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This week's moves fit the pattern. But they also show just how far the crisis has spread. The decision to shore up commercial paper will allow companies that are unable to borrow money from either the shadow or the real banking system to have access to the lender of...
Silver linings, alas, aren't liquid assets. And so, the Dow Jones Industrial Average scratched its head over how to interpret the decision by six central banks, including the Fed, to lower their key lending rates - the average moving first slightly up, then down, then up again till the last...
The upward momentum that seemed to dominate in the afternoon came because of the coordinated action between the central banks of the U.S. - which cut its rate half a point to 1.5% - the E.U., the U.K., Canada, Sweden and Switzerland, which all also cut their key lending rates. The decision...
But even the unprecedented Fed decision was quickly discounted by the market. Chris Low, chief economist of FTN Financial, said buying commercial paper was a "very good move," but explained that "investors almost have to see things work now before they'll believe them." In particular, Low pointed out, investors...
Uncle Sam may be knocking at Mass. Hall soon. Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced it would seek financial records from 400 tax-exempt American colleges and universities in a continuing review of their fiscal practices. Clearly, the government remains skeptical about the lack of operational transparency in...