Bernanke Panky News » 2008

August 2008
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
« Jul		Sep »
	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

Archive for November 2008

Bank Closure Map (0)
Posted on August 31, 2008 11:15 PM
‘Experts’ Who Actually Know What Is Going On (0)
Posted on August 31, 2008 11:09 PM
Why did Johnny Mac pick Sarah Palin? (0)
Posted on August 31, 2008 12:34 PM
Bloggers versus MSM (0)
Posted on August 31, 2008 12:24 PM
Lehman Brothers Quick Fix Cash Injection TBA (0)
Posted on August 30, 2008 8:27 PM
Get Physical (0)
Posted on August 30, 2008 1:14 PM
Mortgage Fraud Is on the Rise, Infecting the GSEs (0)
Posted on August 30, 2008 6:41 AM
Foreign Central Banks and Agency Debt: 2000 to Present (0)
Posted on August 29, 2008 11:41 PM
Bank Implosion: Integrity Bank (0)
Posted on August 29, 2008 8:09 PM
Something Wicked This Way Comes (0)
Posted on August 29, 2008 1:48 PM
Japan’s Net Sales of Foreign Debt Reaches Record (0)
Posted on August 29, 2008 10:05 AM
The Wimpy Fed Regime (0)
Posted on August 29, 2008 9:54 AM
SEC Moves to Pull Plug (0)
Posted on August 29, 2008 9:51 AM
Is Massive Foreign Treasury Buying Causing A US$ Rally? (0)
Posted on August 29, 2008 9:43 AM
Dead Men Walking (0)
Posted on August 28, 2008 3:22 PM
World’s Largest Gold Refiner Runs Out of Krugerrands (0)
Posted on August 28, 2008 3:21 PM
Ron Paul throws the Fed and the GOP under the bus on CNN (0)
Posted on August 28, 2008 2:51 PM
Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius: Don’t Be Fooled by Inflation (0)
Posted on August 28, 2008 10:14 AM
Inflation Takes Hold Globally (0)
Posted on August 28, 2008 10:03 AM
The Best Central Banker in the World Today (0)
Posted on August 28, 2008 9:59 AM
Growth and Inflation (0)
Posted on August 28, 2008 1:15 AM
The Great Gold, Silver Conspiracy Explained (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 2:00 PM
FDIC May Have To Borrow From Treasury (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 1:13 PM
Stifel cuts BankUnited to sell on capital concerns (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 11:50 AM
Fed’s Lockhart Says House Prices May Fall Another 15% (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 11:33 AM
Mortgage Insurer Downgrades - This One Could Sting (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 10:35 AM
Thornburg’s Recent Margin Call May Signal More Trouble for Banks (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 10:32 AM
Cash Strapped FDIC Considers Tapping Treasury (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 9:00 AM
FDIC says IndyMac failure costlier than expected (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 8:51 AM
The Two Great Financial Mysteries of Our Time: Missing Money and Collateral Fraud (0)
Posted on August 27, 2008 12:26 AM
Fannie, Freddie Debt Deferral May Not Trigger Swaps (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 9:29 PM
Regulatory paranoia means hedge fund claustrophobia (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 2:52 PM
Fed Officials Agree Next Rate Move Will Be Increase (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 2:36 PM
Lehman Said to Weigh Forming New Company to Buy Mortgage Assets (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 2:36 PM
A matter of Principal - Here comes the Tsunami (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 2:31 PM
Silver Investors Sucker Punched by Two U.S. Banks (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 2:29 PM
Fed’s Fisher Says Growth Could Go Negative, but Focus Remains on Inflation (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 9:43 AM
Lending Over Backward: FHA Bailout Could Cost $100 Billion (0)
Posted on August 26, 2008 7:43 AM
Beijing swells dollar reserves through stealth (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 11:27 PM
Freddie, Fannie Failure Could Be World `Catastrophe,’ Yu Says (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 11:10 PM
FBI saw threat of mortgage crisis (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 11:06 PM
Freddie, Fannie pare losses (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 2:34 PM
Washington Is Quietly Repudiating Its Debts (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 10:13 AM
Libor Signals Tighter Credit as Banks Balk at Lending (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 5:49 AM
Fannie, Freddie Woes Vex Experts (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 5:33 AM
Worsening the Fallout (0)
Posted on August 25, 2008 12:13 AM
10 Reasons why there will be no Second Half Recovery in 2008: Federal Reserve, Housing, and Jobs (0)
Posted on August 24, 2008 11:28 PM
Libor Signals Tighter Credit as Banks Balk at Lending (0)
Posted on August 24, 2008 10:56 PM
Another Look at the Labor Market (0)
