Morgan Stanley is suggesting that there could be severe economic consequences to the differing currency strategies that the Fed and the ECB are currently pursuing. Interesting article. Especially...
This is a really handy tool generated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. It takes options on federal funds futures and crunches them into graphs that show the probability of different rates...
The President of the Boston Federal Reserve, Eric Rosengren wrote an opinion piece that is more public service announcement. He encourages homeowners with subprime mortgages to get help before...
The Fed and several other European Central Banks are going to allow banks to swap up to $400 billion in mortgage related debt for treasuries for 28 days. The idea is to provide liquidity to the...
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in a speech to the Senate Banking Committee said he does not believe the US will suffer another bout of 70s style deflation. In his view, the commodity prices increases...
US banks have been quietly borrowing massive amounts of money from the Federal Reserve in recent weeks by using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunch....
The Fed announced today to lower the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 3 percent. The rate is now at par or even lower than inflation. Will this rejuvenate the economy, kindle inflation,...
I believe that against a backdrop where inflationary pressures are persisting and where many will begin to question if the 75 bps move was an overreaction (or a SocGen bailout maybe?), that the Fed...
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Markets like the Fed cuts and expect more. But lower interest rates could keep the dollar weak and ultimately threaten economic growth.
Article discusses several potential scenarios of how far...
The Fed today cut rates by .75% of 75 basis points in a bid to shore up the economy. No doubt, Bernanke is hoping the cut will drop rates on mortgages, eliminating some of the reset pain, as well...
The headline in the financial futures market these days says Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is withholding some vital information: The economy is so bad the central bank will have to...
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