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Fed Said to Ask Stress-Tested Banks to Submit Plans on TARP

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:27 +0000

" The Federal Reserve asked nine of the U.S. banks that were part of this year’s stress tests to submit plans for repaying the government’s capital injections, a person familiar with the situation said."

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A defence of the FOMC: Bad forecasters can be good policymakers

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:02:50 +0000

Martin Ellison , Thomas J. Sargent , 24 November 2009 The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee has been criticised for making forecasts that are inferior to Federal Reserve staff forecasts. This column argues that FOMC forecasts are worst-case scenarios used to inform policy decisions, rather ...

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Bullard Says Fed Should Keep Asset Program Past March (Update1)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:18:55 +0000

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank should retain the flexibility to respond to any weakening in the economy by extending beyond March its authority to buy mortgage-backed securities and agency bonds. “I would just like to keep ...

Dealbreaker found this 29 hours ago on bloomberg.com

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Day of Reckoning

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:55:16 +0000

The New York Times carries a story on the financing debacle which the US will face as debts come due over the next several years. I do not think that the Treasury has thought through the arduous task that it will confront when the exigencies of circumstances force it to sell piles of debt ...

Yahoo! Finance: Tech Ticker found this 29 hours ago on acrossthecurve.com

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"No Right to Know": A Wall Street Financial Site's Attack on Congress and Ron Paul

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:21:57 +0000

" The primary enforcer of this cartel is the Federal Reserve System. The FED provides the fiat money that in turn provides banks with reserves to lend. It also serves as the lender of last resort -- officially, to the government; operationally, to the banks. This keeps the largest banks from ...

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Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:50:14 +0000

"For the first time in seven decades, Treasury bills are paying no interest while stocks continue to appreciate -- a divergence in U.S. financial markets that might be perilous if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke didn’t know all about 1938."

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MBS Spreads to Widen, Rates to Rise in 2010: Smith Breeden

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:26:04 +0000

"Although demand should keep asset-backed securities (ABS) spreads tight into Q110, wider spreads in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) will follow the Federal Reserve’s exit of a major MBS purchase program in 2010, according to bi-monthly commentary by global asset management firm Smith Breeden ...

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Agency Mortgage Bonds are RICH

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:04 +0000

Bloomberg (via Calculated Risk ) details Meredith Whitney's latest concern: The Federal Reserve has begun slowing purchases in the $5 trillion market for so-called agency mortgage-backed securities after announcing in September that it would extend the timeline for its $1.25 trillion program ...

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Gold, Geithner, Roubini, the Fed, Housing (video)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:12:26 +0000

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FRB: Press Release--Federal Reserve proposes rules to restrict fees and expiration dates on gift cards--November 16, 2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Release Date: November 16, 2009 For immediate release The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced proposed rules that would restrict the fees and expiration dates that may apply to gift cards. The rules would protect consumers from certain unexpected costs and would require that gift card ...

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The Fed in a Corner

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:02:00 +0000

Over the years, I have warned a seemingly countless number of undergraduates that Fed's hold on monetary independence was tenuous at best. Independence is not guaranteed by the Constitution. Congress made the Fed, and Congress can unmake the Fed. The Fed could only maintain the privilege of ...

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The Thing about the Fed Most Worth Knowing

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:02:15 +0000

Those who think that relatively independent central banking is crucial to maintaining order in the modern world must be discouraged by the news from Washington these days. It was the House of Representatives that this week made headlines. Its Financial Services Committee backed a provision, ...

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Rep. Alan Grayson on the Fed Bailing Out Big Banks:

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:44:01 +0000

"Rep. Alan Grayson discusses the bill to audit the Fed, which passed out of the Financial Services Committee on November 20, 2009."

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Recent Stock Market Chatter on Twitter – 2009-11-22 10:36:44.0

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:30:52 +0000

Stocks in the Twitter stream:2009-11-22 15:04:51.0 - Bumbling incompetent $BAC Board can't decide CEO; let's see pompous ass Edolphus Towns try to run it; Congress even worse than Board itself2009-11-22 14:57:33.0 - $RITEC.X Tech could be a laggard this week, but should find support around 980 ...

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Let the Fed regulate

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:04:06 +0000

By John M. Berry John M. Berry, who has covered the economy for four decades for the Washington Post and other publications, is a guest columnist. Politics is trumping common sense in Congress as Republicans and Democrats keep heaping abuse on the Federal Reserve. As a result, they could end up ...

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What’s Wrong With the Dodd Proposal to Restructure the Fed

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:36 +0000

What’s Wrong With the Dodd Proposal to Restructure the Fed

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Risk versus the US dollar

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:16 +0000

If and when the Federal Reserve moves out of the mortgage backed securities field -a move expected in the first quarter of 2010-, will private investors step in? Well, why should they? What profit can they expect to reap? US housing prices have been kept artificially high for at least the past ...

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Ron Paul Slams The Watt Amendment: "The American People Are Sick And Tired Of Secret Government"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:32 +0000

HR 1207 Audit The Fed Video: Ron Paul Attacks the Watt Amendment -- House Financial Services Committee -- Aired November 19, 2009 -- Runs 5 Minutes Watch "This is the bill that would allow the American people to win" "Who's benefiting and where are the trillions of dollars ...

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Tempers Flare In Clash Over Fed Secrecy As Grayson Reminds Watt: "The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:11:30 +0000

Email Video To A Friend HR 1207 Audit The Fed Video: Alan Grayson Clashes With Fed Apologist Melvin Watt -- House Financial Services Hearing -- Aired November 19, 2009 Watch Grayson slams the Fed and the Watt amendment, and then Watt himself takes the mic and angrily chews out ...

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HR 1207 Audit The Fed Update: Transparency Wins Another Round

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:05 +0000

Though a substantial victory, it's still just another step in a battle that will not end until Banks Obama signs the legislation, which he likely will not do unless its cleverly attached to another bill whose passage he deems crucial. A quick explainer: the Watt amendment was defeated; ...

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