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Archive for the 'Federal reserve' categoryI have a better interest rate on my mortgage than the Fed ChairmanFrom TIME Magazine: Person of the Year 2009 Extended Interview What to do with the Fed?Willem Buiter, Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, has a great critique of the Federal Reserve over at the Financial Times. Buiter says the Obama administration’s plans to enhance the Fed’s powers and turn it into the country’s systemic risk regulator spells trouble……. BIG TROUBLE. He writes: Four More Banks ClosedFour more banks closed down last week. Total number of banks that failed this year? 29 Fed Reserve is coming soon to a theater near youThe subject won’t be the drama inside the central bank or its role in the current financial crisis. Rather, Fed officials plan to launch advertisements in movie theaters to warn homeowners about foreclosure scams. Don’t BLAME Me!Just so you are not confused, the Federal Reserve had absolutely, positively nothing to do with the housing bubble. That is according to an editorial Alan Greenspan wrote in the Wall Street Journal. It was all due to China and other emerging markets. The Federal Reserve had nothing to do with it. Inflation not a fear; lack of credit isLou Barnes says we should (still) be concerned about a tight credit market and that the Fed’s doing darn good (he’s of the minority view on that one, I think). One thing he doesn’t want to happen? Bailouts, handouts, and deficit spending. |