Analysis
The Alphabet Soup Explained: An Analysis of the Special Lending Facilities at the Federal Reserve
This paper looks at the trends in activity at the Federal Reserve’s newly-created special lending facilities, hoping to provide a better understanding of their operation and significance within financial markets. These facilities were created in response to the financial crisis and have expanded the Fed's balance sheet by over $1 trillion in terms of total assets.
The Fed Under Fire
VIDEO: The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington, long considered beyond the reach of lawmakers. But now, as details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124657539489189043.html
Opinion (Stan Liebowitz)
On the Road to Regulation
EDITORIAL
If It’s Too Big to Fail, Is It Too Big to Exist?
Nearly a century ago, the jurist Louis Brandeis railed against what he called the “curse of bigness.” He warned that banks, railroads and steel companies had grown so huge thatthey were lording it over the nation’s economic and political life. [See also "<a href="http://wwwRead more »
Is Obama Flubbing the Financial Fix?
Old habits die hard—especially bad ones, and especially when they're backed by well-heeled lobbyists and a powerful congressional committee chairman.Read more »
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