ft.com - 6/4/2009
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The US Federal Reserve on Thursday damped expectations that it was preparing to prop up the market for distressed bubble-era securities backed by mortgages. Hopes that the Fed would in the coming months start providing financing to investors seeking to buy residential mortgage-backed securities ...
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NY Fed President on PPIP
Calculated Risk —
... York President William Dudley indicated. “We’re still in the process of assessing whether a legacy RMBS program is feasible, and if it were feasible, whether it would be significant enough to make a major impact,” Dudley said at a conference today ... His comments add to signs that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s Public-Private Investment Program to boost debt prices and rid banks of devalued assets to expand lending is stalling From the Financial Times: Fed damps hopes on mortgage-backed securities The US Federal Reserve on Thursday ...
Federal Reserve holds up on buying mortgage-backed securities
BloggingStocks —
... term asset backed securities loan facility (TALF) program, said: "We have not made a final decision on whether it is doable and, if is doable, whether it is worth the cost." Continue reading Federal Reserve holds up on buying mortgage-backed securities Federal Reserve holds up on buying mortgage-backed securities originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
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