falls to 26-Year Low
  Courtney Schlisserman
  Bloomberg News; April 11, 2008
• To Be Learned: Bear Stearns Consequences
  Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; April 7, 2008
• Recession? Think Stocks for Recovery
  Tom Lauricella
  Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2008
• Lenders Retreat as Housing Market Plummets
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; April 7, 2008
• March Data Show Sharpest Job Losses in 5 Years
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; April 7, 2008
• March Job Figures Confirm Recession to Many
  James Temple
  San Francisco Chronicle; April 7, 2008
• Analysts: Job Woes Point to Recession
  Jeannine Aversa
  San Diego Union Tribune; April 7, 2008
• 80,000 Jobs Cut in March; Unemployment Rate Rises
  Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times; April 4, 2008
• Tech companies still hiring, but pace slowing
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; April 3, 2008
• Bernanke Sees '08 Rebound
  Maura Reynolds
  Los Angeles Times; April 3, 2008
• Jobless Claims Hit Highest Level Since 2005
  Reuters
  New York Times; April 3, 2008
• U.S. Slump Takes Toll Across Globe
  Marcus Walker, James
  Wall Street Journal; April 3, 2008
• Bernanke Says the Word: Recession may be Near
  Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; April 3, 2008
• Making Sense of Mixed Signs on Recession
  Mark Gongloff
  Wall Street Journal; April 3, 2008
• Paulson calls for broad but limited regulatory change
  Peter Gosselin
  Los Angeles Times; April 1, 2008
• As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise, Food Stamp Use Nears Record
  Erick Eckholm
  New York Times; April 1, 2008
• White House plan offers little foreclosure relief
  John W. Schoen
  MSNBC; March. 31, 2008
• Obstacles Seen as Treasury Proposes New Financial Rules
  Steven Labaton
  New York Times; March 31, 2008
• Proposed revamp taps Fed as uber cop
  Jeannine Aversa - AP Economics Writer
  Sacramento Bee, March 31, 2008
• Let the housing chips fall
  Peter Schiff
  Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2008
• U.S. home prices tumble 11.4% in a year, index finds
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; March 26, 2008
• Prognosis: Mild Recession, Slow Recovery
  James C. Cooper
  Businessweek; March 21, 2008
• Slump Moves From Wall St. to Main St.
  Peter S. Goodman
  NY Times; March 21, 2008
• Home Vacancy Rates Post Sharp Increases
  Matt Phillips
  Wall Street Journal; March 21, 2008
• The Bailout Briar Patch
  Kimberly Strassel
  Wall Street Journal; March 21, 2008
• Unanswered Questions About Bear's Death
  Scott Patterson
  Wall Street Journal; March 21, 2008
• Greenspan Stands His Ground
  Steven Mufson
  Washington Post; March 21, 2008
• Partying Like It’s 1929
  Paul Krugman
  New York Times; March 21, 2008
• Washington Revisits Financial Regulation
  Wall Street Journal; March 21, 2008
• State's in a Recession, UOP Forecasters Find
  Dale Kasler
  Sacramento Bee; March 20, 2008
• Leading Indicators Decline Again
  Matthew Cowley and Brian Blackstone
  Wall Street Journal; March 20, 2008
• Fed Fix Works for Now
  David Reilly and Liz Rappaport
  Wall Street Journal; March 20, 2008
• Economic Players Too Big to Fall
  David Ignatius
  Sacramento Bee; March 20, 2008
• Opinion: Private Profits, Public Risks
  Peter Wallison
  Wall Street Journal; March 20, 2008
• Increase in Producer Prices Feeds Fear of Rising Inflation
  By Michael Grynbaum
  New York Times; March 19, 2008
• Credit Worries Ease as Fed Cuts, Hints at More Relief
  By Greg Ip
  Wall Street Journal; March 19, 2008
• Can’t Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club
  By David Leonhardt
  NY times; March 19, 2008
• Goldman, Lehman Profits Slump On Credit Market-Related Losses
  Kevin Kingsbury
  The Wall Street Journal; March 18, 2008
• Lehman shares rise as earnings beat forecasts
  Riley McDermid , MarketWatch
  The New York Times; Mar 18, 2008
• Lehman Net Income Declines 57%, Less Than Estimated (Update4)
  Yalman Onaran
  Bloomberg; March 18, 2008
• SEC Failure to Save Bear Exposes Cracks in Vigilance
  Jesse Westbrook
  Bloomberg; March 18, 2008
• J.P. Morgan Buys Bear in Fire Sale, As Fed Widens Credit to Avert Crisis
  Robin Sidel, K. Berman, and Kate Kelly
  Wall Street Journal; March 17, 2008
• Fed Acts to Rescue Financial Markets
  Edmund L. Andrews
  New York Times; March 17, 2008
• Economy Hammered by Toxic Blend of Ailments
  Vikas Bajaj
  New York Times; March 14, 2008
• A New Economic Order, Why the Downturn Had to Happen
  Neil Irwin
  Washington Post; Friday, March 14, 2008
• Daniel Weintraub: A rainy day reserve that is both smart and possible
  Sacramento Bee; March 11, 2008
• UCLA experts don't buy recession
  Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times; March 11, 2008
• Recession looms, Hollywood booms
  David Germain
  San Diego Union Tribune; March 11, 2008
• Job Data Suggest U.S. is in Recession
  Sudeep Reddy
  Wall Street Journal; March 8, 2008
• It's the Dollar, Stupid
  Judy Shelton
  The Wall Street Journal; March 5, 2008
• Municipal-Debt Fans: 'We've Been Waiting For a Market Like This'
  Tom Lauricella and Liz Rappaport
  The Wall Street Journal; March 3, 2008
• California lost 20,300 jobs in January
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle; March 1, 2008
• Jobless data raise fears of recession in California
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; March 1, 2008
• A poisonous mix for the economy: Data show prices shooting up while growth is slowing down
  Dean Calbreath
  San Diego Union Tribune; February 27, 2008
• New Worries on Inflation and Homes
  Vikas Bajaj
  New York Times; February 27, 2008
• Come for brunch. Bring billions
  Jessica Guynn
  Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2008
• On Diversity, America Isn't Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
  Wall Street Journal; February 25, 2008
• Analyst takes no prisoners on budget cuts
  George Skelton
  February 21, 2008
  
