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Federal Reserve System

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Federal Reserve System
Type: Organization
Name: Federal Reserve System
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 30 Documents (in Economy)
Ron Paul: Voters Deserve a Transparent Fed
Though the Federal Reserve is more transparent these days than it was decades ago, there is still a long way to go to make the Fed totally transparent, write Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) in The Wall Street Journal.The legislators ... [Moneynews - 19 hours ago]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 10 Documents (in Economy)
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Barney Frank
The Fed Takes a Blow
Recently by Ron Paul: The Federal Reserve's shield from congressional audits of interest-rate decisions took a blow from lawmakers who want to open the central bank's books to greater congressional scrutiny. The House Financial Services Committee yesterday ... [LewRockwell.com - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 6 Documents (in Economy)
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Ben Bernanke
Bernanke's future dims
Once considered a shoo-in for reconfirmation, Ben Bernanke may not want to get too comfortable in his seat as Federal Reserve chairman.Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, yesterday told a small group of reporters that ... [New York Post - 53 mins ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 15 Documents (in Economy)
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Charles Plosser
Plosser: Rates Not a Tool for Energy Prices
NEW YORK -- Central banks should not respond to wild swings in food and energy prices with monetary policy unless expectations of inflation become unhinged, a senior U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Thursday.Large commodity price moves can have a ... [Moneynews - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Market News)
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Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
US Fed officials step up asset bubble-watch
US Federal Reserve officials are stepping up scrutiny of the biggest US banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Supervisors are examining whether banks such ... [The Age - 11 hours ago]
First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 5 Documents
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Ron Paul
House panel backs audits of Fed's interest rate decisions
The House Financial Services Committee approved a measure that would allow congressional audits of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions. The action was a big victory for Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose legislation had more than 300 co-sponsors. ... [SmartBrief - 6 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 8 Documents
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Timothy F Geithner
Obama agenda: A very rough Thursday
“Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration,” the Washington Post writes. “President Obama's ... [MSNBC - 19 hours ago]
First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Economy)
The end of the Fed as we know it?
So the beginning of the end for the Federal Reserve we've known for almost a century has begun with Rep. Ron Paul's proposal to audit the central bank inching closer to the floor of the House. ... [The Deal.com - 18 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)
The U.S. Recession Jobless Interest Rate Conundrum
Just about everywhere you look these days in the financial media, when the topic of discussion turns to the plunging U.S. dollar, you'll hear someone saying something like, "Unless the Fed raises interest rates, the dollar's got nowhere to go but dow ... [The Market Oracle - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 5 Documents
global market weekahead
LONDON (Reuters) - Trades betting on higher commodities and equities and a weak dollar may see a quick and sharp reversal if a renewed rise in oil prices fans inflation concerns and prompts early exit from ultra-easy monetary policy.These trades exploiting ... [Reuters UK - 12 hours ago]
First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)
A big Fed mess
ALAN BLINDER opens a new Washington Post column with what I believe is the conventional wisdom: The Federal Reserve's performance in this long-running financial and economic crisis deserves separate grades. For the early crisis period, from the summer ... [The Economist - 18 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Economy)
Democrats Want Probe of AIG Bailout
A group of House Democrats alarmed over accusations the Federal Reserve mishandled the government's $85 billion bailout of American International Group want Congress to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the agency.Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and ... [NewsMax.com - 11/19/2009]

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"2010 is going to be another tough year in banking as they work through the remainder of their commercial real estate problem" said Julie Stackhouse, chief bank regulator at the Federal Reserve in St. Louis
Banks here try to staunch red ink [STLtoday.com - 8 mins ago]
...differences with the Federal Reserve over the past few years, I think reappointing Chairman Bernanke is probably the right choice," Dodd said. "Chairman Bernanke was too slow to act during the early stages of the foreclosure crisis, but he ultimately demonstrated effective leadership and his reappointment sends the right signal to the markets."
Bernanke's future dims [New York Post - 53 mins ago]
"I don't see anything in the report that suggests there's any real inflation flare-up" said Joseph LaVorgna, chief US economist at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc in New York. 'The Fed is comfortably on hold.'
Construction of new homes down 10.6% in Oct [Asiaone - 1 hour ago]

