Mon 2008-11-03 00:00 EST
naked capitalism: CDS Pricing in Increasing Treasury Default Risk
CDS price; Increasing Treasury Default Risk; naked capitalism.
Treasury Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog
Sat 2008-11-01 00:00 EDT
Jesse's Café Américain: Pssssst - Here's a Tip for You
Jesse's Café Américain: Pssssst - Here's a Tip for You; ``Five Year TIP Yields have crossed up and over the conventional Five Year Treasury Yields for the first time''
Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: Merrill: Low Treasury Yields to Go Even Lower
Tue 2008-09-23 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: Treasury: "Honey, I Just Shot the Banks"
Tue 2008-09-23 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: Why You Should Hate the Treasury Bailout Proposal
Tue 2008-09-23 00:00 EDT
Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment
An Open Letter to the U.S. Congress Regarding the Current Financial Crisis, by John P. Hussman; ``the plan advocated by Treasury is essentially a plan to bail out the bondholders of financial institutions that made bad lending decisions, with little help to homeowners that are actually in financial distress''; Paulson bailout plan
Mon 2008-09-08 00:00 EDT
The Institutional Risk Analyst: Paulson Begins Gradual Wind-Down of GSEs within Conservatorship
Paulson Begins Gradual Wind-Down of GSEs within Conservatorship, by Institutional Risk Analytics; ``Now that the Treasury at least partly has followed our recommendation and taken the GSEs off the table as a concern for the bond investors who hold trillions of dollars worth of GSE debt, the markets and the respective presidential candidates can focus on the next, more pressing challenge, namely helping to refloat the US banking system''
conservatorship; GSEs; Institutional Risk Analyst; Paulson Begins Gradual Wind.
Mon 2008-08-04 00:00 EDT
London Banker: What's up with the covered bond push?
"Whenever Henry Paulson at Treasury, Ben Bernanke at the Fed and Shiela Bair at FDIC agree on anything, American taxpayers should check for their wallets...When the troubled bank nonetheless fails, our golden circle creditors get the good collateral in an expedited release from FDIC under its new policy statement. The FDIC is left with all the toxic waste assets and liability for depositor insurance claims, with no prospect of recovery"
Mon 2008-08-04 00:00 EDT
Is the U.S. Banking System Safe? - Seeking Alpha
Is the U.S. Banking System Safe? by James Quinn - Seeking Alpha; "The U.S. banking system is essentially insolvent. The Treasury, Federal Reserve, FASB, and Congress are colluding to keep the American public in the dark for as long as possible...When you see a bank CEO or a top government official tell you that everything is alright, run for the hills. They are lying."
Wed 2008-07-23 00:00 EDT
Calculated Risk: Report: Deal Reached on Housing Legislation
"Treasury would be barred from providing aid that would cause a breach in the federal debt ceiling"
Tue 2008-07-22 00:00 EDT
Individual - Legacy Treasury Direct®
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