• Fed Cuts Outlook For Economic Growth Amid Credit Crunch
  Greg Ip
  February 21, 2008
  
• That ’70s Look: Stagflation
  Graham Bowley
  February 21, 2008
  
• No Recession On The Horizon
  Gregory J. Wilcox
  February 20, 2008
• Auctions Yield Chaos for Bonds
  Floyd Norris
  Feb. 20, 2008
  
• Bay Area Home Sales Fall To 20-Year Low
  James Temple
  February 15, 2008
  
• From Bad To ‘Worst’ For Santa Clara County Home Sales
  Sue McAllister
  February 15, 2008
• Where Will the Crunch Hit Next?
  Liam Pleven and James R. Hagerty
  Wall Street Journal, February 15, 2008
• US Recession Is Now an Even Bet as Spending Slows
  Shobhana Chandra and Andy Burt
  Bloomberg News, February 8, 2008
• Wholesale Inventories Buildup
  Jeff Bater
  Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2008
• Congress Sends $168 Billion Economic Stimulus to Bush
  Alison Fitzgerald and Brian Faler
  Bloomberg News, February 8, 2008
• Credit Tightens, Demand Falls
  Jeff Bater
  Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2008
• Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go
  Peter S. Goodman
  New York Times, February 5, 2008
• TOO BIG TO FAIL; If a major bank slips into deep trouble, Uncle Sam may have to help save it
  David Henry, with Stanley Reed,Cristina Lindblad and Paula Lehman
  Business Week, February 4, 2008
• How Real Was The Prosperity?
  Michael Mandel
  Businessweek, February 4, 2008
• WHAT COULD CAGE THE BEAR; An aggressive Fed can blunt its bite. And so can foreign investors in search of bargains
  Roben Farzad, Benjamin Levisohn, Ben Steverman and Maggie Gilmour
  Businessweek, February 4, 2008
• Exporting America’s Travails
  James Cooper
  Businessweek, February 4, 2008
• The U.S. Economy Faces the Guillotine
  Newsweek, February 4, 2008
• Mortgage Meltdown: Plenty of Blame for Lending Mess
  Carolyn Said
  San Francisco Chronicle, February 3, 2008
• For economy, a bad ending
  Editorial
  Ventura County Star, February 1, 2008
• Payrolls Decline for First Time in Four Years
  Bob Willis
  Bloomberg, February 1, 2008
• A Green Energy Industry Takes Root Under the California Sun
  Matt Richtel & John Markoff
  New York Times, February 1, 2008
• It's the housing market deflation
  William H. Gross
  Sacramento Bee, February 1, 2008
• Subprime, CDO Bank Losses May Exceed $265B
  Jody Shenn and David Mildenberg
  Bloomberg, January 31, 2008
• Fed Cuts Key Rate as Stimulus Plan Advances
  Edmund L. Andrews and David M. Herszenhorn
  New York Times, January 31, 2008
• Let's Get Real About the Economy
  Steven Rattner
  Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2008
• The federal role in subprime mortgage mess
  Nicholas Bagley
  Sacramento Bee, January 28, 2008
• Not even Schwarzenegger can change the course of California's economy
  Daniel Weintraub
  San Jose Mercury News, January 27, 2008
• Criticism of Rate Cut Mounts
  The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2008
• Washington Sets $150 Billion Plan to Jolt Economy
  Sarah Lueck , Timothy Aeppel and Michael M. Phillips
  The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2008
• A Fear That the Cure Could Be Poison
  Edmund Andrews
  New York Times, January 24, 2008
• Wider Troubles Trickle Down to Oil Sector
  Jad Mouawad
  New York Times, January 24, 2008
