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Martin Wolf: The financial situation is serious, but remains manageable

Posted Mar 14th 2008 3:32PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: International markets, Forecasts, Housing, Federal Reserve, Recession

The ever-incisive FT columnist Martin Wolf offers a stark and sober analysis of the United States' current financial and economic predicament, but it's an analysis well-worth reviewing, if one has the time.

A synopsis is provided here, but first, full warning: read the analysis when you're feeling well and in a good mood, not during other times.

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Fed expands lending program to $200B, increases ECB, Swiss swaps

Posted Mar 11th 2008 9:19AM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Economic data, Federal Reserve

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced Tuesday an expansion of its securities lending program.

The actions announced today supplement the measures announced by the Federal Reserve on Friday to boost the size of the Term Auction Facility to $100 billion and to undertake a series of term repurchase transactions that will cumulate to $100 billion.

The Fed added that "since the coordinated actions taken in December 2007, the G-10 central banks have continued to work together closely and to consult regularly on liquidity pressures in funding markets. Pressures in some of these markets have recently increased again." The Fed added that central banks "will all continue to work together and will take appropriate steps to address those liquidity pressures."

"To that end," the Fed said, "today the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are also announcing specific measures."

Fed Analysis: Without question, the Fed is attempting to head-off any building, short-term liquidity crunch banks may face in the weeks and months ahead. This latest increase in the Term Auction Facility, the coordination with the other major central banks indicates monetary, and lengthening of the primary dealers' term to 28 days from overnight will help the Fed and the other central banks achieve that liquidity goal.

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