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The bubble in TBT
accruedint.blogspot.com - 2/13/2009
The bubble in TBT
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Just a few weeks ago, a number of commentators were calling the Treasury bond market a bubble . The 10-year Treasury had fallen to nearly 2.00%, and the 30-year bond had fallen to 2.50%. But since that time, the 30-year Treasury has risen by 100bps, representing a 19% decline in price. Now if ...
The Treasury's Financial Stability Plan
econbrowser.com - 2/11/2009
The Treasury's Financial Stability Plan
— econbrowser.com — Here's my two cents on the latest two trillion. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner began his remarks to... the Senate Banking Committee this morning as follows: To get credit flowing again, to restore confidence in our markets, and restore the ... (more) The Treasury's Financial Stability Plan

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nytimes.com - 2/16/2009
To Fix Detroit, Obama Is Said to Drop Plan for ‘Car Czar’
— nytimes.com — The administration will put the task of revamping G.M. and Chrysler in the hands of a presidential... panel led by Timothy F. Geithner and Lawrence H. Summers. > (more) To Fix Detroit, Obama Is Said to Drop Plan for ‘Car Czar’

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nakedcapitalism.com - 2/11/2009
Geithner Plan Smackdown Wrap
— nakedcapitalism.com — I cannot recall a major US policy initiative being met with as much immediate revulsion as the... so-called Geithner plan. Even the horrific TARP, which showed utter contempt for Congress and the American public was in some ways less troubling. ... (more) Geithner Plan Smackdown Wrap

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