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Treasury secretary challenges Goldman aid claims

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:53:15 +0000

By Tom Braithwaite in Washington and Justin Baer in New York Published: December 5 2009 00:49 | Last updated: December 5 2009 00:49 Tim Geithner on Friday rejected Goldman Sachs ’ claim that it could have withstood the financial crisis without government intervention, adding that all banks were ...

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Capital One Warrants Netted $146.5 Million in Treasury Auction

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:01:59 +0000

" Capital One Financial Corp. warrants held by the U.S. government’s bank bailout program sold for $146.5 million in the first auction designed to reward taxpayers for helping rescue the financial system."

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Darling Said to Cut Bank Bailout Cost Estimate by 80%

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:47:50 +0000

"Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling will scale back his estimate for the cost of bailing out Britain’s banks to no more than 10 billion pounds ($16.6 billion) from 50 billion pounds, Treasury officials said."

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Citigroup Said to Need Treasury Stake Sale Before TARP Payment

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:23:48 +0000

"The U.S. Treasury Department’s refusal to sell its 34 percent stake in Citigroup Inc. is hampering the bank’s plans to repay $20 billion of remaining bailout funds, people familiar with the bank said."

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Historical Spreads

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:46:23 +0000

With Agency MBS trading at Treasury levels and Investment Grade Credit spread at narrower levels than in June '08 (i.e. pre "system might crash"), I think the statement "we've come a long way in 12 months" is probably too much of an understatement. Source: Barclay

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“The Fed, Treasury, and AIG”

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:26:51 +0000

"The Fed has recently come under heavy criticism, largely for its role in the AIG bailout. The Fed deserves criticism for decisions it made in the run-up to the crisis as well as for the role it played in the AIG bailout. However, some of the charges are misdirected and the suggested remedies ...

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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 ...

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Treasury Sells Two-Year Notes at Record Low Yield (Update1)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:45 +0000

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Treasury sold $44 billion of two-year notes at a yield of 0.802 percent, the lowest on record, as demand for the safety of U.S. government securities surges going into year-end. Investors are piling into short-term Treasuries on concern that this year’s rally in risk ...

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See, HAMP Really Was A Scam

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:23:09 +0000

" More than 650,994 loan revisions had been started through the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program as of last month, from about 487,081 as of September, according to the Treasury. None of the trial modifications through October had been converted to permanent repayment ...

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Groups contend Arizona bills cross legal lines (AP)

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:37:29 +0000

AP - The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to overturn the Legislature's use of budget laws to set state policy on topics ranging from teachers' seniority rights and immigration enforcement to mortgage lawsuits and municipal building codes.

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In Which Dean Baker Is Unhappy with the New York Times's Edmund Andrews

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:58:07 +0000

Dean Baker: In Just a Decade the U.S. Interest Burden Could Be as High as It Was in 1992!!!!!!! : That might not sound scary to most people, but this was the punch line of a front page NYT news story.... The fourth paragraph asserts that: Even as Treasury officials are ...

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Gov't increases pressure on mortgage industry (AP)

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:38:30 +0000

AP - The Obama administration said Monday it will crack down on mortgage companies that are failing to do enough to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure, as part of a broad effort to ramp up participation in its mortgage assistance program.

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Treasury to Pressure Mortgage Companies to Cut Payments

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:42:00 +0000

In February, President Obama announced the program to help keep people in their homes.

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Jamie Dimon seen as good fit for Treasury

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:02 +0000

Last Updated: 3:37 AM, November 23, 2009 Posted: 12:51 AM, November 23, 2009

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Priced for Perfection...for Now!

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:49:23 +0000

Priced for Perfection...for Now! November 20, 2009 By Manoj Pradhan | London Fed Chairman Bernanke's speech on Monday could not have been better tailored to keep bond markets happy. The commitment to keep policy rates "exceptionally low" for an "extended period" and the benign outlook for ...

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NY Fed Treasury Spread Model: Economic Recovery Underway, NO Chance of a Double-Dip Recession

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:08:04 +0000

The New York Fed recently released its latest " Probability of U.S. Recession Predicted by Treasury Spread ," with data through October 2009, and the Fed's recession probability forecast through October 2010 (see top chart above). The NY Fed's model uses the spread between 10-year and ...

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U.S. Bank Examiners Faulted for Oversight at Failed Lenders

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:43:39 +0000

"Ten of the 12 bank-collapse reviews released by the Fed and Treasury inspectors general this year fault oversight weaknesses including failure to limit excessive concentration in commercial real-estate loans. Examiners from the Fed, and Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and ...

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Only competition can safeguard free markets

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:03:41 +0000

As the financial crisis unfolded, those who trusted most strongly in free markets watched in dismay and bewilderment. They struggled to understand how competition could possibly lead to a situation where, as President Barack Obama put it, “only the state had the resources to rescue the ...

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Role reversal

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

The same people now warning about the alleged Treasury bubble dismissed warnings about the housing bubble

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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION KICKS OFF MORTGAGE MODIFICATION CONVERSION DRIVE

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Extending the period for trial modifications started on or before September 1st to give homeowners more time to submit required information; Streamlining the application process to minimize paperwork and simplify the submission process; meeting regularly with servicers to identify necessary ...

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