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...Marina became the first person from her community ever elected to the federal senate and built support for sustainable development in the Amazon region....
...Its $440bn credit arm makes more business loans than some midsize banks, making it not so much an investment outfit as an alternative financial system....
...Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, World Trade Organization head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey are among the top drawer list of speakers....
...series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas....
...The quickest path to make sure that banks keep credit lines open, runs through the Federal Reserve....
...This month the Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index and the Dow Jones Bank Index of US lenders have each lost more than 40 per cent, while the cost of insuring bank debt through credit default swaps has soared....
...Relative forward P/E of software v semis, commercial & professional services v capital goods and C&P v transportation Bank of England stuck on hold — On Thursday there was consensus among UK policymakers...
...Tomorrow markets will be scrutinising the Federal Reserve meeting minutes for January. Investors anticipate discussion about when the balance sheet contraction halts....
...Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged “vigorous” antitrust enforcement, including hearings later this year on competition and consumer protection....
...Liikanen remains a probable alternative and would also be a good leader for the ECB for many of the same reasons as V. de Galhau....
...A halt to new credit is bad but the flight of pre-existing debt is worse. It also helps isolate public finances from private instability....
...(Wall Street Journal) Markets: Stocks and commodities rallied as the recent market fretting over reduced Federal Reserve stimulus and a credit crunch in China continued to fade....
...One bank named at the top here (the case was filed in the US District Court, Central District of California) is the then-named Western Corporate Federal Credit Union, which was taken over by regulators in...
...- Elon Musk v John Broder continues. - Scott Adams on robots. - Further, further further reading....
...“Credit is about tail risk, and that’s exactly what the government is taking away,” says one London hedge fund manager....
...Likewise, some managers are buying credit protection on the CDX IG – an index of credit default swaps written against high-grade corporate credits....
...Title V of the Budget Control Act details reductions to federal student loan grants, subsidised loans for graduate students, and financial incentives to pay loans early. 4. Stimulus supporters....
...Gallo, United States v. Gioia, United States v. Messina and United States v....
...Brussels-listed pharmaceutical company Omega Pharma gained 3 per cent to €32.36....
...Revising forecasts down for the first time since 2009, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, told Congress last week that the US outlook was “unusually uncertain”....
...Sergio J V Gasparian, Sao Paulo, Brazil DT: No I don’t think that in the coming 2-3 years emerging economies will need to withstand a serious debt crisis....
...But if credit markets were working well, the opportunities for credit easing (which is premised on abnormal liquidity and spreads) would be limited and the Fed would shift emphasis to focus on the risk-free...
...Or as Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who heads the advisory board, bluntly put it: “We cannot have so much consumption.” Additional reporting by Sarah O’Connor...
...The “peer-to-peer” feature, meanwhile, aims to empower trade partners by eliminating credit intermediaries....
...During the 1920s and 1930s, the United States, acting through the Federal Reserve, repeatedly had to support the Bank of England and the Bank of France when periods of tight credit and the outflow of funds...
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