American Banker had an interesting column co-written by William Isaac (former FDIC chairman) and William Dunkelberg on how the Fed has run out of tools to help small business. The most interesting part is the comment of M, who provides a succinct summary of the...
Bloomberg quotes R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes regarding news that the Federal Reserve withheld details on individual securities pledged as collateral by recipients of the $885 billion federal bailout. Read the full story by Caroline Salas and Matthew Leising, "Federal Reserve Withholds Collateral Data, Denying...
Do the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's attempts to recover taxpayer funds used in the financial crisis bailout betray its mission to ensure the stability of the financial system? R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes weighs in. Read the full article by Caroline Salas and...
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes challenges the government's claim that it purchased "investment grade" assets in its 2008 rescue of Bear Stearns. Read the full story by Caroline Salas, Craig Torres and Shannon D. Harrington, "Fed Made Taxpayers Unwitting Junk-Bond Buyers," Bloomberg, July 1, 2010....
Just a few days ago, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve pumped enough cash into the US economy to lower interest rates by 75 basis points. For the average American citizen, who would be hard pressed to define what a basis point means,...