October 14, 2019
“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added $82.7 billion to the financial system Friday, using the market for repurchase agreements, or repo, to relieve funding pressure in money markets. Banks asked for $21.15 billion in 6-day loans, all of… Continue Reading…
October 9, 2019
“American financial experts may be worried about trade wars, tariffs and talk of a recession, but ask a small-town banker and economic conditions are pretty good. Across the United States, people are building and buying homes. Small businesses are borrowing money to… Continue Reading…
October 1, 2019
“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added $63.5 billion to the financial system Monday, using the market for repurchase agreements, or repo, to relieve funding pressure in money markets…” https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-adds-63-5-billion-to-financial-system-in-repo-transaction-11569846438
September 24, 2019
“The New York Federal Reserve Bank said Friday it will inject billions into the US financial plumbing on a daily basis for the next three weeks in an effort to prevent a spike in short-term interest rates. The Fed will… Continue Reading…
September 19, 2019
“The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, its second cut since late July, and suggested it was prepared to move aggressively if the United States economy showed additional signs of weakening. For… Continue Reading…
September 13, 2019
“A Pennsylvania couple is facing felony charges for buying an SUV, a race car, and two four-wheelers, and then handing out $15,000 to their friends after a bank teller accidentally deposited $120,000 into their joint bank account. About three weeks after the… Continue Reading…
September 10, 2019
“Money managers at BNY Mellon and Pacific Investment Management Co. have snapped up Japanese bonds. Both companies have made the country the second-largest geographic allocation in some of their biggest international fixed-income funds. Ordinarily that wouldn’t seem remarkable, but right now many of Japan’s… Continue Reading…
September 4, 2019
“Unable to stomach turbulence driven by the escalating conflict between China and the United States, and leery of a darkening outlook for the economy, investors have been pulling money out of the stock market and buying bonds, the traditional place to… Continue Reading…
August 23, 2019
“President Trump on Monday called for the Federal Reserve to sharply cut interest rates and again criticized the central bank’s chairman for a “horrendous lack of vision,” while reiterating his belief that the U.S. economy is strong.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-calls-for-a-big-fed-rate-cut-again-criticizes-central-bank-chairman-11566230832
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