Comments on: Inside the Credit Crisis: How the Fed’s Efforts to Lower the Fed Funds Rate May Leave it Powerless to Stop the Financial Meltdown

By: As the Credit Crisis Deepens, There Are Still Many More Questions Than Answers

As the Credit Crisis Deepens, There Are Still Many More Questions Than Answers — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:35:17 +0000

[...] these moves will work. [Check out Money Morning’s special investigative report on the Federal Funds target rate, which includes insights on why this strategy may not work – and could actually damage the [...]

By: EdwinE

EdwinE — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:37:37 +0000

“To The Rescue”…
I just like to know two thing!
Would our government be smart enough to put a financial bailout package to rescue our national small businesses?
With the same principles and energy they have spent to rescue Ford, Chrysler, GM, AIG among others.
or…
Would our government be smart enough to put a financial bailout package to rescue our tax payers families?

By: How U.S. Missteps Triggered a Spiral of Worldwide Margin Calls and Deepened the Financial Crisis | triggereventstrategist.com

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:17:58 +0000

[...] healthy banks whose cost of funds to make new loans should come directly from the Treasury at the Federal Funds rate. This will allow banks that write new loans to make them cheap and still have good profit margins. [...]

By: For the U.S. Economy in the New Year, the Pain Will Precede the Promise | triggereventstrategist.com

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:40:43 +0000

[...] are some signs of a thaw, but not anytime soon. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s lowering of the Fed Funds target rate to 1.0%, and coordinated rate reductions by the Bank of England and [...]

By: Fed lost control of the Federal Funds Rate. « American Armageddon

Fed lost control of the Federal Funds Rate. « American Armageddon — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:30:48 +0000

[...] Inside the Credit Crisis: How the Fed’s Efforts to Lower the Fed Funds Rate May Leave it PowerR… (Money Morning, 10/10/08) [...]

By: Jutia Group - Market Jitters & Political Critters

Jutia Group - Market Jitters & Political Critters — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:47:21 +0000

[...] are some signs of a thaw, but not anytime soon. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s lowering of the Fed Funds target rate to 1.0%, and coordinated rate reductions by the Bank of England and [...]

By: For the U.S. Economy in the New Year, the Pain Will Precede the Promise

For the U.S. Economy in the New Year, the Pain Will Precede the Promise — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:55:05 +0000

[...] are some signs of a thaw, but not anytime soon. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s lowering of the Fed Funds target rate to 1.0%, and coordinated rate reductions by the Bank of England and [...]

By: Uncertainty Escalates as Tomorrow’s Presidential Election Looms

Uncertainty Escalates as Tomorrow’s Presidential Election Looms — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:02:21 +0000

[...] conditions seem worse today than when that rate touched this level – in 2003. Others feel that such moves have become more symbolic than substantive, and believe the Fed needs to halt future actions to let the lower rates work their ways through [...]

By: Credit Crisis Expert Says Proposed Plan to Bail Out Delinquent Homeowners May Face Too Many Problems to Succeed

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:34:25 +0000

[...] Money Morning Special Investigation of the U.S. Credit Crisis (Part VII): Inside the Credit Crisis: How the Fed’s Efforts to Lower the Fed Funds Rate May Leave it Power…. [...]

By: Fears of Mortgage Rate Re-Sets May Fuel LIBOR Manipulation and Mask Deeper Banking System Problems

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:26:38 +0000

[...] Money Morning Special Investigation of the U.S. Credit Crisis (Part VII): Inside the Credit Crisis: How the Fed’s Efforts to Lower the Fed Funds Rate May Leave it Power…. [...]