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Overview of the Federal Reserve

We’ve been hearing a lot about the Federal Reserve lately. Indeed, the last couple of years the Fed has risen to a new place in the nation’s mainstre[...] read more »
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Book Review: The Creature from Jekyll Island

G. Edward Griffin charts the development of the Federal Reserve (from its shadowy beginnings), and its effect on the economy, in the book The Creatur[...] read more »
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Target for Inflation: Getting It Right

One of the most mangled terms is "inflation." This word has come to mean two different things over the last century, both in the understanding of t[...] read more »
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Fed Credit: The Latest and Perhaps Next-To-Last Bubble

So how will the world react when this latest bubble bursts? At some point, investors looking to preserve the value of their wealth will realize that [...] read more »
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Is Bernanke Doing a Good Job?

Many people wonder whether Ben Bernanke is doing a good job. The better question is whether it's possible to answer such a question. read more »
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Will Bernanke get the boot?

Though there was little doubt in the Fed leader during the worst of the meltdown, now everyone is asking whether Ben Bernanke will be out of a job so[...] read more »
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Bush: U.S. to buy stock in banks

President Bush this morning announced a $250 billion plan by the government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks, saying the drastic[...] read more »
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Fed Documents Fuel Concerns About Expanding Central Bank's Role

Documents unearthed by congressional investigators reveal disagreements among senior Federal Reserve officials about how to handle Bank of America Co[...] read more »
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18 Things You Didn't Know About The Federal Reserve System

Here are 18 facts you probably didn't know regarding the United States' Federal Reserve System. read more »
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Greenspan: Don't Blame the Nobel Winning Models

The models that we used to evaluate securities and risk in financial markets were Nobel Prize-winning models. It’s just that we input the wrong data…[...] read more »
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Does The Fed Have Anything Else in its Bag of Tricks?

What’s troubling is that the Fed and every other governmental budget officer has spent their wad on propping up the economy. Is there anything else t[...] read more »
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The Fed and its Impact on Inflation - Forbes.com

A so-called "mild" rate of inflation of 3% per year leads to a 56% rise in prices over a 15-year period. Even a "low" rate of inflation of 2% per[...] read more »
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What is the Fed to do? :

Much to the dismay of the Fed, the bond market has been selling off. Earlier this year the Fed announced a $1.2 trillion plan to buy U.S. treasuries.[...] read more »
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Bernanke Fails to Calm Investors Asking for Rate Cuts

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's message of readiness to cut interest rates failed to assuage investors clamoring for immediate action to [...] read more »
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TARP 18x: Bloomberg Sues Federal Reserve for Disclosure of 12.8 Trillion Dollar Bailout

Think $700 Billion for TARP was all the taxpayers got stuck with? Try an estimated $12.8 Trillion in bailouts, loans, and guarantees, that the Federa[...] read more »
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