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Fed to Teach Groups How to Buy Foreclosed Homes: CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner said on Wednesday that the Fed would work with a national affordable housing group to help stabilize neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates. Kroszner, in remarks to a training conference sponsored by NeighborWorks...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, SECURITY, inflation, Federal Reserve Board, risk, business investment, patch, housing market, profit margin, U.S., interest rate, Thomson Reuters Corp., monitor; News items 2008-05-07
Fed Seeks Approval to Pay Interest on Reserves: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve, led by Chairman Ben Bernanke, is formally asking Congress for authority to pay interest on commercial bank reserves starting this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve's move is an attempt...; Tags: Financial services, Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, reserve, U.S. Congress, bank, chairman, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., interest rate, e-mail; News items 2008-05-06
Ex-Fed Official Criticizes Bear Stearns Rescue: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former top Federal Reserve official has said that the Fed's bailout of Bear Stearns Cos (BSC) will come to be viewed as the "worst policy mistake in a generation," the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Vincent Reinhart,...; Tags: Asset management, Federal Reserve Board, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., asset, New York, financing, inflation, bankruptcy, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank; News items 2008-04-29
Fed Lowers U.S. Rates and Hints Cuts May Be at End: By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The Federal Reserve lowered U.S. interest rates by a modest quarter percentage point on Wednesday, as expected, and hinted the move could be the last in a series meant to buffer the economy from a credit crunch and...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Oukbs, US; News items 2008-04-30
BlackRock's Bob Doll Sees End of Fed Rate Cuts: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is likely done with its series of interest-rate cuts that began in September, as financial market conditions have improved considerably and economic growth isn't deteriorating further, said Bob Doll, global chief investment officer of...; Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, BlackRock Inc., Federal Reserve Board, chief investment officer, equity, financial market, New York, DJIA, Thomson Reuters Corp., interest rate, inflation, financial, asset; News items 2008-04-30

Fed Expands Liquidity Operations to Calm Markets: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Friday announced steps to help ease persistent strains in credit markets, increasing the size of some cash auctions for financial institutions and the amount of U.S. dollars it provides to the European Central Bank...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial services, Investment, Federal Reserve Board, auction, strain, liquidity, financial company, mortgage-backed security, Washington, bank, agency, financial, financial market, Thomson Reuters Corp., financing, asset, window, security; News items 2008-05-02
Rate Uncertainty Hangs Over U.S. Stocks: By Jennifer Coogan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The stock market will likely start the week on a hesitant note with Wall Street facing the first Federal Reserve interest-rate decision in many months not knowing that a cut is likely guaranteed. Sparks could fly,...; Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Operational accounting, Federal Reserve Board, earnings report, earnings, payroll, stock market, economist, Nasdaq Composite Index, stock, Thomson Reuters Corp., S&P 500, DJIA, inflation, Yahoo! Inc., New York, job, Microsoft Corp., financi; News items 2008-04-27
Fed May Pause After Cutting Rates Next Week: Report: TOKYO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point at a policy meeting next week but may then be ready to take a break, the Wall Street Journal's online edition reported on Thursday. The Fed...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Financial services, inflation, straight, Federal Reserve Board, interest rate, Washington, risk, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank; News items 2008-04-23
Federal Reserve Cuts US Rates Again: The Federal Reserve dropped its benchmark interest rate by a further quarter point to two per cent, its lowest level since November 2004, amid continuing concerns of an economic downturn in the United States.The central bank's cut came after the government reported US growth at an annual rate of...; Tags: Bank, Federal Reserve Board, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Mortgages, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Capital Structures, DPA; News items 2008-05-01
Fed Should Wield "baseball Bat" Over Banks: PIMCO: By Alister Bull CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should threaten banks to make them raise more capital as a step toward restoring faith in credit markets, central bank policy-makers were urged on Friday. "I think the most important thing for...; Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Investment, Federal Reserve Board, Charlotte, dividend, Richmond, bank, North Carolina, financial market, managing director, bond fund, financing, interest rate, financial, conference, liquidity, bond, absence, Th; News items 2008-04-18
