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BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Credit Growth Remains Slow Banks are still skittish about offering credit, and households and companies remain reluctant to borrow, creating drags on the recovery.  |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2008 |
Pulling Out the Stops The government has steadily broadened its role to safeguard the economy from the credit crisis. Here are some important milestones.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Mike Norman |
A Simple Guide to Creating Money The government's printing money like crazy. Or is it? If economic conditions provide for few business opportunities, the Fed can exert little influence over monetary growth.  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 |
Mortgage-Rate Mojo Ever wonder what causes mortgage rates to rise and fall? Well, know that they fluctuate along with other interest rates.  |
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
How the Fed Rescues Markets Lower interest rates support stock prices in several ways.  |
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 Peter Coy |
Credit and the Bernanke Code The Fed's new foray into bond purchases has to lower long-term rates to succeed. The $600 billion is less than it has already spent.  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2011 Rich Smith |
Bond Guru Dumps U.S. Debt -- Time to Panic? PIMCO Total Return Fund unloads the last of its U.S. Treasury bonds.  |
Finance & Development June 2009 |
Uncharted Territory When aggressive monetary policy combats a crisis. This chart shows how radically policy thinking has changed in the past century.  |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Peter Coy |
It's Out Of Bernanke's Reach There's little the Fed can do about the information gap behind investors' panic.  |
BusinessWeek August 12, 2010 Peter Coy |
The Federal Reserve Pulls a New Lever World stock markets fall a day after Fed's balance-sheet maneuver.  |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
For Banks, It's Been 800 Days of Christmas A short list of little-known goodies.  |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Henry & Miller |
Bonds May Be In For A Shock Can the Fed engineer a gradual rise in rates without setting off a stampede?  |
U.S. Banker April 2011 Barbara A. Rehm |
Excess of Reserves, Shortage of Facts The Fed alone - not actions by banks - dictates how large the reserve number is. And it is the Fed s expansion of its balance sheet that has ballooned reserve levels at banks.  |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 |
Why Mortgage Rates Rise and Fall Remember that the money markets themselves (basic supply and demand for money at each price point) exert the biggest influence over interest rates, though the Fed is a big influence on market expectations.  |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Rich Miller |
What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows.  |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Rich Miller |
The Bond Market May Lead The Next Rate Rise Expect less focus on the Fed and more on the economy.  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Who Buys Treasuries Once the Fed Leaves Town? Someone will. But that doesn't mean there's no risk.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
How the Fed Affects You Federal Reserve decisions about interest rates trickle down to everyone.  |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Flashback: What if the U.S. Government Paid Off Its Debt? A crazy question serious people used to ask.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
The Fed: The Bond Market's New Hedge Fund? The Federal Reserve is keeping the market for long-term bonds off balance with its purchases of Treasuries and mortgage debt.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Has Bernanke Lost His Marbles? Looks like the Fed will run the printing press until we run out of trees.  |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Scott Anderson |
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery.  |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Lifeline of Credit for the Recovery Lending remains tight, but overall bank standards are relaxing, and that will make it possible for businesses to expand as demand picks up  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Parsing the Fed's Statement: Experts Weigh In The Fed released some words; that means experts must analyze them.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper Investors can increase their returns by rebalancing a portion of their portfolios according to directional changes in the Fed discount rate.  |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Back-Rub Ben and the Feel-Good Fed The latest Federal Reserve minutes imply the motivation for the interest rate cut was to soothe jittery markets.  |
Reason January 2009 Jeffrey Rogers Hummel |
The Fed's Binge How the Federal Reserve engineered the most dramatic peacetime experiment in monetary and fiscal stimulus in U.S. history without anyone noticing  |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Housing: 24 Hours From the Next Leg Down? In 24 hours, the Federal Reserve will stop buying mortgage-backed securities. When it does, there's a good chance the economy will shift in big ways.  |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Invest When the Fed Raises Rates Companies that pay dividends should have the cash to reward investors.  |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Bond Bubbles! Bond Bubbles! Are bonds going the way of dot-coms and subprime?  |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 William Trent |
What Can the Fed Do? The Federal Reserve did not "bail out" Bear Stearns. Read on to learn more about what the Fed can, and cannot, do.  |
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Financial Fuel For The Economy's Engine Despite risks, U.S. financial conditions ranging from low interest rates, a declining dollar, and an upbeat stock market are the most supportive in many years.  |
Finance & Development September 2011 |
Unconventional Behavior Innovative balance sheet policies of central banks helped during the recession, but they should be used only in exceptional circumstances.  |
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 David J. Lynch |
The Fed Partially Lifts the Veil on Its Discount Window As the Fed insists on better risk management by banks, pressure may grow for it to release timely data on discount window lending.  |
BusinessWeek November 5, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Fed: A Whole New Playbook for Tightening Now that growth is picking up, it'll soon be time to sop up excess funds. But given the unconventional easing of the past year, the old methods no longer apply.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Interest Rates Are Up, But Are They Up Enough? Financial conditions may still be too lax to keep inflation under wraps.  |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Ron Paul's Big Idea The government is buried in debt and quickly approaching default if it can't or won't raise the national debt ceiling over the next few weeks. Paul's solution is simple.  |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Bond basics and beyond. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip: Lately, the Fed has used repos to counteract an excessively restrictive lending environment arising from the subprime crisis... etc.  |
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Bob Ivry |
Why a Foreign Bank Feasted on Fed Funds Fed documents show Europe's Dexia borrowed up to $37 billion in U.S. loans. Some argue it was urgent to keep the bank afloat.  |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Rich Miller |
The Mystery Of The Sleeping Long Bonds Asian currency manipulation or drags on U.S. growth could be setting the market and the economy up for an abrupt adjustment to low long-term bond rates.  |
Investment Advisor May 2007 |
Not Your Grandfather's Bonds For savvy investors and their financial advisors, taking advantage of changing Fed policy may be a matter of taking a hard look at U.S. Treasury notes again.  |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Paying for Quality With bonds, sometimes it pays to get the best. Investors and mutual funds that are buying lower-quality bonds may find that they would've been better off sticking with Treasuries in the long run.  |
The Motley Fool March 28, 2011 Russ Krull |
Are Interest Rate Hikes Imminent? The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank's president lays out a plan to increase interest.  |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Money Supply While money supply figures rarely make the news, they represent an essential element of the U.S. economy.  |
U.S. Banker May 2010 |
Be Patient and Let Margins Expand with Time Here are three actions banks can-and should-take today to ensure stronger margins in the future.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Safe Harbor Bill Gross' Harbor Bond remains a good pick despite a (relatively) down year.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2010 William E. Jones |
Climbing the Capital Hill Owners and investors face steep obstacles on the path to financing.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke's Quiet Bailout By using the term auction facility, Ben Bernanke was able prevent panic and simultaneously keep the banking system sound. Did he do the right thing?  |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These 7 Stocks Are Making the Right Move These companies are issuing debt at a great time.  |