Housing crises spur demands for return to greater federal regulation and oversight
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A heavier federal hand is reaching into American life as politicians in both parties demand an overhaul of government financial regulation ...
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, feds, housing woes April 19th, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve announced Friday it will auction another $100 billion in April to cash-strapped banks as it continues to combat the effects of a credit crisis.
The central bank said it would make ...
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By JEFF D. OPDYKE and JANE J. KIM
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates for the sixth time since September, but the campaign is helping with only certain kinds of borrowing.
Rates on ...
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The nation's 12 Federal Home Loan Banks were freed Monday to boost their purchase of mortgage-backed bonds by about $150 billion -- another government step to pump money back into a market that slumped as ...
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JPMorgan raises its offer in hopes of winning over shareholders. Will the Federal Reserve end up holding the bag?
The Federal Reserve has been put in an awkward position by JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) decision to raise ...
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March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Forget lower interest rates. For the Federal Reserve to keep the financial markets from imploding it needs to buy troubled mortgage bonds from banks and securities firms, say the world's biggest ...
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Abuse of easy credit seems more rampant than drug abuse.
If the DEA ran its drug programs the same way the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department run our economy, they would be handing out free ...
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The Federal Reserve's decision to slash short-term interest rates might spare midstaters from a recession, but it won't save them money on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages.
Here's why: mortgage rates are not tied to short-term interest rates. ...
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 19, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- The Federal Reserve's rate cutting campaign is benefiting banks and financial institutions, but the interest rate declines have yet to pass through to the average ...
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Typically, when the Federal Open Market Committee cuts interest rates, like it did earlier in the week, the rate consumers pay for a mortgage loan falls. But unfortunately for borrowers, these are atypical times.
One ...
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