“What few economic leaders have acknowledged is that the Federal Reserve itself is responsible for the real estate and credit bubbles, which are the source of our current troubles. By keeping interest rates too low for too long, the Fed ignited a speculative fever and engendered a [...]
“It’s not excluded that, after having carefully examined the situation, that we could decide to move our rates for a small amount at our next meeting. I didn’t say it’s certain. I said it’s possible.” — European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore – (TFN): You can blame a frenchman [...]
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“To my knowledge, Bernanke has never before stressed the dollar’s decline, the inflationary dangers it poses and his intention to guard against these as much as he did yesterday. The immediate reaction was for the dollar to rally.” — Dominic Frisby
Blogger’s note: Dominic Frisby, an editor at our British [...]
“Now that Congress is getting involved, we should see some decisive action, a clear and easy solution to eliminate the financial collapse now knocking on our doors… and if you believe that, I’ve got these great banking shares to sell you.” — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Here at Today’s Financial News, we spent the [...]
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“(The Fed’s) message has been, more or less, that money grows on trees, which is why Ben Bernanke’s moniker, ‘Helicopter’ Ben, is catching on with the press. Gold bugs could not be more thrilled. Just recently, I wrote that we are seeing the best of all worlds for gold [...]
"At least the U.S. economy has started to look more like a soap opera and less like a Greek tragedy this week. Maybe we can get out of the current market situation without having to watch every player die a bloody, violent death, afterall… or maybe not. Either way, I’d bring a an umbrella to [...]
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"Senators, representatives and presidential candidates have been busy calling for more government oversight of the financial industry. And maybe Congress will settle on Paulson’s idea as its "savior" in the current camera-mugging opportunity. It could actually save money and provide a simpler system for companies trying to follow the ornate business laws already in place [...]
"The hope that this additional credit will somehow alleviate the problems in the U.S. housing market is extremely naïve. Virtually none of this newly created credit will find its way back into the domestic mortgage market." — Peter Schiff
by Peter Schiff, EuroPacific Capital
Baltimore — (TFN): This week’s announcement by the Fed that it will create [...]