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Banks here try to staunch red ink [STLtoday.com - 8 mins ago]
Brush: Farewell to decade of hubris [MSN Money - 42 mins ago]
Bernanke's future dims [New York Post - 53 mins ago]
Construction of new homes down 10.6% in Oct [Asiaone - 1 hour ago]
Mortgage rates drop to all-time low [Yahoo! Canada - 1 hour ago]
Stocks down for third day [BC-MARKETS:MK] [TMC Net - 1 hour ago]
The Independence of the Fed at Risk: Watt versu... [TPMCafe - 1 hour ago]
Decide How (Not If) the Government Will Default [LewRockwell.com - 1 hour ago]
The Fed Takes a Blow [LewRockwell.com - 1 hour ago]
Czar Crossed [The New Republic Online - 2 hours ago]
US-POLITICS Summary [Washington Post - 2 hours ago]
Savings rate doubled, but interest a pittance [Philadelphia Inquirer - 2 hours ago]
Panel Votes to Broaden Oversight of the Fed [AltAssets.net - 2 hours ago]
Media Mogul's Battle With Deutsche Bank Escalates [AltAssets.net - 2 hours ago]
Sinking short-term Treasury yields aren't a sig... [Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]
Credit-card rates soar just before shopping season [Denver Post - 3 hours ago]
China is passive on dollar's level, PBOC [China Post - 4 hours ago]
House committee votes to audit Fed [Orlando Sentinel - 4 hours ago]
GTSM launches online int'l bond trading [China Post - 4 hours ago]
Personal checks becoming currency of holidays past [Dallas Morning News - 5 hours ago]
In a low-rate world, here's how savers can help... [Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago]
Housing data in focus as Wall Street rally pauses [Khaleej Times - 5 hours ago]
Dollar rises against most major currencies in p... [Xinhua News Agency - 5 hours ago]
Are metro Atlanta’s growth days gone? [Atlanta Journal And Constitution - 6 hours ago]
Asia considers capital controls on inflows [China Post - 6 hours ago]
House panel backs audits of Fed's interest rate... [SmartBrief - 6 hours ago]
Dallas commercial property likely to drag in 20... [Dallas Morning News - 6 hours ago]
Audit the Fed [TechIMO.com - 6 hours ago]
House Amendment Allows Dismantling of ‘Too Big ... [HousingWire.com - 7 hours ago]
Immigrants Facing Higher Unemployment During Re... [HispanicBusiness.com - 7 hours ago]
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Financial and Economic Situation Could Get Ugly... [The Market Oracle - 2 hours ago]
Things could get ugly fast. With the Democrats backing-off on a second round of stimulus, the Fed signaling an end to quantitative easing, and Obama moaning ...
links for 2009-11-21 [J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - 3 hours ago]
Eichholtz, Kok and Quigley: Economic Value from Green Buildings This paper provides the first credible evidence on the economic ...
Forget about the 2012 Apocalypse Movies because... [Dr. Housing Bubble Blog - 4 hours ago]
In the last few days, we have gotten a better picture of macro trends impacting the California economy.  You would think that a bad overall economic climate would ...
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [102] -- H... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 9 hours ago]
Our illustrious (cough, cough) White House press corps showed it could get to the bottom of a story with impressively journalistic and probative skills ...
CNBC’s Regan Worries 'Freshman Congressmen from... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 9 hours ago]
It's an issue that libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-proclaimed socialist agree on: Congress should have the authority ...
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PNC's Hoffman Sees Fed Raising Funds Rate by Mi... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 9 hours ago]
Gold, Geithner, Roubini, the Fed, Housing [The Schiff Report - YouTube - 11 hours ago]
Rep. Alan Grayson on the Fed Bailing Out Big Ba... [Rep. Alan Grayson - YouTube Channel - 12 hours ago]
Cunningham Says Bernanke, Trichet `On the Same ... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 12 hours ago]
Cunningham Says Bernanke, Trichet `On the Same ... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 13 hours ago]
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