• Economy requires long-term and short-term fixes: Both quick stimulus, financial reforms are needed to deal with current downturn
  Editorial
  Sacramento Bee, January 24, 2008
• Startling jump in California foreclosures
  Carolyn Said
  San Francisco Chronicle, January 23, 2008
• Mortgage Meltdown
  Peter Y. Hong and Andrea Chang
  Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2008
• Foreclosures soar to state record
  Dale Kasler
  Sacramento Bee, January 23, 2008
• Mortgage Refinancing to be Slower Than Rates Show
  Jody Shenn
  Bloomberg, January 23, 2008
• A Recession, if It Comes, Could Be Worse Than Those of Recent Past
  Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2008
• Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate As Recession Fears Well Up
  Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2008
• BofA optimistic about Countrywide
  E. Scott Reckard
  Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2008
• Stocks Plunge Worldwide on Fears of a U.S. Recession
  Mark Landler and Heather Timmons
  New York Times, January 21, 2008
• Price is Right in the U.S. as Foreigners Buy Stakes
  International Herald Tribune, January 21, 2008
• California's Jobless Rate Up Sharply
  Sam Zuckerman
  San Francisco Chronicle, January 19, 2008
• Bernanke Says Fiscal Stimulus Could Revive Expansion
  Craig Torres and Scott Lanman
  Bloomberg News, January 18, 2008
• Under Review: Ripple Effects of Much Harsher Debt Ratings
  Aaron Lucchetti and Karen Richardson
  New York Times, January 18, 2008
• State, local unemployment rates rise
  Dale Kasler
  Sacramento Bee, January 18, 2008
• Housing Starts Plunge 14%, Marking Lowest Level Since 1991
  By, Jeff Bater
  January 17, 2008
• Consumer Prices Take Off
  Kevin Hall
  Sacramento Bee, January 17, 2008
• California scores nearly half of North American green tech capital
  David R. Baker
  San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2008
• Venture Capitalists Raise $34.7 Billion, the Most Since 2001
  San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 2008
• Home Sales Seen Bottoming in '08
  Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2008
• Americans Cut Back Sharply on Spending
  Michael Barbaro and Louis Uchitelle
  New York Times, January 14, 2008
• Countrywide deal may ease credit crisis
  Walter Hamilton, E. Scott Reckard and Peter Y. Hong
  Los Angeles Times, January 12, 2008
• California budget mess brings Schwarzenegger full circle
  Aaron C. Davis
  Associated Press, January 5, 2008
• Housing Downturn May Hit California Hardest, Experts Warn
  Kelly Zito, Chronicle Staff Writer
  San Francisco Chronicle, December 11, 2007
• L.A. Tech Party Scene Heats Up
  Alana Semuels
  Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2007
• Housing Woes Take Their Toll On Job Growth
  Peter G. Gosselin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
  Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2007
• State, U.S. Economies Will Slow, Not Shrink, UCLA Says
  Dale Kasler
  The Sacramento Bee, December 6, 2007
• Reports Predict Dismal Year for California Economy
  Sam Zuckerman, Chronicle Staff Writer
  The San Francisco Chronicle, December 6, 2007
• Price Tag in Mortgage Crisis is Looking Like Real Money
  Walter Hamilton and E. Scott Reckard
  Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2007