Global Central Banks Extend Lifeline to Credit Markets: By Mark Felsenthal and Krista Hughes WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve joined two European central banks on Friday in expanding programs to spread more cash through the banking system in hopes of restoring confidence in credit markets. The Fed said it would...; Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, Investment, Federal Reserve Board, auction, liquidity, financial market, bank, interest rate, banking, receivables, financial, window, bond, financing, Thomson Reuters Corp., credit card, security, asset; News items 2008-05-02
Economy Slowing, Prices Rising: Fed Beige Book: By David Lawder and Glenn Somerville WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic conditions are weakening across much of the United States at the same time that food, fuel and raw material prices are increasing, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday. In a decidedly downbeat Beige...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Financial services, Federal Reserve Board, home construction, food, economist, inflation, consumer loan, plastics, commercial real estate, Washington, housing market, petroleum, retail company, earnings report, chemicals, interest rate, Thomson Reuters Co; News items 2008-04-16
Fed Expands Liquidity to Soothe Markets: WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday announced steps to help ease persistent strains in credit markets, stepping up the size of some cash auctions for financial institutions and raising the amount of U.S. dollars it provides to the European Central Bank...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Liquidity, Auction, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-02
Bernanke Suggests Student Lender Subsidies Review: By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Reserve has suggested that Congress revisit the issue of government subsidies to student loan providers, according to an April 25 letter made public on Thursday. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a letter...; Tags: Financial accounting, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board, restoration, U.S. Congress, chairman, Washington, financial market, Thomson Reuters Corp., asset, financial, security; News items 2008-05-01
Fed Says Banks Still Tightening Loan Standards: By Glenn Somerville WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks in the United States kept tightening lending standards and terms for both business and consumer loans over the past three months out of concern about a weakening economic outlook, according to a Federal Reserve ...; Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Federal Reserve Board, consumer loan, survey, bank, standards, commercial real estate, banking, Washington, investment, liquidity, M&A, U.S., interest rate, Thomson Reuters Corp., job, merger, agency, finance, financial; News items 2008-05-05
Fed's Hoenig Warns of Inflation's Corrosive Impact: By Ros Krasny DENVER (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve must be ready to raise benchmark interest rates in a timely manner given the "troublesome" inflation outlook, Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig said on Tuesday. "If inflation gets too high, the economy will...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, Federal Open Market Committee, Kansas City, Denver, business investment, financial market, housing market, president, interest rate, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank, pricing strategy, financial, environment; News items 2008-05-06
Bernanke Says Markets Healing But Still Not Well: By Alister Bull SEA ISLAND, Georgia (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday that emergency Fed liquidity measures have helped relieve strain in financial markets, but the recovery process remains incomplete. "To date, our liquidity measures appear to have...; Tags: Financial accounting, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board, financial market, chairman, New York, U.S. Congress, housing market, Bush Administration, government, financial, Thomson Reuters Corp., finance, strategy; News items 2008-05-13
Federal Reserve Sees Paper Checks Declining: The list of technological species endangered by new innovations is growing long: First 8-track tapes and VHS, then printed newspapers and the compact-disc album. Now we can add the checkbook to the list. Or that's the word from the Federal Reserve. In an interview with "American Banker,"...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Asset Management, Strategy, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Human Resources, Kevin Kelleher; Blog posts 2008-04-12
Fed's Lacker Says Inflation is a Problem: By Alister Bull CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is going through a contraction but inflation is too high and may not abate as hoped, a top Federal Reserve policy-maker said on Thursday. "Inflation is a problem now. It is too...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, inflation, Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Federal Reserve Board, economist, interest rate, risk, president, Thomson Reuters Corp., patient, bank; News items 2008-04-17
Fed, FTC Propose New Rules on Poor-credit Notices: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lenders would be required to tell consumers when they are being offered less favorable terms based on poorer credit scores under new rules proposed on Thursday by the Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission. The rules would...; Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Federal Reserve Board, FTC, pricing strategy, credit history, Washington, risk, Thomson Reuters Corp., credit card; News items 2008-05-08