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...former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board famously described his job as "taking the punch bowl away just when the party is getting good." Current Fed chief Ben Bernanke wishes it were so. With stock markets around the world reeling, and with a deep housing slump in the United States crippling growth in the world's largest economy, Bernanke's Fed is now frantically ladling the punch out - even though almost everyone already has a brutal hangover. The Fed's surprise January 22nd rate cut - it slashed its key interest rate three quarters of a percentage point, and signaled that...
Even before U.S. markets reopened, the Federal Reserve Board cut the federal funds rate 75 basis points, to 3.50%, "in view of a weakening of the economic outlook and increasing downside risks to growth," the Board said in a statement. It was the first time since the markets reopened after Sept. 11, 2001, that the Fed had changed the federal funds rate between scheduled meetings. The move buoyed stocks in Europe, and added to speculation that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England would also cut rates in an attempt to stave off a slowdown. In morning trading...
...more to purchase a house, namely $13.5 million. Easy-Peasy! Paris: For $248, or just a little more than you spend buying 4 bags of groceries at Broadway Market, you can find yourself in a quaint French café, being treated like shit by a French waiter. Caribbean cruise: Board the Carnival Destiny (what does that even mean?) for a voyage around the southern Caribbean, stopping in exotic locations like Domenica, Antigua, and St. Maarten. If you’re really feeling badass, hit up the sweet “Millionaire’s Club Casino.” Except...
...Crimson’s editorial board put their slightly scuffed crystal ball to work. Check the photos on the right for all the predictions...
...govern the city’s school district, where minorities make up 64 percent of the student population. Committee member Patricia M. Nolan ’80 said she had worried that the composition of the committee could alienate some families. “Having Denise on the board as chair will make a big difference,” Nolan said. Simmons will also have to weigh in on the renewal of school superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s contract, a matter which has divided the committee in past years. Marc C. McGovern, a member of the School...