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Fed provides details of upcoming auctions
By Mike Vonasten on December 19th, 2008 | No Comments
AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Friday released a schedule of upcoming auctions that allow squeezed banks to obtain short-term cash loans to help them cope with the global credit cri... -
Dollar No Longer Haven After Fed Moves Rate Near Zero
By Mike Vonasten on December 17th, 2008 | No Comments
Bloomberg By Kim-Mai Cutler and Bo Nielsen Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest currency-trading firms say the dollar’s appeal as a haven amid the financial crisis all but evaporated. T... -
Fed cuts rates to record low range of zero to 0.25%
By Mike Vonasten on December 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment
MarketWatch Senior Federal Reserve official outlines scope of new programs By Greg Robb WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve pulled out all the stops in its campaign to save the U.S. e... -
Fed Readies for Balance Sheet Tool as Rate Nears Zero
By Mike Vonasten on December 16th, 2008 | No Comments
Bloomberg By Craig Torres and Steve Matthews Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve may today reduce its main interest rate to the lowest level on record and prepare for one of the boldest ex... -
Bernanke Invocation of ‘War Powers’ Undermines Fe...
By Mike Vonasten on December 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Bloomberg By Craig Torres and Steve Matthews Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate target is getting close to zero, and so is the power of the Fed’s regional bank presiden... -
Paulson Considers New Plan to Resuscitate U.S. Housin...
By Mike Vonasten on December 4th, 2008 | No Comments
Bloomberg By Robert Schmidt and Dawn Kopecki Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is considering a new plan to reduce mortgage rates in another bid to revive the U.S. housing ma... -
Paulson: Feds to expand rescue
By Mike Vonasten on December 2nd, 2008 | 3 Comments
CNN Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said more needs to be done. The agency is ‘actively’ developing additional programs to boost lending. By Tami Luhby NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The... -
Fed’s emergency loan program increases activity
By Mike Vonasten on November 29th, 2008 | No Comments
AP By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve boosted its lending to commercial banks and investment firms over the past week, indicating that a severe credit crisis was still squeezin... -
Merkel criticises US over crisis
By Mike Vonasten on November 27th, 2008 | No Comments
Financial Times By Bertrand Benoit *At least she is more or less on the right train of thought. Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, turned the tables on her international critics on Wednesday by acc... -
The Fed and Its Lies
By Mike Vonasten on November 25th, 2008 | No Comments
LewRockwell.com by Anthony Gregory Based on a talk given outside the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on November 22, 2008, during the first national End the Fed Rally, the grassroots protest at...





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