Another Tool for the Fed ?
Have you ever even thought about this? "The Federal Reserve is formally asking Congress for authority — starting this year...
Blinder & McTeer on Fed Cuts
Alan Blinder, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, Robert McTeer, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Jim...
Tea and Subprime Sympathy Click
Eddie Elfenbein emails me: Admit it. That bid is yours. My answer: I want him to autograph GREENSPAN’S BUBBLES for me. The site...
Fed Opens Yahoo Lending Facility (YLF)
When the Microsoft-Yahoo news came out last night, I suggested that "the Fed ought to kick in the additional $8 billion or so to...
Ballmer, Yang Agree to See Other People
Its not you, its me . . . > Is that it? After all that sturm und drang, the chase ends like this? Microsoft sweetened its offer to...
Snow, Bies, Poole, Mobius, Faber Discuss U.S. Economy
click for Video: Bloomberg: Former Federal Reserve officials William Poole and Susan Bies said it wouldn’t be wise for policy...
Defending Bernanke
Randall Forsyth does a good job explaining what FOMC Chair Ben Bernanke has done right: "Yet much of the criticism seems unfair and...
Yahoo Tech Ticker
Twice in one day! I am off to the Nasdaq, to discuss the Fed decision, and the Microsoft/Yahoo merger / tea party. So I will be out of...
Video: Bear Stearns Bailout “Worst Fed Mistake in a...
On Monday, I pointed to a WSJ article, regarding the Fed’s past head of monetary affairs comments on moves to prop up Bear...