Category Archives for banking
The Case Against the Fed
I got this petite book for Christmas, requested out of curiosity - The Case Against the Fed. My advice – don’t bother. I’ve read the first 30 or 40 pages this morning, and one term comes to mind: ridiculous. Let me … Continue reading
pillar 2 – the Basel accords (II)
Continuation of previous post – Basel Accords The second pillar pretty much gives regulators better tools to regulate banks with their credit risk assessment approach. So I guess the internal approaches are regulated. …how well are they, though? … Continue reading
Basel accords – pillar 1
Something I’ve been curious about – and I think deserves more attention – are the Basel accords. From what I know up front, there are two and provide guidelines for capital requirements for banks. And that Basel is in … Continue reading
lucky number 17!
Traffic is picking up – I should write more! Anyone got ideas? My current thought is (and it seems to be popular with the econ blogs out there…I had this idea two weeks ago!) – Keynesian versus Monetarism, their schools of … Continue reading
Slightly scary
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27906891 Hmm intuition? ESP?
breaking news?
It was just announced, almost just in passing, that the rates accrued on excess balances at the federal reserve increased. Instead of 75 bips below the target rate, it’s 35 bips. Please – someone – realize that this is a … Continue reading
Other fed fools…I mean tools
For the econ geeks out there – you know that the fed can do more than adjust short term rates with the FOMC. And, with many previous discussions before, they’ve enacted a new tool – interest on reserves. But in … Continue reading →
25. November 2008 by roguelynn
Categories: banking, commentary, economics, finance, subprime | Tags: banking, economy, fed, federal reserve, FOMC, lending | Leave a comment