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Dollar rallies against euro

Published Wed, May 27 2009 10:14 AM by rss.cnn.com

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BofA: 'Well on Way' to Raising $33.9 Billion Fed Buffer

Published Wed, May 27 2009 10:13 AM by CNBC
Debt Exchange Falls Short; G.M. Moves to Sell Units

Published Wed, May 27 2009 10:12 AM by feeds.nytimes.com

G.M. prepared for a bankruptcy filing, as bondholders rejected an offer to exchange $27 billion in debt for stock.
Guest Post: Liquidity Drowning the Meaning of Inflation?

Published Wed, May 27 2009 10:12 AM by feedproxy.google.com

Submitted by Leo Kolivakis, publisher of . On Monday, Sheldon Filger wrote an article in the London Telegraph stating that the : ... though not downgrading the danger of deflation, I believe policymakers are ignoring other factors regarding this economic...
North Korea threatens South Korea militarily

Published Wed, May 27 2009 10:12 AM by www.marketwatch.com

North Korea threatens South Korea militarily, saying it’s no longer bound by a truce the two sides reached in 1953 to end the Korean War.
Stock futures point to lower open ahead of housing data

Published Wed, May 27 2009 9:17 AM by www.washingtonpost.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wednesday as General Motors inched closer to bankruptcy and investors await a key report on the housing market.
U.S. will eventually adopt 'bad bank' plan: PWC

Published Wed, May 27 2009 9:17 AM by www.marketwatch.com

The U.S. government will eventually adopt a 'bad bank' plan to purchase toxic assets from struggling lenders, despite avoiding such a solution so far, accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says.
Potential S&P CMBS Downgrades

Published Tue, May 26 2009 9:34 PM by Calculated Risk Blog

S&P put out a request for comment today titled: U.S. CMBS Rating Methodology And Assumptions For Conduit/Fusion Pools (ht Will, Jason, all) It is likely that the proposed changes, which represent a significant change to the criteria for rating high...
More Job Losses = Greater Foreclosures

Published Tue, May 26 2009 6:13 PM by feedproxy.google.com

“We’re about to have a big problem. Foreclosures were bad last year? It’s going to get worse.” -Morris A. Davis, a real estate expert at the University of Wisconsin. This is a theme I have been hammering on for some time: As more people lose their jobs...
Revisiting the JPMorgan / WaMu Acquisition

Published Tue, May 26 2009 3:54 PM by Calculated Risk Blog

From Bloomberg: (ht Mike in Long Island) When JPMorgan bought WaMu out of receivership last September for $1.9 billion, the New York-based bank used purchase accounting, which allows it to record impaired loans at fair value, marking down $118.2 billion...
Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, April 6 and 27, 2009

Published Tue, May 26 2009 2:05 PM by www.federalreserve.gov

Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, April 6 and 27, 2009
GM Bondholders Reject Plan, Setting Stage for Bankruptcy

Published Tue, May 26 2009 1:18 PM by CNBC

General Motors has failed to persuade enough bondholders to accept a debt-for-equity swap, setting the stage for the largest-ever U.S. industrial bankruptcy.
U.S. consumer mood lifts despite home price plunge

Published Tue, May 26 2009 1:18 PM by Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence soared in May to its highest level in eight months, suggesting underlying improvement in the economy after a grim first quarter that witnessed a record plunge in home prices.
House Prices: Real Prices, Price-to-Rent, and Price-to-Income

Published Tue, May 26 2009 1:18 PM by Calculated Risk Blog

Note earlier house price posts: and Here are three key measures of house prices: Price-to-Rent, Price-to-Income and real prices based on the Case-Shiller quarterly national home price index. Price-to-Rent In October 2004, Fed economist John Krainer and...
Homes: Almost 20% cheaper

Published Tue, May 26 2009 10:58 AM by rss.cnn.com

The home price slide accelerated during the first three months of 2009, according to a report issued Tuesday.
Case-Shiller: House Prices Tracking More Adverse Scenario

Published Tue, May 26 2009 10:42 AM by Calculated Risk Blog

Please see: for the seasonally adjusted composite indices. The first graph compares the Case-Shiller Composite 10 NSA index with the Stress Test scenarios from the Treasury (stress test data is estimated from quarterly forecasts). Click on graph for larger...
Freddie Mac Launches Guaranteed Structured Pass-Through K Certificates

Published Tue, May 26 2009 10:42 AM by www.freddiemac.com

McLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) today announced the launch of its offering of Series K-003 Structured Pass-Through Certificates ("K Certificates"), multifamily mortgage-backed securities that provide a new vehicle for the company to provide...
Consumer Banking: New credit-card law may be boon for credit unions

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:39 AM by www.marketwatch.com

Credit cards from credit unions often are better deals than bank credit cards -- and this should become even more evident as a new federal law tightens terms on interest rates and fees.
Job Losses Push Safer Mortgages to Foreclosure

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:38 AM by www.topix.net

As job losses rise, growing numbers of American homeowners with once solid credit are falling behind on their mortgages, amplifying a wave of foreclosures.
Hope For One Homeowner

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:38 AM by www.topix.net

Meet the only lender to successfully navigate the government's $300 billion effort to staunch the foreclosure flood.

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