[3] Market News has press credentials recognized by the White House, United States Congress, the Federal Reserve, the Deutsche Bundesbank, the European Central Bank, as well as by the governments and central banks of all Group of Seven nations.
[2] MNI was founded in 1983 by economist Robert Jones to advise on any pending actions by the Federal Reserve.
After 2007, MNI rose to prominence by way of publishing exclusive headlines and interviews on the Greek government-debt crisis, which were widely report by international news agencies as well as regional and local media outlets around the world.
MNI laid off at least 17 employees shortly after the sale to Hale Global,[7] including long time Federal Reserve reporter Steven Beckner and executive editor Tony Mace.
Since then there have been two more rounds of layoffs—one in September 2017, which included Treasury reporter and one-time DC Bureau chief Denny Gulino,[8][9] and one in January 2018.