| Fed Ponders Private Equity In Banks | | Forbes.com - 15 Hours ago | | The U.S. Federal Reserve has already taken several unprecedented steps to assist investment banks, including allowing them to access its short-term lending facilities, collateralize their borrowings with | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| How Will the Federal Reserve Be Reshaped? | | Kiplinger - 8 Hours ago | | Either Barack Obama or John McCain will have a big opportunity to shape the Federal Reserve Board. Not only will the next president get to name the next chairman -- because current chief Ben Bernanke's | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| US: The Federal Reserve's dilemma | | World Socialist Web Site - 17 Hours ago | | Earlier this month, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the US central bank would shift to a tighter monetary policy, leading analysts to expect multiple interest rate hikes this year. | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| Fed Brings Smoke And Mirror To Bear | | Forbes.com - 22 Hours ago | | The Fed's Bear Stearns portfolio looks nice, but it smells a little funny. Hours after the market closed on Thursday for the holiday weekend, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that the Bear Stearns assets | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| Don't Fret About The Fed | | Forbes.com - 23 Hours ago | | There is a spreading fear that we are in for a period of tightening by the Federal Reserve Board. It has gotten to be obsessive. On a recent round of New York media interviews, I encountered two almost | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| Greenspan: Watch this Key Spread | | MoneyNews.com - 7/3/2008 | | Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says financial markets will return to normal when an arcane interest-rate spread narrows back to its level prior to the credit crisis. The spread Greenspan | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| Fed Worried About Risk Opening Window | | MoneyNews.com - 7/3/2008 | | The Federal Reserve worried about exposing its balance sheet to credit risks when it launched a lending facility for top bond dealers in an emergency move in mid-March, minutes of two Fed meetings released | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| The Fed's Next Move? | | MoneyNews.com - 7/3/2008 | | On Nov. 8, 2007, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the U.S. Congress that a decline in the exchange value of the U.S. dollar wouldnâ??t affect American citizens if they didnâ??t travel outside | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| Bernanke Throws a Hail Mary! | | MoneyNews.com - 7/3/2008 | | The clock has run out and Harvardâ??s fans have stampeded onto the field with joy, as their team appears to have won the annual football game with Princeton! But, wait! Princetonâ??s quarterback Benny | | | | Add Comment | | |
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| Bernanke's Fed Cornered by Inflation | | MoneyNews.com - 7/3/2008 | | â??The road to hell is paved with good intentionsâ?? is a proverb coined centuries ago, but todayâ??s Federal Reserve (Fed) should take note when it does its own coining. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is | | | | Add Comment | | |