The US carmaker has shifted $1bn from loans to bonds, trimming its institutional loans to $2.5bn from $3.5bn and increasing its junk bond sale from $2.5bn to $3.5bn View full post on All Stories
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German autos lead Europe shares higher
March 30th, 2011
admin EUROPEAN shares ended higher, led by gains in Germany, though peripheral markets had a mixed session due to worries over sovereign debt. View full post on All Stories
Flaherty eyes prudent bank lending to curb rise in Canadian household debt
December 24th, 2010
admin To curb the alarming rise in Canadian household debt, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged Canadian banks Thursday to adopt prudent lending policies. He issued the proposal after Statistics Canada found that household debt reached a record-high level in the third quarter of 2010. View full post on All Stories
Fed buys $7.79 bln in U.S. debt; bonds stay down
December 13th, 2010
admin NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York bought $7.79 billion in Treasury debt on Monday, the latest operation of the Fed’s second round of quantitative easing to support lending and spending. The amount includes purchases to be made under a previous program to reinvest cash from its maturing mortgage-related holdings back [...]
AIG files plan to pay off debt to New York Fed, prepare for Treasury stock swap
December 8th, 2010
admin Insurance giant American International Group on Wednesday formalized plans to pay off its debt to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and set the stage for the Treasury Department to sell a significant portion of its stake in the firm early next year. View full post on All Stories
Fed buys $1.63 bln in inflation-linked debt
December 8th, 2010
admin NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York bought $1.63 billion in Treasury debt on Wednesday, the latest operation of the Fed’s second round of quantitative easing to support lending and spending. The amount includes purchases to be made under a previous program to reinvest cash from its maturing mortgage-related holdings back [...]
Solving Federal Debt Crisis Hinges On Compromises
November 29th, 2010
admin A new plan from the heads of a White House commission, calling for significant spending cuts and new tax revenues, faces protests from both the left and the right. But its authors say lawmakers can either deal with the rising debt or have a fix thrust upon them by those lending money to the U.S. [...]
Fed buys $2.169 bln in debt; Treasurys lose gains
November 19th, 2010
admin NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York bought $2.169 billion in Treasury bonds on Friday, the latest in almost-daily operations as the Fed engages in a second round of quantitative easing to support lending and spending. The amount includes purchases to be made under a previous program to reinvest cash from [...]
Greenspan warns of bond crisis
November 14th, 2010
admin Former Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan says the US must move to rein in its massive budget deficits. ||| Washington – The United States must move to rein in its massive budget deficits or it faces the risk of a bond market crisis, former Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan said on Sunday. “We’ve got to [...]

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