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Two-Year Treasury Yields Move Toward Zero, A Chance For More Stimulus

Posted: July 7, 2010 at 5:04 am

What is a safe haven investment worth? The yield on two-year notes has dropped to near .6%. The drop in global stock markets, and fear of a rise in the ...
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AIG’s Robert Benmosche: The Great Quitter

Posted: July 1, 2010 at 5:11 am

Robert Benmosche, the CEO of American International Group, threatens to quit his job so often that it could be timed by a metronome. He whined when the press criticized him ...
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HAMP Program A Failure Or Success?

Posted: May 18, 2010 at 5:06 am

The Treasury Department released its April report on the progress of HAMP, a program to modify mortgages so that people can stay in their homes. The first reaction by the media and ...
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Federal Debt Now $12.7 Billion, Nearing Statutory Limit

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 2:29 pm

The Treasury Department released the statement of public debt as of March 31. According to the release, the national debt stood at $12.7 trillion. The statutory limit for public debt ...
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Social Security Begins To Take Back Money Treasury Borrowed

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 5:11 am

The Social Security Administration wants back the $2.5 trillion its has loaned to the US Treasury. It is no wonder. The agency will have to pay out $29 billion more ...
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Geithner’s Bank Rehab, Still More Questions Than Answers

Posted: February 10, 2009 at 11:36 am

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is out with his banking and financial rescue plan.  This will not go without criticism and not all methodologies look set in stone, mainly because this ...
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