Posts Tagged ‘FOMC’

FOMC Meeting Surprise! Committee Finds Justification to Continue Doing What They’re Doing

Written on 31 Jan, 2013 at 2:27

I don't know what we'd do without the FOMC... except maybe... be forced to make real progress in some substantive way. ... (Continue reading)

An Important Message about 2012 for both President Obama & Mitt Romney

Written on 30 Apr, 2012 at 8:15

In 2012, the road to the White House runs directly through the states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis, most notably Ohio and Florida, but also Michigan, Nevada, and North Carolina, et al. For the Obama campaign, I would... (Continue reading)

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Are they lying or are they stupid?

Written on 14 Jan, 2012 at 15:51

Look... are you feeling me here? Do you see what I'm saying? What's the deal? Are they lying or are they stupid, because there's no way in the world we should be talking about whether the FOMC... (Continue reading)

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Please Stop Bernanke’s Transparency – He’s Frightening the Children

Written on 30 Apr, 2011 at 7:55

Okay, that's it... I'm convinced... Ben has never actually been to a "troubled community." Would someone in Washington D.C please take him on a tour of pretty much anywhere Southeast will do... Minnesota Avenue, Lincoln Heights, I'm sure Anacostia... (Continue reading)

Federal Reserve Bank President Says We’re In For a Long Hard Road Ahead

Written on 19 May, 2010 at 22:04

What happened? As the decline in housing prices began to accelerate across the country, this exposed underlying cracks in the financial system. Foreclosures began to rise, loan losses mounted, and housing prices dropped even more, creating a downward spiral not... (Continue reading)