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Freddie Mac Portfolio Grows, Delinquencies Rise

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 11:55 AM by CNBC
Fed Purchases $3.647 billion in GSE Debt Coupons

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 11:42 AM by www.newyorkfed.org

The current program to purchase direct obligations from housing-related GSEs is intended to reduce the cost and increase the availability of credit for the purchase of homes.
US Treasury's Geithner Says Downturn May Be Easing

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 9:49 AM by CNBC
Private investors skeptical of 'toxic' bank assets

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 9:49 AM by www.marketwatch.com

Private investors seeking to participate in the Treasury Department’s program to clear $1 trillion in so-called toxic mortgages and other assets from banks must submit their applications by Friday. Prospective participants are going right up to the deadline...
Ford Posts $1.4 Billion Loss, Burns Less Cash

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 9:34 AM by feeds.washingtonpost.com

Ford Motor Co. today reported a loss of $1.4 billion for the first three months of this year but said it has enough cash left to continue to eschew government aid as it strives to break even or become profitable again by 2011.
Federal Program to Boost Private Lending Struggles to Get Money to Consumers

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 9:33 AM by feeds.washingtonpost.com

In its first two months, the government's signature initiative to support consumer lending has fallen well short of expectations, deploying only a fraction of the amount officials had hoped to extend to stimulate auto loans, student loans and credit...
UK Shrinks in First Quarter, Sharpest Fall Since 1979

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 9:33 AM by CNBC
Bank Stress Tests Enter Critical Phase

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 9:33 AM by CNBC
Fed reports huge balance sheet jump

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 6:58 PM by rss.cnn.com

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Mortgage-Rate Patterns Sway Amid Changing Landscape

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 3:49 PM by feeds.washingtonpost.com

The mortgage shopping basics have been turned on their head.
FDIC's Bair: Banks, housing past crisis stage

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 3:49 PM by Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks and the U.S. housing market are past the crisis stage and are now on a path to recovery, a top U.S. regulator said on Thursday.
Federal Reserve Purchases $26.2 billion Agency MBS

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 3:34 PM by www.newyorkfed.org

Purchases in agency MBS by investment managers acting as agents for the Federal Reserve System Open Market Account (SOMA).
Trump: An 'Amazing' Time To Buy Real Estate

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 1:44 PM by CNBC
BofA's Lewis Says He Was Told To Be Quiet on Merrill

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 1:43 PM by CNBC
Treasury Raises Offer to Chrysler Lenders

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 1:43 PM by CNBC
The cash bubble hasn't burst yet

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 1:43 PM by rss.cnn.com

Investors pulled their money out of the stock market in droves following last fall's credit market collapse. But they may be slowly putting cash back to work now that stocks are in the midst of an explosive rally.
Fed Purchases $7 billion in Treasury Coupons

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 11:28 AM by www.newyorkfed.org

The purchase or sale of Treasury securities on an outright basis adds or drains reserves available in the banking system. Such transactions are arranged on a routine basis to offset other changes in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet in conjunction with efforts to maintain conditions in the market for reserves consistent with the federal funds target rate set by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
U.S. jobless claims up slightly above forecast

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 9:47 AM by Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose by a slightly more than forecast 27,000 last week, government data showed on Thursday, while continued claims posted a record high again as the recession bit...
Obama to Host Credit-Card CEOs, Pledges New Rules

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 9:47 AM by feeds.washingtonpost.com

President Obama will make clear to credit card executives today that he intends to back efforts to crack down on what lawmakers consider to be deceptive practices, even as the industry criticized legislation in the House of Representatives as dangerous...
Barclays pledges 11% lending boost

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 7:56 AM by www.ft.com

The bank said it would return to paying a dividend in the second half of this year, amid favourable trading in the first quarter, as it promised to increase loans to customers by £11bn in 2009

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