Posted on August 24, 2008 9:36 AM
Buiter Provokes Wrath at Jackson Hole, Says Fed Too Close to Wall Street (0)
Posted on August 24, 2008 9:25 AM
The CDARS of Lebanon: Did Gramm-Leach-Bliley Doom FDIC? (0)
Posted on August 24, 2008 9:15 AM
U.S. Mint to Resume Distribution of American Eagle Gold Coins (0)
Posted on August 23, 2008 12:59 PM
“Peak Oil!! Peak Inflation ?!? Peak Credit??” (0)
Posted on August 23, 2008 12:09 PM
Peak Theory, Applied To Inflation (0)
Posted on August 23, 2008 12:02 PM
Freddie’s Loss is Gold’s Gain (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 4:55 PM
Lehman, Treasury, Fed Have Lost Control Of The Game (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 3:23 PM
Bernanke: ‘Financial storm’ not yet subsided (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 3:21 PM
Mr. Mortgage: Fannie/Freddie Bailout - Who Gets Thrown Under the Bus? (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 2:55 PM
Bloomberg: Here’s to Hoping Nouriel Roubini Is Proven Wrong (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 10:26 AM
Wall Street Journal reports gold coin shortage, cites GATA (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 10:14 AM
The ECB has to stop propping up banks (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 9:43 AM
Movie Review: “I.O.U.S.A.” (0)
Posted on August 22, 2008 12:40 AM
I.O.U.S.A. Trailers (0)
Posted on August 21, 2008 10:14 AM
Movie paints picture of catastrophic future (0)
Posted on August 21, 2008 10:07 AM
FED Freaks Over Lehman Credit Lines - Credit Suisse Denies Rumors (0)
Posted on August 21, 2008 9:37 AM
FED Freaks Over Lehman Credit Lines - Credit Suisse Denies Rumors (0)
Posted on August 21, 2008 9:31 AM
The Bubble Man (0)
Posted on August 21, 2008 9:21 AM
A Fabrication Bottleneck or Something More (0)
Posted on August 20, 2008 11:32 PM
The Crack Up Boom, Part VI (0)
Posted on August 20, 2008 11:07 PM
Gold Bull or Bear (0)
Posted on August 20, 2008 10:54 PM
Radio Free Wall Street - 8/20 (0)
Posted on August 20, 2008 2:36 PM
The Inflationary Fever Is About to Break (0)
Posted on August 20, 2008 10:29 AM
Gas prices down for 42nd consecutive day (0)
Posted on August 20, 2008 10:16 AM
Freddie, Fannie Nail-Biting Continues (0)
Posted on August 20, 2008 10:09 AM
Lawrence B. Lindsey on US Crony Capitalism (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 11:41 PM
Paulson Playing Chicken With Markets (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 4:24 PM
FHA Share of Mortgage Apps Soars: MBA (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 4:14 PM
Freddie Note Sale Crimps Treasurys (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 4:06 PM
Cox: SEC to propose short sale rule in weeks (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 2:24 PM
Fed’s Fisher Says FOMC Cannot Risk Credibility, Must Act if Inflation Continues (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 2:09 PM
Large U.S. Banks May Fail Amid Recession, Rogoff Says (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 1:46 PM
M3 Contraction - The Future Is Now (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 1:35 PM
High borrowing costs defy Fed’s interest rate cuts (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 1:22 PM
Sharp US money supply contraction points to Wall Street crunch ahead (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 1:07 PM
Russia says keeps buying Fannie, Freddie debt (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 11:28 AM
The Lessons of a Lifetime (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 11:23 AM
The Endgame Nears For Fannie and Freddie (0)
Posted on August 19, 2008 9:10 AM
Let’s Be Hunts (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 11:48 PM
Gold: Misconceptions vs. Reality (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 11:14 PM
SoCal real estate - sales up, prices down … way down (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 2:37 PM
Bernanke Tries to Define What Institutions Fed Could Let Fail (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 2:26 PM
Merrill, Wachovia in Danger of Failing: Strategist (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 1:39 PM
The “decoupling” debate continues … in some circles (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 12:47 PM
Precious Metals Price Disconnect: Manipulation To Avoid Billions of Bank Losses? (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 12:10 PM
Steve Saville On The US Dollar And Gold (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 11:00 AM
A hundred-year event every few years (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 10:52 AM
Nonfeasance in Financial Oversight (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 10:29 AM
U.S. likely to recapitalize Fannie, Freddie: report (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 10:09 AM
