Comments on: Fed Announces $800 Billion in Homeowner, Consumer and Small Business Aid

By: Government Stimulus Programs Not Always the Hoped-For Panacea

Government Stimulus Programs Not Always the Hoped-For Panacea — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:30:31 +0000

[...] yesterday (Tuesday). [Editor’s Note: For a more-detailed look at this latest stimulus plan, please click here to take a look at our news analysis story elsewhere in this issue of Money [...]

By: The New Banking Bailout Plan Reconstitutes Some of the Same Ingredients That Touched Off the Financial Crisis

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:22:59 +0000

[...] $200 billion Term Asset-backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF, was announced in November 2008 after the market for securities backed by consumer debt froze. Like its sister program, the original TARP, it was never implemented. Now, like the WHO song says, [...]

By: Obama Administration Must Revive "Shadow Financial System" to Revive U.S. Banks

Obama Administration Must Revive "Shadow Financial System" to Revive U.S. Banks — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:46:08 +0000

[...] loans and asset-backed bonds, Reuters said. Olasov says plans like the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Term Asset-Backed Lending Facility, or TALF, hold great promise for jump-starting private credit flows. Under the TALF program, buyers [...]

By: Jutia Group - Market Jitters & Political Critters

Jutia Group - Market Jitters & Political Critters — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:24:48 +0000

[...] Program (TARP), which is fueling bank takeovers, and not expansionary lending, and the follow-on $800 billion credit-market stimulus unveiled late last month – will combine with the huge federal budget deficit to spur [...]

By: Big Jump in Food Prices the Latest Suggestion That Inflation is Much Higher Than the Government Says

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:05:04 +0000

By: War on the Home Front » Blog Archive » TARP Bailout Funds Being Used to Buy Other Banks, Not Lend to Consumers

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:30:01 +0000

[...] has fueled takeovers – and not lending – the government had no choice but to roll out the more-recent $800 billion stimulus plan that was aimed at helping consumers and small businesses – a move that may spur lending and [...]

By: Billions in U.S. Bank Rescue Funds are Fueling Buyouts Worldwide – Instead of Lending at Home

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:34:38 +0000

[...] fueled takeovers – and not lending – the government had no choice but to roll out the more-recent $800 billion stimulus plan that was aimed at helping consumers and small businesses – a move that may spur lending and [...]

By: Why Fed Policies and Treasury Department Bailouts Will Lead to Inflation Rather Than Deflation

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:31:11 +0000

By: Dr SO Uremadu, Head of Banking & Finance, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

Dr SO Uremadu, Head of Banking & Finance, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:30:39 +0000

What this series of bailouts portend is that market forces should not alwys be allowed fix economic policies in any economy, rather what should be encouraged and modelled is guided regulation and deregulation.

By: Laisseraller

Laisseraller — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:55:15 +0000

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