globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 12/2/2008
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Central bankers everywhere are Looking for Tools in a Zero Interest-Rate World . The Swiss National Bank is becoming the first central bank in Europe to learn what it’s like to live in a zero interest-rate world. “They simply don’t have much room left on interest rates” following a 100 ...
bloomberg.com - 12/1/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
S. Bernanke said he has “obviously limited” room to
lower interest rates further and may use less conventional policies, such as buying Treasury securities, to revive the economy. The U.S. economy ...
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Bernanke Says Fed May Buy Treasuries to Aid Economy ...
bloomberg.com - 12/2/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
S. Bernanke signaled he’s ready to dig deeper into
the central bank’s toolkit after cutting interest rates almost as much as he can, opening the door to a shift by policy makers this month. Bernanke ...
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‘Bernanke-san’ Signals Policy Shift, Evoking Japan ...
creditwritedowns.com - 12/1/2008
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creditwritedowns.com —
In economic circles, there has been a lot
of buzz about Quantitative Easing of late. Basically, the
U.S. Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates to near zero percent and the fear is that these cuts will not have enough effect on the willingness to ...
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Quantitative easing: printing money like mad to ward off ...
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Search For Stimulus In A ZIRP World
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100-Year Treasuries Really Bad Idea
Minyanville —
... to force down long-term rates (and Fisher's proposal to carry the idea to even more ridiculous extremes) is bound to blow up insurance companies and pension plans - while doing nothing to stimulate demand. Think of all the insurance companies that promised annuities guaranteeing 6% or more. Think of all the pension plans with assumptions of 8.5% annual returns. There's nothing like matching up those needs and assumptions with treasuries yielding 3% for 100 years. Please see Search For Stimulus In A ZIRP World and ...
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