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Fund guru warns China is at risk in asset bubbles worry

20.11.09
Little more than a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers smashed overblown share prices and sky-high property values, new bubbles are inflating around the world, just waiting to burst... more

Fund guru warns China is at risk in asset bubbles worry

20.11.09
Little more than a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers smashed overblown share prices and sky-high property values, new bubbles are inflating around the world, just waiting to burst... more

Regulators? We just love 'em, says John Mack

19.11.09
John Mack, the tough-talking boss of Morgan Stanley, has made a surprise confession: he likes regulators... more

Goldman doesn’t look good over AIG

19.11.09
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Whitney is über-bearish as shares rise around the world

17.11.09
Share prices on both sides of the Pond are trading at their best levels in more than a year, so stock market investors could be forgiven for thinking the worst of the global recession and banking meltdown is over ... more

Sir Win’s buying spree has City guessing about Lloyds

17.11.09
Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not? ... more

Key reform call Varley needs to make

16.11.09
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Printing money is helping the culprits

02.10.09
When the Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King announced his embrace of quantitative easing in the spring he said it would take six months before one could judge whether or not the policy was a success. That was six months ago. So now people are beginning to ask the question ... more

Bail-outs Ben has hit the road to make his excuses

30.07.09
THE latest star on America’s talk show circuit is Ben Bernanke, the once-taciturn Federal Reserve chairman with the Joy of Sex beard. ... more

Pound up on talk of new action by Fed

21.05.09
The pound today rose to its highest against the dollar for more than six months, jumping above the $1.58 mark at one point ... more

US spending spree sends pound soaring against dollar

19.03.09
The dollar collapsed after traders gave the thumbs down to US Federal Reserve plans for a drastic $1 trillion spending spree to revive America’s economy... more

Fed sets its first-ever target for inflation

19.02.09
Economics: The US Federal Reserve has set itself an inflation target for the first time as it warned that the economy is set to shrink more sharply in 2009 than it originally thought... more

Pound creeps up on dollar as Federal Reserve discuss credit crunch

28.01.09
Economics: The pound has rallied for a third day against a weakening dollar as the US Federal Reserve met to discuss new ways to ease the credit crunch ... more

Fed in £346bn move to kick-start housing

31.12.08
Finance: The US Federal Reserve has set a goal of buying $500 billion in mortgage-backed securities by mid-2009 in a bid to bring down mortgage costs and restart the collapsing housing market... more

Market report: Financials to the fore as high-risk Fed is snubbed

17.12.08
The response of London stock-market investors to the Federal Reserve's move to cut rates to within a range of between zero and a quarter point was far less enthusiastic than that of their counterparts on Wall Street overnight.... more

Deflation fears in US after 0% interest rate prediction

20.11.08
Economy: A senior Wall Street economist predicts US interest rates will be 0% by early next year... more

Fed's bailout for AIG rises to £96 billion

10.11.08
Ailing AIG is to receive an increased $150 billion bailout package from the US Federal Reserve in a sign that the insurance giant needs far more help than previously announced... more

Fed to step up battle against recession with new rate cut

29.10.08
Economy: The US Federal Reserve is set to slash interest rates as central banks around the world accelerate the fight against recession... more

Time to act fast - but no room for panic

27.10.08
A guessing game over how far and how fast central banks will cut interest rates was under way in the City today.... more

GM in a drive to borrow from Fed

13.10.08
Engineering: US carmaking giant General Motors, in talks with rival Chrysler over a possible merger, is also expected to seek loans from the Federal Reserve as it struggles for survival... more

It's dollars unlimited to boost liquidity

13.10.08
Credit crunch: Unlimited amounts of dollars will be available to the commercial bank lending market as the US Federal Reserve continues to stand behind attempts to kick-start liquidity in the money markets... more

Fed pumps in £100bn to avoid another collapse

18.09.08
The Federal Reserve wades into the international money markets, pumping in a further $180 billion (£101 billion) of dollar-denominated lending ... more

Banks slash overnight lending rates

17.09.08
Banking: Banks dramatically slashed the rates they charge for lending to each other today on relief at the AIG bailout.... more

Fed chief's clues on crisis battle

22.08.08
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to give clues about how he plans to tackle the credit crisis when he addresses central bankers... more

Fed’s headache over rates move

05.08.08
Ben Bernanke and other top policymakers at the US Federal Reserve face a bewildering array of conflicting data... more

Fears that White House and Fed can do no more for economy

14.07.08
The latest crisis to grip the US economy has left investors fearful that there is little the White House and the Federal Reserve can do to restore stability... more

A dilemma for the Fed on rescue mission

14.07.08
The dilemma faced by the US Federal Reserve and the Treasury, therefore, is not whether the agencies should be rescued, but how best to do it... more

End is seen to US round of rate cuts

25.06.08
The US Federal Reserve was set to abandon its aggressive rate-cutting stance amid growing concerns over rising inflation... more

Upbeat Bank and Fed lift mood in the City

01.05.08
City economists are cautiously optimistic about seeing an end to the credit crunch within months... more

Fed chief admits full-blown US recession is on the cards

02.04.08
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke admits for the first time that a full-blown recession in the US is possible... more

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