Entries tagged "Federal Reserve"

The end of the Fed as we know it?

So the beginning of the end for the Federal Reserve we've known for almost a century has begun with Rep. Ron Paul's proposal to audit the central bank inching closer to the floor of the House.

International issues may cloud finance reform

Creation of a resolution regime is complicated by international issue, the Fed's Daniel Tarullo says.

Dodd wants a single bank regulator

Sen. Christopher Dodd thinks the Federal Reserve should get out of the business of banking regulation.

Fed coup at BofA?

Did the Federal Reserve force a coup at BofA? If you read between the lines of a Wall Street Journal story, it seems to imply the Fed pressured the bank to make changes.

Fed's AIG decision in context

There's been chatter about the Fed's role in settling with AIG's collateralized debt obligation counterparties, but what's missing in the debate is some context about the Fed.

What the government's done for Goldman lately

How has the government helped Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS)? Joe Nocera at the New York Times counts the ways.

The Fed and its political dilemmas

The Financial Times Thursday focuses in on the political woes of the Federal Reserve, summarizing the situation pretty well. A few points could be amplified, however.

Where was Sachs when Greenspan was chairman?

Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs had some not very nice things to say about former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, calling his monetary policy irresponsible.

Nationalization, resolution and TBTF

Felix Salmon has sparked a renewed discussion among the blogs with his recantation of his position from last year that the government should have nationalized the banks.

Australian interest rate move missive

Australia became the first G-20 country to raise interest rates. But if many economists and analysts are to be believed, the Aussies have just shot themselves in the foot.

Are the pay czar and the Fed frienemies?

Feinberg's been long expected to come to some sort of determination on executive pay, but what sticks out is the Fed is no longer interested in Feinberg's model.

TARP watchdog says officials misled the public

The watchdog overseeing the bank bailout criticized the Treasury and Federal Reserve in a new report for some misleading public statements the agencies made last fall about the health of the biggest banks.

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