http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&catid=75News Feed for - Fed-watchhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96655958&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T12:15:00WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Irate lawmakers are on track to pare back the Federal Reserve's regulatory duties and emergency powers, but it looks unlikely that Fed interest rate decisions will be exposed Reuters UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96668660&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T14:58:00NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Reserve extended $1.3 billion in loans to investors to buy existing commercial mortgage bonds under the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF, according CNN Moneyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96637104&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T07:12:00Putting Peter Schiff on a panel with St. Louis Fed President James Bullard and former Fed Vice Chair Alan Blinder is asking for trouble or, at the very least, a heated debate. That's just what occurred Yahoo! Financehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96669882&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T15:05:00The Federal Reserve created the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), to help market participants meet the credit needs of households and small businesses by supporting the issuance of asset-backed Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorkhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531032&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T13:18:00The Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy is provoking growing complaints from some economists who argue it is doing little to spark lending activity and may be fueling new asset bubbles. Few expect Terranethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96560042&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T12:40:00(IsraelNN.com) The United States dollar was officially set Friday at 3.826 shekels by the Bank of Israel. The rate was 1.324 percent higher than Thursday's official rate.The Euro lost .005 percent of Israel National Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96289055&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T09:39:00Total Of Settled Covered Bond Buys Hit EUR25.135 Billion Thursday Vendredi 27 nov 2009 10:29:06 L'offre EasyBourse Bourse sectoriels s de dirigeants d'experts de gestionnaires d'international d'association Easy Boursehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96503542&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T05:41:00A handful of banks have told the Federal Reserve they could do more to support the central bank's exit from its emergency cash infusions if a key accounting rule was changed, according to a person familiar Exec Digital UShttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96487412&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T05:40:00The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it will no longer allow directors at regional Fed banks to own shares in financial firms, following controversy over a former Goldman Sachs CEO who bought that firm's Exec Digital UShttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96619309&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T02:37:00Read 's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Will the Senate vote another term for Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve? Should it? Two months ago, Bernanke looked like a lock. But now unemployment Yahoo! Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96526013&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T02:21:00World stock markets rose yesterday after the US Federal Reserve indicated that interest rates will remain at super-low levels for a while yet. Meanwhile, the dollar slid to a 10-month low against the China Securities Journal Nethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96632239&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T08:55:00Re: Obama-Clinton Middle East strategy is a disaster (Joel Brinkley column, 11-18). Brinkley notes that in 1991, President George H.W. Bush held back $10 billion in loans to Israel if settlement growth Tacoma News Tribunehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96051177&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T07:52:00Bernanke and other top Fed officials have been making an interesting case that there's less to the much feared bubbles than meets the eye. (©Federal Reserve) News Links RSS feeds from BusinessWeek.com KHNL News 8http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96369905&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T06:14:00could feed a new speculative bubble. Record-low interest rates 'could lead to excessive risk-taking in financial markets,' according to documents released Tuesday of the Fed's closed-door meeting earlier The Itemhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96431632&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T03:49:00WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve on Wednesday tightened the conflict of interest restrictions governing the boards of directors of its 12 regional banks. The new rules were passed to deal with potential Ledger-Enquirerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96574574&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-27T01:39:00Fed's Exit Strategy Crucial For 's Reserves: Ex-PBoC Adviser Thursday November 26, 2009 09:12:00 EST (RTTNews) - The real value of 's foreign exchange reserves will be eroded unless the Federal Reserve NBR via Quote.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96586157&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-26T19:10:00POPULISTS and bankers have been at odds since Americas earliest days. Its first two central banks were shuttered in the 19th century in part because of their perceived closeness to financiers. In the The Economisthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96496790&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-26T15:14:00WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is debating proposals that could change the Federal Reserve's role in the financial system and expose the central bank to more scrutiny, threatening its Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96567779&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-26T14:54:00div#comLink } div#storyBody } Onetime presidential candidate Representative Ron Paul (R--Tex.) has proposed a measure, which the House Financial Services Committee has approved, mandating a thorough audit Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96534846&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-26T04:34:00Reporting from Washington - The Federal Reserve isn't too popular these days, what with its failure to predict or prevent the financial crisis and recession, not to mention its involvement in last year's Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96516962&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-26T00:57:00By James C. Cooper How much should we worry about inflation? In the coming year, nearly all economists say 'not much.' With so many workers and production facilities likely to remain idle next year, Econ BusinessWeekhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96463216&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-25T11:54:00Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed. Senior CNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96461795&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-25T11:49:00LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Emerging stocks rose 0.4 percent on Wednesday due to the Federal Reserve's positive assessment of the U.S. economy while the rouble eased after a rate cut and on signs Russia Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513871&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-26T01:54:00NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The dollar fell across the board on Wednesday as U.S. consumer spending and new home sales improved significantly, and the Federal Reserve was not overly concerned about Xinhua News Agencyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305538&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=752009-11-24T16:31:00A congressional plan to audit the Federal Reserve's decision-making process poses a serious threat to the economy, former Fed official Frederic Mishkin said. In a live interview on CNBC, Mishkin disagreed CNBC