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• If there is a second downturn like in the Great Depression it will be a doosey.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  The government and the Fed can do no more than they already have, if not less. You can’t go lower than 0 fed funds rate, QE is already in place, the Federal Reserve is backstopping bonds which is just a form of unreported redivatives, and the government is already bushing the barrier on US Treasury bonds they can ...
  4 days ago

• Realtors’ Credit Union is a joke … on Realtors.

  
  Florida Real Estate — Authority: 134
  This is being sent to all Realtors from their Federal Credit Union. At a time when the fed-funds rate is hovering just above 0% at ¼% and the prime is 3 points higher at 3 ¼% they offer this garbage. Gee, ain’t it great to be a Realtor, your credit union treats you as if your I.Q. was a couple points above a ...
  4 days ago

• FOREX-U.S. dollar drops as Fed, ECB comments weigh

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  The U.S. dollar weakened broadly Monday, hitting a six-week low against the yen after a Federal Reserve official affirmed expectations U.S. interest rates would stay low for some time. A low Fed funds rate would limit returns on many U.S. investments, prompting investors to diversify out of the currency and seek ...
  4 days ago

• I know what keeps Obama awake at night…

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  Let’s say we spend our $2 trillion in stimulus and get a couple of quarters of weak growth. Then once the effects of the stimulus wear off, we slip back into a deep recession, setting up a classic “W.” Unemployment never does stop climbing. This happened to Roosevelt in the thirties. So congress passes another ...
  6 days ago

• Holy Liquidity Trap Batman!

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 640
  We’ve been talking a lot about the Fed lately so I thought I’d share my version of the Taylor Rule calculation. I’ve built this myself so it might not exactly track other versions that are out there, but I did follow Taylor’s basic methodology. Bear in mind that this...
  1 week ago

• Feds Lacker: Fed Cant be "paralyzed by patches of lingering weakness"

  
  Calculated Risk — Authority: 753
  From Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker The Economic Outlook : Earlier this year some economists were highlighting the risk that the low level of economic activity could push the rate of inflation down, perhaps even below zero. I think the risk of a substantial further reduction in inflation has diminished ...
  1 week ago

• Rough Week Ended On a Positive Upswing

  
  wealthwithmortgage.com — Authority: 127
  Rates Dropped for 2nd Straight Week Mortgage markets were extremely volatile last week, carving out a wide range between Monday and Friday.  Thankfully for rate shoppers, the overall momentum was positive. Mortgage rates fell for the second time in as many weeks. Rates still sit higher versus their early-October ...
  2 weeks ago

• Words from the (Investment) Wise (November 9, 2009)

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 143
  “Words from the Wise” this week comes to you in a shortened format as I am about to leave Cape Town for a visit to the colder environs of Switzerland and Slovenia. Although reduced commentary is provided, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from market commentators is included. Blog ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Fed’s Real Objective in Keeping Rates Near Zero

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 598
  One of the key objectives of the Federal Reserve in pursuing these policies has been to drive investors back into riskier asset classes. By lowering the fed funds rate below 0.25% and promising to maintain a near-zero policy rate for an ‘extended period,’ the yield on near-cash instruments has all but evaporated. ...
  3 weeks ago

• PIMCOs McCulley On Vs, Us and Ws

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  We appreciate PIMCOs conceptual insights, however at this point it is now clear that the Chairman will keep interest rates at 0, in perpetuity or until the biggest stock market bubblr in the history of western markets finally implodes, whichever comes first (presumably the latter). In the meantime, it is time to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fed Holds Key Rate, Making Other Significant Changes

  
  Quizzle Blog — Authority: 416
  The Federal Open Market Committee (Fed) – or as we affectionately call them, the “smarty pants” of the banking world – announced today that it will again hold its Fed funds rate at the 0% – 0.25% target range. (What the heck is the Fed funds rate and why should I care?)While the Fed decided [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Low Rates for “An Extended Period”?

  
  HSH Associates Financial News Blog — Authority: 134
  For months now, the hype surrounding the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) two-day meetings has been far less about a possible change to the Federal funds rates, than it has been about the short statement that follows. Today’s conclusion certainly continues that trend . While we weren’t ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Federal Reserve Statement (November 4, 2009 Edition)

  
  Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog — Authority: 117
  The Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate within its target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. In its press release , the FOMC noted that the U.S. economy “has continued to pick up” since the September FOMC meeting and that housing market activity has increased. It’s the third ...
  3 weeks ago

• Treasury Minutes Suggest Fed to Remove $1 Trillion in Excess Reserves by March 2010

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  This morning, Treasury released the quarterly Minutes of the Meeting of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, which is [A]n advisory committee governed by federal statute that meets quarterly with the Treasury Department. The Borrowing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mortgage Rate Forecast November 2, 2009 (Chart)

  
  Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog — Authority: 117
  Mortgage markets improved last week after a series of hugely volatile trading sessions. Rates carved out a wide range on the week, culminating in a late-Friday plunge that dropped rates by about 1/8 percent. It was the first time in 5 weeks that mortgage rates fell. Volatility like that of last week is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Investor Letters: Bill Gross

  
  Investorazzi.com — Authority: 428
  Legendary bond investor Bill Gross just released his latest investment outlook on the PIMCO website. According to Gross, investors should expect Fed funds policy rates to stay low, and 4-5% returns, for an extended period of time. Here are some notable excerpts from the piece: Let me start out by summarizing a ...
  4 weeks ago

• A significant spike in GDP that does not mean recession over.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  As the media looks forward to news in hopes of a budding recovery consumers are still panicked. GDP should show signs of expansion in the 3rd quarter and slow growth due to Federal Government expenditures. Even if that is the case and we do see a significant spike in GDP that does not mean recession over. There might ...
  4 weeks ago

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