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In Fed We Trust, but Can It Get Us Out of This Mess?
On a second front, the Fed has approved a series of steep cuts in the federal funds rate in an effort to aid the overall economy ... Fed assumes risk in Bear Stearns deal The Fed also agreed to back $30 billion in financing to ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/In_Fed_We_Trust_but_Can_It_Get_-5225-3-16970.htm
Reduce Principal, Fed Chief Suggests: Increasing Equity Called Option to Rate Cuts
5--As home foreclosures continue to rise in Wisconsin and across the nation, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is suggesting that reducing the principal of a troubled mortgage rather than lowering its interest rate might be the best way to attack ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Reduce_Principal_Fed_Chief_Sugg-5225-3-15174.htm
Broader Powers for Fed Planned
-Bringing all state-chartered banks under federal supervision, either through the Federal Reserve or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp ... Ultimately, the administration's proposal envisions paring down financial market oversight to three ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Broader_Powers_for_Fed_Planned-5225-1-18836.htm
Fed Jumps in to Ease Crisis
By Jeannine Aversa Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, in an extraordinarily rare weekend move, took bold action Sunday evening to provide cash to financially squeezed Wall Street investment houses, a fresh effort to prevent a ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Fed_Jumps_in_to_Ease_Crisis-5225-3-16860.htm
Fed Offers Home Lending Rules, but Critics Say They Fall Short
They have no place in our mortgage system," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledged in an opening statement during the Fed's rare public meeting ... "We now have confirmation of two facts we have known for some time: One, the Federal Reserve System ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Fed_Offers_Home_Lending_Rules_b-5225-3-4483.htm
Is Fed's Rate Cut Too Little to Stave Off Recession?
12--The Federal Reserve on Tuesday trimmed a key interest rate by a quarter point, the third cut in three months aimed to stem a housing slump and credit crunch that could tip the country into recession ... A Fed cut triggers a host of ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Is_Feds_Rate_Cut_Too_Little_to_-5225-3-3873.htm
Bernanke Switches to Crisis Mode
The Fed has already lowered its benchmark federal funds rate to 3 percent from 5 ... Beyond trying to lower borrowing costs by reducing the federal funds rate, the Fed has adopted a widening array of unconventional tools to infuse money into the ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Bernanke_Switches_to_Crisis_Mode-5225-3-16923.htm
Paulson Uses Light Touch in Proposed Wall St. Rules
" The Fed's former chairman, Alan Greenspan, for years praised the growth in the derivatives market as a boon for market stability, and resisted calls to use the Fed's power to increase regulation of the mortgage market ... " Under the Treasury ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Paulson_Uses_Light_Touch_in_Prop-5225-3-18896.htm
Sports Briefs
Davenport falters in Fed Cup The Fed Cup was supposed to be Lindsay Davenport's baby ... The winner of this quarterfinal moves on to face either Israel or defending Fed Cup champion Russia, which are also tied 1-1 after Maria Sharapova ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Sports_Briefs-5225-2-10696.htm
Of Bubbles, Bubble Machines and Bubble Heads
Of Bubbles, Bubble Machines and Bubble Heads Of Bubbles, Bubble Machines and Bubble Heads Of Bubbles, Bubble Machines and Bubble Heads Of Bubbles, Bubble Machines and Bubble Heads Bubble heads, not Bobble heads ... ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Of_Bubbles_Bubble_Machines_and_-5031-3-17217.htm
Central Banks Move to Relieve Global Credit Squeeze
WASHINGTON _ In a joint move with European central banks to ease the grip of a dangerous credit crunch, the Federal Reserve unveiled a new plan Wednesday to pump billions of dollars into tight-fisted U ... The Fed's novel plan for providing more ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Central_Banks_Move_to_Relieve_Gl-5225-3-3865.htm
Trouble Brewing for U.S. Economy -- Twin Evils of 'Stagflation': Slow Growth, High Prices
They're already looking to the Federal Reserve for help, but the Fed's job is complicated by the situation. The mission of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues is to nurture economic growth and keep inflation under ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Trouble_Brewing_for_US_Economy-5225-3-14339.htm
Sports Briefs
defeats Germany in Fed Cup match Shaking off nerves, 22-year-old Fed Cup rookie Ashley Harkleroad rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the second set to beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 7-5 to clinch the United States' 4-1 victory in the quarterfinals ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Sports_Briefs-5225-2-10948.htm
ZIETGEIST (Comments)
Basically the movie is divided into three parts: a dissection of organized religion, a bitter critique of our monetary policy and the Federal Reserve, and a case for 9-11 as an inside job a la Loose Change ... As for monetary ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/ZIETGEIST-5031-2-4197.htm?mult=0#comments
Commuter OUR Sentence!
Commuter OUR Sentence! Commuter OUR Sentence! Commuter OUR Sentence! Commuter OUR Sentence! Well, ain’t this just swell Bush, proving himself to be the decider in all manners, has become the judge in the Scooter Libby case ... ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Commuter_OUR_Sentence-5031-2-3398.htm