The Next Matryoshka Event? (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 12:49 AM
The other Dr. Doom (0)
Posted on August 18, 2008 12:44 AM
Europe succumbing to global economic woes (0)
Posted on August 17, 2008 2:24 PM
Lowenstein Lecture (0)
Posted on August 17, 2008 1:07 PM
Something about Dollar (0)
Posted on August 17, 2008 12:52 PM
Dysfunctional Pricing Backdrop (0)
Posted on August 16, 2008 1:47 PM
The Hedge Fund Hustle (0)
Posted on August 16, 2008 12:30 PM
Franklin Sanders: Paper prices no longer rule the precious metals markets (0)
Posted on August 16, 2008 11:42 AM
Gold, Silver and the Great Unwind (0)
Posted on August 16, 2008 11:37 AM
Chicago Fed: “Normal” Growth Won’t Return Until 2010 (0)
Posted on August 16, 2008 9:04 AM
Some excellent gold commentary at Minyanville (0)
Posted on August 15, 2008 3:55 PM
Panic Selling in Gold: What’s Next? (0)
Posted on August 15, 2008 1:56 PM
Economists Dismiss Boost in U.S. Industrial Production Report (0)
Posted on August 15, 2008 11:11 AM
What’s up with precious metals? (0)
Posted on August 15, 2008 11:00 AM
What the Silver Shortages Mean (0)
Posted on August 15, 2008 9:15 AM
Fed Prez Stern Flips On Inflation (0)
Posted on August 15, 2008 8:55 AM
U.S. mint suspends gold coin sales; Market rigged to support dollar? (0)
Posted on August 15, 2008 8:39 AM
King opposes Treasury’s liquidity plans (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 4:51 PM
The complete and utter failure of owners’ equivalent rent (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 4:01 PM
Central Bank Spam (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 3:50 PM
The WSJ Greenspan story: Bad on so many levels (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 3:47 PM
Jumbo Conforming Mortgages Eligible for TBA Trades: SIFMA (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 2:51 PM
Second Mortgages Undermining New FHA Bailout Law (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 9:35 AM
Consumer prices jump 0.8% in July (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 9:17 AM
Inflation rises to 5.6 percent, highest in 17 years (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 9:03 AM
Mervyn King issues warning on economy (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 8:26 AM
Private-Equity Deals Wane (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 7:47 AM
Greenspan Unloads (0)
Posted on August 14, 2008 7:41 AM
Radio Free Wall Street 8/13/08 (0)
Posted on August 13, 2008 7:38 PM
Is the White House pushing bank failures onto the next administration’s plate? (0)
Posted on August 13, 2008 4:03 PM
Affirming the credibility of Baghdad Bob and crew (0)
Posted on August 13, 2008 11:04 AM
Retail & Auto sales disappoint (0)
Posted on August 13, 2008 10:25 AM
How’s My Bank or Why One Rating Just Isn’t Enough (0)
Posted on August 13, 2008 9:17 AM
Stage two of the gold bull market is just beginning (0)
Posted on August 13, 2008 12:00 AM
New York Bank Probe Not Over Yet: Cuomo’s Office (0)
Posted on August 12, 2008 9:12 PM
UK inflation exceeds Bank interest rate for first time since 1981 (0)
Posted on August 12, 2008 9:03 PM
Dear Investor, (0)
Posted on August 12, 2008 10:11 AM
Living here in Allentown (0)
Posted on August 12, 2008 10:07 AM
Australia Reserve Bank “shocked” by the severity of the slowdown (0)
Posted on August 12, 2008 8:21 AM
Lending Standards Tighten Again In US And Eurozone (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 11:18 PM
Housing for poor gets big boost (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 10:52 PM
FANNIE AND FREDDIE: GIVING AWAY THE FARM (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 10:47 PM
Google Maps StreetView House on Fire (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 3:43 PM
Which way next for short-term rates? (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 3:41 PM
Currency Intervention And Other Conspiracies (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 1:04 PM
The Balance Sheet Lies of Merrill Lynch and Wall Street’s Failing Cabal (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 10:09 AM
What Banks And The Government Are Not Telling Us About 2009—The Next Shoes You Hear Drop May Be Very Loud Ones (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 10:07 AM
Fed Failing to Get Credit Flowing (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 8:28 AM
Should unelected officials choose who benefits from taxpayers’ money? (0)
Posted on August 11, 2008 6:09 AM
The Predators’ Ball (0)
Posted on August 10, 2008 10:09 AM
One on One with David Rosenberg, Chief North American Economist at Merrill Lynch (0)
Posted on August 9, 2008 4:09 PM
Gold, Oil Ratio ‘Out of Whack’ After Declines: Chart of the Day (0)
Posted on August 9, 2008 11:08 AM
