Acting quickly to prevent a bank run on major global financial firms, the Federal Reserve cut its discount rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.25% and offered to lend money to a longer list of firms than ever before.
Predictable reaction: DJ futures from 140 up to 200 down.
Fed Credibilty: NIL
Hereâs a paradox. One the one hand, thereâs good laboratory evidence that money can change peopleâs behaviour for the worse, making them less likely to co-operate (pdf) with others and more likely to cheat. But on the other hand, thereâs...
This Python didn’t process dinner very well Richard Fisher, of the Dallas Fed, on inflation: One could reasonably deduce from recent price reversals in oil and food prices that they overshot on the upside and that their price run-up was ...
Fannie and Freddie are down again; the shares are so cheap at this point that even a relatively modest fluctuation of less than 80 cents in the Freddie share price will hit the headlines as a 20% move. The fact ...
“It’s not a solvency problem; it’s a liquidity problem.” So many people say regarding some financial firms that are on the ropes. I’ve never liked that way of expressing the problem. Let me explain why. When does a firm typically ...
CNBC's Charlie Gasparino broke news yesterday of the latest capital raising attempt for Lehman brothers: a warrant offering a 25 per cent stake in Lehman and a 70 per cent stake in its investment management business, Neuberger Berman. The twist ...
Sur RTL, pour l'émission "les auditeurs ont la parole", aujourd'hui (07-08) à 13h10. Au menu : l'emploi et la durée du travail après la parution de l'enquête INSEE. EDIT (15h) : quelques liens complémentaires.
How should we interpret the market’s reaction to a nationalization story about the GSEs? (Dash of Insight, Big Picture, MarketBeat) What will happen, if anything, to the senior debt holders in the GSEs? (Aleph Blog, Accrued Interest) The ...
Part V of the Going Private miniseries "The Spiral." The Board of Directors is increasingly perturbed with the Chairman and CEO, but their loyalties are difficult to shed. Self-interest also prevents any meaningful change. Meanwhile, the Chairman and CEO presents ...
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