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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:02 AM Original message |
Fed Considers Plan to Buy Companies' Unsecured Debt |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can we just own the banks already FFS? |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Krugman said on Rachel last night, it's going to come to that |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sooner or later, business is going to have to return to the model |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fed to buy ‘commercial paper’ to ease credit crunch |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. This on top of the 700 billion Paulson got from treasury last week |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The Fed is accountable to no one. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Hmm.... |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, that was an exagerration. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. More wall street and corporate welfare, unbelievable! |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Someone please explain 'commercial paper' to me. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Lending to businesses for use as working capital rather than long term investment. |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Short term bridge loans to businesses |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Banks will not lend money. |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. So will the Fed be making money on these loans? |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Finally, they're beginning to focus on the real problem now! This should have been the first step |
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SahaleArm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Wonderful - Fed is now buying unsecured debt? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. It will be cut to size and re-issued as toilet paper. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Chances are |
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SahaleArm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Taxpayers on the hook when companies go under |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Not quite "everyone". |
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