Governments caused the credit crisis, but capitalism gets the blame (0)
Posted on August 8, 2008 11:02 PM
Commodities still well shy of the 2006 correction (0)
Posted on August 8, 2008 10:26 AM
Trichet Puts Spotlight on the Euro, Dollar (0)
Posted on August 8, 2008 4:37 AM
Initial jobless claims push even higher (0)
Posted on August 7, 2008 10:13 AM
Mortgages Made in 2007 Go Bad at Rapid Clip (0)
Posted on August 7, 2008 10:05 AM
Freddie Mac’s negative net worth raises questions (0)
Posted on August 7, 2008 8:55 AM
BOE Keeps Rate at 5% as Economy Slumps, Prices Rise (0)
Posted on August 7, 2008 7:43 AM
Money Printing to Save Imploding Banks Will Send Gold Soaring (0)
Posted on August 7, 2008 7:34 AM
Defaults on Bonds May Climb to 10% as Economy Slows (0)
Posted on August 7, 2008 7:28 AM
The Frugal Future (0)
Posted on August 7, 2008 7:19 AM
Freddie warns it may dilute existing shareholders (0)
Posted on August 6, 2008 6:20 PM
Radio Free Wall Street 8/6/2008 (0)
Posted on August 6, 2008 2:31 PM
First Fed - should anyone be surprised? (0)
Posted on August 6, 2008 10:17 AM
Gross: “Talk Of Rate Hikes Is Comical” (0)
Posted on August 6, 2008 9:08 AM
Freddie Losses Bigger Than Expected (0)
Posted on August 6, 2008 8:35 AM
No Change in Rates, Substantial Inflation Risk (0)
Posted on August 5, 2008 2:09 PM
Syron’s Song (0)
Posted on August 5, 2008 10:15 AM
Bernanke facing revolt over inflation? (0)
Posted on August 5, 2008 9:08 AM
Truce Time in the Fan-Fred Wars (0)
Posted on August 5, 2008 8:48 AM
Citigroup Posts Loss on Credit-Card Securitizations (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 8:20 PM
Moody’s & Fitch Join S&P in Massive Alt-A RMBS Downgrade Avalanche (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 7:34 PM
How much worse can “It” get? (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 6:03 PM
The World’s Grandest Ponzi Scheme Unravels (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 3:20 PM
Bear Trap (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 2:36 PM
Which way for the price of oil and gold? (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 2:34 PM
Is the BLS catching all these “quality adjustments”? (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 2:32 PM
FOMC’s Window of Opportunity for Rate Hike Now Closed (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 2:30 PM
Is the U.S. Banking System Safe? (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 12:39 PM
NY Times picks up the prime meme, but misses the point (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 9:42 AM
Economists Say U.S. PCE Core Deflator Adds to Hawkish View (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 9:24 AM
Worst inflation in 27 years trumps tax rebates (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 8:48 AM
Roubini says “hundreds of banks” will fail (0)
Posted on August 4, 2008 8:22 AM
The fiction of corporate transparency (0)
Posted on August 3, 2008 3:00 PM
Speculators don’t create commodity bubbles (0)
Posted on August 3, 2008 2:42 PM
Housing bill - A hair of the dog (0)
Posted on August 3, 2008 9:52 AM
Greedy bankers, lousy government led to housing mess (0)
Posted on August 3, 2008 8:21 AM
U.S. May Be in `Very Long’ Recession, Harvard’s Feldstein Says (0)
Posted on August 2, 2008 9:28 PM
Henry Paulson has lost Control over US Finance, Economy (0)
Posted on August 2, 2008 8:56 PM
Revisions matter. So do levels (0)
Posted on August 2, 2008 12:02 PM
Doscientos Mes (0)
Posted on August 2, 2008 11:59 AM
Like a regular Friday night date (0)
Posted on August 2, 2008 11:53 AM
The Credit Problem (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 5:06 PM
Moving the Retirement Goal Posts? (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 4:22 PM
Not Practical To Tell The Truth (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 4:17 PM
Turn that finger around big boy! (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 10:57 AM
The Truth About Inflation (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 10:14 AM
More of the same for employment (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 9:44 AM
Hired Guns on the Scene (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 9:09 AM
Banks up Fed borrowing, watch for new share price lows (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 8:55 AM
Recession fears as America sheds jobs (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 8:41 AM
More Arrows Seen Pointing to a Recession (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 2:39 AM
Fed Loans to Banks Made Easier By Fannie Mae Rescue (0)
Posted on August 1, 2008 12:00 AM

Meta

Latest B-P Comic!

Calendar:

Site Stats

Polls

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

Blogroll

Contributors

Archive for November 2008