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Quietly Ticking Time Bomb in Fed Data

By Mary Bottari
December 10, 2010

Last week, the Federal Reserve was finally forced by law to release some (not all) of the details of its back-door bailout of the global financial system. The Fed data focuses on the emergency lending programs initiated in 2007/2008, but it also includes data for the Fed’s more recent purchases of mortgage-backed securities (MBS). more »

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Solutions to the Foreclosure Crisis without Legislation

By Susan Ozawa
October 20, 2010

Congress out of session with a crisis on our hands? What can we do without passing legislation to address rampant fraud in processing foreclosures?

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The Bail-out NON-plan

By Laura Schneider
September 23, 2008

I’ve been listening to Dodd’s Senate Banking Committee meeting with witnesses Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency James Lockhart. more »

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