
Analysis Topic: Interest Rates and the Bond Market
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, October 16, 2008
Debt vs Interest Rates Conundrum / Interest-Rates / US Debt
By: Michael_Pento

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
U.S. Forcing Banks to Resume Lending at Bazooka Point / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
For now, you can force banks to take money, but you can't force them to lend it. Let's explore this theory starting with a look at the Drama Behind a $250 Billion Banking Deal .
The chief executives of the nine largest banks in the United States trooped into a gilded conference room at the Treasury Department at 3 p.m. Monday. To their astonishment, they were each handed a one-page document that said they agreed to sell shares to the government, then Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said they must sign it before they left.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
US Treasury Bond Market Crash / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin here with an urgent update on these wild, wild markets.
The key factor many investors seem to be forgetting: While stock markets have enjoyed a historic rally, bond markets are suffering a dramatic decline.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Treasury Bonds ETF Inverse Trend to Stock Market Indices / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Mike_Paulenoff

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Monday, October 13, 2008
How Credit Crises Begin and End / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Clif_Droke

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Monday, October 13, 2008
Rising Bond Yields Despite Interest Rate Cuts / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Levente_Mady

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Monday, October 13, 2008
$62 Trillion Credit Default Swaps Threaten U.S. Government Bonds / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Mark_OByrne

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Friday, October 10, 2008
U.S. Fed Fears Loss of Power in Preventing Financial Collapse / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: The truth? You can't handle the truth.”
The truth is, the U.S. Federal Reserve does not directly control the Federal Funds rate, and its efforts to reduce the benchmark rate from 2.0% to 1.5% may do more damage than good – though for reasons you'd never guess. Attempts to lower the Fed Funds rate could irreparably damage Fed credibility and may actually narrow the Fed's credit-crisis-management options.
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Dollar Libor Jumps to New Credit Crisis Extreme / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Mike_Shedlock
Lending remains in a deep freeze as the Libor Dollar Rate Jumps to Highest in Year .
The cost of borrowing in dollars for three months in London soared to the highest level this year as coordinated interest-rate reductions worldwide failed to revive lending among banks for any longer than a day.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
LIBOR Interbank Money Market Earthquake Signals UK Debt Recession / Interest-Rates / UK Economy
By: Nadeem_Walayat

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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Credit Crisis Commercial Paper Disaster / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_Morning

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Thursday, October 09, 2008
UK Interest Rate Forecast 2009 / Interest-Rates / UK Interest Rates
By: NewsLetter
October 8th , 2008 Issue #33 Vol. 2Dear Reader,
The credit crisis has intensified during the last few weeks to a new manic stage as entire countries are put at risk of bankruptcy due to their banking system rescue attempts exploding liabilities, as the demand goes out for 100% guarantees of depositors and country after country buckles under the pressure so as to prevent a collapse of their individual banking systems.
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Credit Default Swaps Weapons of Financial Mass Destruction / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Gary_Dorsch

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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
UK Interest Rate Cut Surprises Markets / Interest-Rates / UK Interest Rates
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Bank of England took emergency action ahead of the scheduled Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) rate setting meeting tomorrow to cut the UK base interest rate by 0.50%.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Unprecedented Global Coordinated Interest Rate Cut / Interest-Rates / Global Financial System
By: Joseph_Brusuelas
The US Federal Reserve along with the Bank of Canada, Bank of England, the European Central Bank, Sweden Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank acted in concert to reduce short term lending rates in pre-market hours this morning.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
UK Interest Rate Forecast 2009 / Interest-Rates / UK Interest Rates
By: Nadeem_Walayat

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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
LIBOR OIS Spread Signals Credit Crisis Earthquake / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_Morning

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Monday, October 06, 2008
Bailout Bill Will Do Nothing for the Real Economy / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Michael_Swanson

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Monday, October 06, 2008
Government Bonds Strong Rally on Grim Economic Outlook / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Levente_Mady

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Sunday, October 05, 2008
$700 Billion Printing of Bailout Monopoly Money, Hedge Your Wealth! / Interest-Rates / Fiat Currency
By: Money_and_Markets
Larry Edelson writes: If you think the biggest cost of the $700-billion bailout package is going to be higher taxes down the road, you're wrong.
The biggest cost is going to be the sheer destruction of the purchasing power of your money, an outright devaluation of the dollar that's going to occur, no matter what.
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