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U.S. Households Increase Treasury Holdings: Fed

NEW YORK -- U.S. households increased their holdings of Treasury securities to the highest level in at least two years, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. Households held $795.2 billion in Treasurys at the end of the fourth
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U.S. Households Increase Treasury Holdings: Fed

NEW YORK -- U.S. households increased their holdings of Treasury securities to the highest level in at least two years, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. Households held $795.2 billion in Treasurys at the end of the fourth
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U.S. Households Increase Treasury Holdings: Fed

NEW YORK -- U.S. households increased their holdings of Treasury securities to the highest level in at least two years, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. Households held $795.2 billion in Treasurys at the end of the fourth
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Financial crisis panel to grill Greenspan

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will be the star witness at a hearing of the congressional panel looking into causes of the financial crisis, according to people familiar with the situation. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission?s
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MONEY MARKETS-Fretting over Fed, benchmark dollar rate rises

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Benchmark costs for banks borrowing dollars around the globe rose to a 3-1/2 month high on Thursday as markets wondered if the U.S. Federal Reserve would signal the end of zero-rate policy next week. Though markets
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U.S. households increase Treasury holdings: Fed

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. households increased their holdings of Treasury securities to the highest level in at least two years, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. Households held $795.2 billion in Treasurys at the end of
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U.S. households increase Treasury holdings: Fed

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. households increased their holdings of Treasury securities to the highest level in at least two years, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. Households held $795.2 billion in Treasurys at the end of
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U.S. Households Increase Treasury Holdings: Fed

NEW YORK -- U.S. households increased their holdings of Treasury securities to the highest level in at least two years, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. Households held $795.2 billion in Treasurys at the end of the fourth
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Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fall to 4.95 percent, weeks before Fed exit

In this Feb. 28, 2010 photo, a realtor's sign proclaims a residential home sale in Sudbury, Mass. Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, March 11, 2010, weeks before a government program
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The Federal Reserve's Response to the Sept. 11 Attacks

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were not only a human tragedy but also had potentially serious ramifications for the economy. The most immediate economic effect of the attacks was a temporary inability to clear checks,
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Untold Story of FOMC: Secrecy Is Exaggerated

Although the Fed has become more open, many still think that we have access to secret information and that our top policy-makers function as mysteriously as witch doctors. It probably doesn't help that the Federal Open Market Committee meets behind
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Anecdotes Help Fed to Steer the Economy

The members of the Federal Reserve?s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)?our monetary policy-makers?need to know as much as possible about current and future economic conditions before making their decisions. They get their basic picture of the
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The Fed Lends a Helping Hand?and Sometimes a Push

If you were to poll the citizenry about what the Fed does, most would probably say something about setting interest rates. Others might be familiar with our role in supervising banks. A smaller minority might have heard about our third main
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UPDATE 1-U.S. commercial paper market rises in week - Fed

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. commercial paper market grew in the latest week, resuming an expansion trend that supports signs of emerging economic growth, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday. For the week ended March 10, the size of the
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UPDATE 1-U.S. commercial paper market rises in week - Fed

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. commercial paper market grew in the latest week, resuming an expansion trend that supports signs of emerging economic growth, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday. For the week ended March 10, the size of the
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U.S. commercial paper market rises in week - Fed

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. commercial paper market expanded in the latest week, suggesting signs of economic growth, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday.
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Inside Alan Greenspan's Nightmare

News that wages are rising in China is greeted with dread by those who share Greenspan's unwarranted fear of rising inflation Alan Greenspan had a dream, or rather a nightmare. Greenspan seems to have woken up in a cold sweat one morning in fear that the
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U.S. commercial paper market rises in week - Fed

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. commercial paper market expanded in the latest week, suggesting signs of economic growth, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday. For the week ended March 10, the size of the U.S. commercial paper market, a vital
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Kan to release info on Fed account linked to Okinawa reversion

Finance Minister Naoto Kan is scheduled to release some information Friday regarding a Japanese zero-interest account found at a U.S. Federal Reserve Bank in connection with the financing of the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, government sources said Thursday
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Bernanke or Obama: Who Should Get Credit for Stabilizing the Economy?

Watching the Sunday morning talk shows on the US networks is always an entertaining experience for the politically inclined. No matter what the issue being discussed, both sides are advocated with verbal vigor. This past weekend, one particular show was
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Fed Joins A.I.G. Loss-Sharing Pact With MetLife

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is joining the American International Group in a loss-sharing agreement that is part of the insurer?s sale of its American Life Insurance Company unit to MetLife, Bloomberg News reports. DealBook has highlighted a
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Slowing Growth Expected to Keep Fed From Raising Rates

After a growth spurt at the end of 2009, the U.S. economy will slow in the months ahead, keeping the Federal Reserve from raising borrowing costs until the final three months of the year, a Reuters poll showed. The survey of over 70 economists suggests
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Fed Shoulders AIG Loan Losses to Ease Sale to MetLife (Update1)

(Adds $1.3 billion in Greek debt in the 10th paragraph.) March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and American International Group Inc. agreed to shoulder as much as $450 million in losses tied to the insurers Japan real estate bets
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MONEY MARKETS-Dollar Libor highest since November pre-FOMC

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - The interbank cost of borrowing dollar funds reached its highest since Nov. 24 on Thursday as speculation intensified about the timing of the first U.S. federal funds rate hike since December 2008. The London Interbank
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FCIC will question Greenspan about causes of crisis, sources say

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will quiz former U.S.  - More - 
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Cleveland Fed produces third 'Drawing Board' video on YouTube

It's not what you'd call a viral video, but the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's latest post on YouTube is its most popular yet. The bank this month posted its third 'Drawing Board' video that aims to explain complicated economic concepts in a fun and
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Fed emerges from battle poised to be stronger

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions. Senate negotiators
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Once struggling Fed gets a new look as regulator of largest, riskiest firms

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the largest financial institutions in the United States.
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Money Funds Welcome Fed's Reverse Repos

Money market funds are welcoming the Federal Reserve's offer to buy an estimated $1 trillion in reverse repos, as the economy continues to rebound and the government looks to reduce the $2 trillion it pumped into the capital markets. Still, even as the
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Senate Banking Committee Negotiators Favor Placing New Consumer Financial Protection Agency At Fed

In a move that?s raising red flags among some consumer advocates, top negotiators for the Senate Banking Committee signaled Wednesday they favor establishing a new consumer financial protection agency within the Federal Reserve as part of a compromise
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