Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System (Update2)


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The Federal Reserve will pump an additional $630 billion into the global financial system, flooding banks with cash to alleviate the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression.

The Fed increased its existing currency swaps with foreign central banks by $330 billion to $620 billion to make more dollars available worldwide. The Term Auction Facility, the Fed's emergency loan program, will expand by $300 billion to $450 billion.

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Congressional Leaders Announce Breakthrough in Bailout Bill Negotiations


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092800064_pf.html

Sunday, September 28, 2008; 12:47 AM

Negotiators emerged from a marathon session in the Capitol about 12:30 a.m. to announce that they had reached agreement on a proposal to give Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. broad authority to organize one of the biggest government interventions in the private sector since the Great Depression.

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Once in a century rip-off


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Economist Michael Hudson: the bailout is a giveaway that will cause hyperinflation and dollar collapse.

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Goldman, Morgan Stanley to become regulated banks


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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the last surviving big investment banks on Wall Street, have become regulated banks.

In a statement issued at 9.30pm Sunday, the Federal Reserve said it had approved their applications to become bank holding companies, subject to regulation by the Fed.

During the transition period, the Fed will make loans to both entities and

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Central Banks Offer Extra Funds to Calm Money Markets (Update2)


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Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan united with their counterparts around the world to offer an additional $180 billion to markets facing their worst crisis since the 1920s.

The Fed said the ECB has been authorized to double its existing limit to $110 billion from $55 billion and the Swiss central bank can offer an extra $15 billion. New swap facilities with the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada amount to $60 billion, $40 billion and $10 billion, respectively.

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Fed moves to deal with financial crisis


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The Federal Reserve is announcing several initiatives to expand emergency loan programs to cope with the worst credit crisis in decades.

The central bank announced late Sunday that it was broadening the types of collateral that financial institutions can use to obtain emergency loans from the Fed.

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End the Fed! Sunday, August 31, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank


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The Great American Walk for Freedom will be ending at or around 11 AM at the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis. If you are going to be in town, please join us in making a presence there.

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Bunning Statement To The Senate Banking Committee On The Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Report


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Looks like Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky gets it! Our voices are being heard.. read on..

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I.O.U.S.A.: LIVE with Warren Buffett, Pete Peterson & Dave Walker


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Fathom and Roadside Attractions present I.O.U.S.A.: Live with Warren Buffett, Pete Peterson & Dave Walker in an exclusive one night event in select movie theatres nationwide on Thursday, August 21st. This event will include the critically-acclaimed documentary, I.O.U.S.A., and a LIVE discussion about America’s economic crisis and what we can do to change course.

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