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Fed Policymakers Look to Juggle Inflation, Stagnation
Jutia Group | June 23rd 2008
The U.S. Federal Reserve faces a tough challenge as it kicks off a two-day policymaking meeting tomorrow (Tuesday): It probably needs to start raising interest rates to prop up the U.S. dollar and offset a major escalation in inflationary pressures; read more
US Federal Reserve cut interest rates to 2%
Stock Market Guide | April 30th 2008 by Venkatakrishna Nalamothu
US Fed cut interest rates by 0.25 points to propel liquidity in the system. Now the bench mark Federal funds rate stand at 2%. US Fed cut interest rate 7th time in the last eight months to save economy from the credit crisis. Interest rates were down read more
Paul Lectures Joint Economic Committee Members
The Politicus | April 2nd 2008 by James Cannon
Dr. Paul waxes philosophical about the premise of allowing government regulation to begin with rather than debating how much or in what area the government should regulate. read more
Glenn Beck & Ron Paul Dissect FED’s Power Grab 4.1.08
The Politicus | April 1st 2008 by James Cannon
Dr. Ron Paul & Glenn Beck dissect the FED's power grab, Congress' inquisition of "BIG OIL" and the real possibility that several US institutions will nationalize in the coming years. read more
Ron Paul on the Revolution, Taxes, FED & Debt
The Politicus | April 1st 2008 by James Cannon
Ron Paul discusses his new book, "Revolution: A Manifesto", the FED, US debt and the 2008 presidential election. read more
US Comptroller: “US Government’s Immorality Will Lead to Bank…
The Politicus | March 22nd 2008 by James Cannon
Un-aired "60 Minutes" segment featuring US Comptroller David Walker, about the unsustainable economic policy of our government. read more
CNBC: Jim Roger’s Abolish the FED 3/20/08
The Politicus | March 20th 2008 by James Cannon
Jim Roger's discusses the utter failure of the FED and the theory of central banking. read more
Wall Street Journal Interviews PIMCO’s Bill Gross
Investorazzi.com | March 20th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
On Tuesday, PIMCO’s Bill Gross took some time out to speak to reporter Liz Rappaport from the Wall Street Journal. Here are some excerpts from the interview with the famous bond investor: Fed Rate Cut It basically was a statement that tried to tell read more
CNBC Jim Rogers: ‘Abolish the Fed’
The Politicus | March 14th 2008 by James Cannon
CEO Jim Rogers, on what he would do if he was in Bernanke's seat, "I would abolish the Federal Reserve and then resign." read more
Fed Official Says Economy Similar To Aftermath Of Nineties’ Rec…
Boom2Bust.com | February 19th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
This morning, CNN Money reported that Gary Stern, the head of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, said in a speech last Friday in Minneapolis that the slumping U.S. economy is reminiscent of the aftermath of the 1990-1991 recession. The regional Fed pr read more
Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Talk Recession
Boom2Bust.com | February 8th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
Last night Reuters reported that despite U.S. monetary policy easing, equity and credit markets are suggesting it’s too late to avoid a recession, according to economists at Morgan Stanley. Analysts Luca Bindelli and Stephen Jen said in a research read more
Rate Cuts: Fastest Easing Of Monetary Policy Since 1990
Boom2Bust.com | January 30th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
Surprise, surprise. This afternoon, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 3%. U.S. financial markets were hoping for a rate cut of this magnitude, and stocks responded by shedding earlier losses and climbing highe read more
May You Live in Interesting Times!
Illinois Mortgage Rates and News | January 23rd 2008 by Peter Thompson
It was the Martin Luther King holiday Monday and the markets and banks were closed. My company was also closed for the observance, but I had some work to catch up so I put in a half day. As I said the markets were closed, so I didn’t obsessivel read more
Get Higher Yields By Purchasing Loans
A Slacker's Quest for His First Million | January 23rd 2008 by slackerwealth
With the fresh .75% interest rate cut by the Fed and new cuts presumably to follow, yields on savings and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit will go from low to pretty much nothing. Treasury notes and bonds aren't paying much either, read more
No, the World Economy Is Not Comming To An End…
Political Rogue- Unconventional Politics | January 22nd 2008 by Czecho
At least not today. As the rest of the world’s financial markets, dropped up to 10% overnight, American Financial Markets prepared for an onslaught of SELL Orders. World fear that the US Economy will slip into a recession and cause American co read more
What's Up with Bernanke?
A Slacker's Quest for His First Million | January 22nd 2008 by slackerwealth
I don't have the academic credentials of the Fed chairman, but it seems pretty odd that every time the market is set to drop a significant amount, the Fed lowers rates either on the Funds rate or the discount window. Stocks were tanking in August 200 read more
Fed Cuts Interest Rates .75%; Why Don’t Banks Cut Interchange F…
WayTooHigh.com | January 22nd 2008 by ScanMyPhotos.com - Mitch Goldstone
Due to the global financial crisis of confidence, if the Federal Reserve can implement such fast-action by slashing key interest rates by .75%, why aren’t MasterCard and Visa’s member banks also at the same table, helping to soften the read more
Bought a CD
A Slacker's Quest for His First Million | January 4th 2008 by slackerwealth
As it's very probable that the Federal reserve will cut interest rates again at the end of January. Stocks probably will not do very well in the next two quarters, so I've decided to buy a $1000, 6 month 5.1% APY Online CD from Washington Mutual.I ho read more
How does the fed rate cut affect you?
Finance Physician | November 5th 2007 by Johnny K MD
If you watch the business news everyday its a very emotional time for us all. The federal reserve has cut interest rates recently again by a quarter of a percent. This is on top of a half percent in the previous federal reserve meeting. What read more
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