market-ticker.denninger.net - 10/28/2008
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And so it begins... and ends ... "Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Korea Development Bank was approved by the Federal Reserve to sell as much as $830 million of commercial paper to the U.S. central bank." That's right - our Federal Reserve is no longer backstopping just our stuff, ...
Federal Reserve balance sheet
econbrowser.com 12/22/2008 — Here I survey how we got here, where things currently stand, and what it all means.
Let me begin by reviewing some first principles of what the Fed is all about. How did the cash currently in your wallet get there? You withdrew it from an ATM, ...
Bernanke on the Fed's balance sheet
econbrowser.com 1/14/2009 — In remarks in London today, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke let the world know how he views the risks and benefits of the recent dramatic changes in the assets and liabilities of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
One of Bernanke's goals was to reassure the public ...
Balance sheet of the Federal Reserve
econbrowser.com 10/8/2008 — I was astonished when I heard that the Fed is contemplating
increasing the Term Auction Facility to $900 billion. I wanted to take another look at the ever-changing balance sheet of the Fed to see how logistically Bernanke might be able to perform ...
GUEST CONTRIBUTION - William Greider: Dismantle the Fed
prudentinvestor.blogspot.com 7/20/2009 — The calls for shutting down the Federal Reserve are rapidly growing into a chorus. William Greider , author of undeniably the best book about the Fed, " Secrets of the Temple - How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country " chimes in these days too. His book was my first milestone on the never ...
End the Fed
news.goldseek.com 2/5/2009 — Madame Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation to restore financial stability to America's economy by abolishing the Federal Reserve. Since the creation of the Federal Reserve, middle and working-class Americans have been victimized by a ...
Quantitative easing
econbrowser.com 12/16/2008 — Today's announcement from the Federal Reserve marks the end of the road for Plan A (fighting the recession by lowering interest rates), and the beginning of ... what?
The Fed's announcement begins :
The Federal Open Market Committee decided ...
Fed Watch: Fed-Treasury Accord
economistsview.typepad.com 3/24/2009 — Tim Duy on the Fed's efforts to maintain its independence: Fed Treasury Accord, by Tim Duy : The Fed and Treasury released a joint statement yesterday afternoon that was lost amid the official release of the Geithner Plan (hat tip Across the Curve ...
“Why is the Fed Paying Interest on Excess Reserves?”
macroblog.typepad.com 10/8/2008 — That’s the question that perplexes Alex Tabarrok . But he has a theory (which is endorsed by William Polley ):
“Today the Fed starts to pay interest on reserves. The zero interest on required reserves was an opportunity cost to banks, a tax if you ...
Contraction, not tightening
macroblog.typepad.com 2/7/2009 — Over at Financial Crisis and Recession , Susan Woodward and Robert Hall start a recent post, titled " The Fed contracts ," with this:
"The Fed has indicated that it plans to pursue a policy of quantitative easing , that is, expanding its ...
Fed Ponders Issuing Debt to Finance Its Mushrooming Balance Sheet
nakedcapitalism.com 12/10/2008 — The Wall Street Journal, in a typically anodyne bit of reporting, tells us that the Fed is considering selling its own debt to finance its balance sheet, Its good old buddy, the Treasury Department, which heretofore has been selling bills in part ...
Should We Be Scared of Deflation? —
The Big Money 10/29/2008
The Federal Reserve today dropped the benchmark fed funds rate to 1 percent, a nearly unprecedented move. While the Fed has flirted with low rates before and even dropped the rate to 1 percent between June 2003 and June 2004, that was when the ...
Who Needs Some Dramamine? —
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily 10/29/2008
I’m getting dizzy. Not more than 20 minutes ago, all of the major averages appeared to be on one of their patented end of the day tears, all of them up more than 3%. Then in the final few minutes, the entire rally evaporated.
The Dow Jones ...
Rate-Cut Limbo—How Low Can You Go? —
The Big Money 10/30/2008
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday surprised few with its half-point interest rate cut, sending the benchmark federal funds rate to a measly 1 percent, its lowest in five years. The move surprised few, and yet the business press is still divided this ...
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