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Fed Ending Treasury Purchase Program that Kept Yields Down
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The US Treasury Department today is buying the last of the $300 billion in Treasury bonds, bills, and notes it has purchased over the last seven months to keep rates low. The program, which...

Article | Oct 29, 2009 | Views: 140 | Comments: 0
Tags: treasury bonds, federal reserve

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It's Time to Raise Rates, Ben
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

With the crisis clearly past, the Fed ought to boost short-term rates to a more normal 2% - still low by historical standards - to send a signal to the markets that the U.S. is serious about...

Article | Oct 24, 2009 | Views: 80 | Comments: 2 
Tags: interest rates, economy, inflation, federal reserve, federal funds rate, recession, monetary policy

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Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged and Keeps Debt Buying Plan
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee today voted to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4%. In addition, the Fed said it would continue programs to keep...

Article | Sep 23, 2009 | Views: 106 | Comments: 0
Tags: interest rates, federal reserve, fomc

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A New Bubble of the Fed's Creation
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.washingtonpost.com)

This article is a must-read for anyone trying to understand what is going on with the economy at the moment. It describes how the Federal Reserve and the Obama Administration plotted to reinflate...

Article | Sep 23, 2009 | Views: 27 | Comments: 0 
Tags: obama, bernanke, federal reserve

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Government's Trial and Error Helped Stem Financial Panic
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

With a modicum of hindsight now available, do governments and central banks deserve credit for preventing catastrophe? The early verdict from most scholars, executives and government insiders is...

Article | Sep 15, 2009 | Views: 106 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, federal reserve, banks, recession, treasury, money market funds, great depression, financial crisis, fiscal policy, monetary policy

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Federal Reserve Changes Reg D To Allow 6 Checks Per Month in Money Market Accounts
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

One downside to money market accounts and savings accounts as compared to checking accounts is that you are limited in the number of third-party withdrawals. This is based on the Federal Reserve's...

Article | Sep 6, 2009 | Views: 166 | Comments: 0 
Tags: savings accounts, federal reserve, checking account, money market accounts, regulation d, checks

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Federal Reserve Makes $19 Billion on Crisis Loans
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.ft.com)

The Federal Reserve made $19 billion, or $14 billion more than it would have made on a risk free deployment of its capital, through charging interest and fees to financial institutions and...

Article | Aug 31, 2009 | Views: 86 | Comments: 0 
Tags: federal reserve, tarp, talp

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Obama Re-Appoints Bernanke; Smart Choice for Now
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

President Obama today declared he was going to re-appoint Ben Bernanke chairman of the Fed. It's a good move, notwithstanding the usual critics who not only want Bernanke gone, but the whole Fed...

Article | Aug 25, 2009 | Views: 83 | Comments: 1
Tags: bernanke, federal reserve, banks

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Fed Says Rates to Stay at 0% for Some Time, Slowing Treasury Purchases
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee met today and described an economy that had bottomed but that will be slow to recover.

Article | Aug 12, 2009 | Views: 77 | Comments: 0
Tags: bernanke, federal reserve, fomc

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Fed Focusing on Real-Estate Recession as Bernanke Convenes Federal Open Market Committee
Submitted by KarlaB27  (www.bloomberg.com)

Largely echoes and supports the Fed's strategy of leaving interests rates and programs to help revitalize the real estate market in place until there is some sustained growth and improvement.

Article | Aug 10, 2009 | Views: 59 | Comments: 0 
Tags: real estate, federal reserve, mortgage rates, interest rate, federal open market committee

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Fed Likely to Keep Interest Rates Low
Submitted by KarlaB27  (www.google.com)

This is good news and necessary to sustain the pockets of stabilization in the housing market. However, I've read another article which suggests interest rates could creep up to 6% within the next...

Article | Aug 10, 2009 | Views: 54 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, real estate, federal reserve, mortgage rates

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5 Reasons Banks Are Profiting in a Recession
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

Investors and consumers are still reeling from the recession, but the nation’s big banks are posting huge, unexpected profits. On Thursday, JPMorgan Chase announced a $2.7 billion...

Article | Jul 18, 2009 | Views: 88 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, economy, federal reserve, fed, investing, banks, recession, bank industry

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Fed Documents Fuel Concerns About Expanding Central Bank's Role
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Documents unearthed by congressional investigators reveal disagreements among senior Federal Reserve officials about how to handle Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch, fueling...

Article | Jun 28, 2009 | Views: 114 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, bank of america, federal reserve, merrill lynch, banking industry, financial crisis, regulations



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