The Fed maintained the status quo in its decision last week, which means that it will continue to pump $25 billion per month through the…
There are a dozen bullet points in today’s Treasury Update. Here are the first 5. Month to date tax collections for the period ended June…
Kai Ryssdal: Forty-six years ago Schwartz, and a guy named Milton Friedman, who’d later go on to win the Nobel Prize for economics, wrote a…
The Fed will decide on Wednesday whether, and by how much, it will increase the rate at which it pumps cash through Primary Dealer trading…
Dataquick is now reporting a 7.4% increase in closed sale values for the 30 days ended June 7 versus a year ago. This would represent…
Dataquick is reporting a 6.3% increase in sale prices and a 10.1% increase in sales volume for May versus May 2011. Versus 3 years ago,…
New York TimesWho's Talking About JP Morgan at the Senate Banking Committee HearingWall Street Journal (blog)Five key regulators appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday to discuss risk in the financial system and JP Morgan's r…
The composite liquidity indicator downticked slightly last week on small declines in most of its components. It has been flat since May 2, while remaining…
The other day the IRS announced new rules for settling tax liabilities for individuals. It’s a sweet deal. I thought that was interesting. Then yesterday we get an announcement from Altria (MO) that they too have cut a deal with the boys at the IRS. …
LifeHealthProJP Morgan loss latest argument for regulationThe RangerThat's the message from Jamie Dimon, the swaggering CEO of JP Morgan Chase, the nation's biggest bank. Recently, Dimon announced that JP Morgan had lost $2 billion on investmen…
