Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Book Review: Tombstone | The Great Famine in China - WSJ.com
little-known famine before Great Revolution – results of communism
Book Review: Tombstone | The Great Famine in China - WSJ.com
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
EARTH was a BAKING LIFELESS DESERT for 5 MILLION years • The Register
all animals evolved (?!) in 250 million years (?!)
EARTH was a BAKING LIFELESS DESERT for 5 MILLION years • The Register
Friday, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
obama civility or knife fight?
civility
Biden 82 interuptions
53 smiles
we bring a gun
i was too polite
gore trying to intimidate Bush
Biden 82 interuptions
53 smiles
we bring a gun
i was too polite
gore trying to intimidate Bush
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
obamanomics
government giveaways that benefit Obama's campaign contributors will benefit the economy
foreign donors
green energy criminal investigation
foreign donors
green energy criminal investigation
not working BLS 2009 and 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
mortgage backed securities
guaranteed by Fannie and Freddie as corporations, not guaranteed by government as of 2007
Fed buys $22 billion of GSE's MBS late September 2012
Fannie and Freddie unfinished business 2010 economist
value of GSE stock goes to 0 (2010) only debt obligations will be repaid
adds $5 trillion to U.S. debt?and transition ...?
China own a few hundred billion in Fannie Freddie MBS 2011
2009 Fannie Freddie 5.4 trillion outstanding obligations
AEI panel June 2012
Freddie total debt outstanding 2012 $585 billion
Fannie total debt outstanding 2012 652 billion
GSEs August 2012 charge high fees to guarantee loans ... use financial markets instead
FHFA orders GSE to charge high fees ... so that they would guarantee fewer loans from now on (starting November 2012)
Treasury changes GSE terms in August 2012 ... so China will keep on purchasing MBSs
u.s. taxpayers now liable for GSE guarantees and debt 2008
how to eliminate GSEs cnn money late 2011
american interest history lesson on GSEs
May 2012 90% of morgages guaranteed/issued by GSEs not so in 2001-2007
7.1 million home mortgages in 2011 new low
By 2007, 50% US mortgages subprime, 70% guaranteed by GSEs
Federal reserve purchases 1.25 trillion MSBs in 2009 and 2010
u.s.government issued or guaranteed 97% of all mortgages in 2009
FHFS: taxpayers invested 185 billion in GSEs by 2011
plans to wind down fannie and freddie 2011
phasing out fannie and freddie
economist 2012 cost of gse bailout will eventually only be $28 billion
npr 2011 130 billion and counting
2010 CBO report on Fannie and Freddie
Treasury GSE MBS program $167 billion June 2009
QE3 a veiled attempt to shut down Fannie and Freddie seeking alpha
is there a guarantee?
animosity between Geitner and DeMarco
2008 MBS outstanding $3.8 trillion
us agency mbs issuance through 2012
Fed buys $22 billion of GSE's MBS late September 2012
Fannie and Freddie unfinished business 2010 economist
value of GSE stock goes to 0 (2010) only debt obligations will be repaid
adds $5 trillion to U.S. debt?and transition ...?
China own a few hundred billion in Fannie Freddie MBS 2011
2009 Fannie Freddie 5.4 trillion outstanding obligations
AEI panel June 2012
Freddie total debt outstanding 2012 $585 billion
Fannie total debt outstanding 2012 652 billion
GSEs August 2012 charge high fees to guarantee loans ... use financial markets instead
FHFA orders GSE to charge high fees ... so that they would guarantee fewer loans from now on (starting November 2012)
Treasury changes GSE terms in August 2012 ... so China will keep on purchasing MBSs
u.s. taxpayers now liable for GSE guarantees and debt 2008
how to eliminate GSEs cnn money late 2011
american interest history lesson on GSEs
May 2012 90% of morgages guaranteed/issued by GSEs not so in 2001-2007
7.1 million home mortgages in 2011 new low
By 2007, 50% US mortgages subprime, 70% guaranteed by GSEs
Federal reserve purchases 1.25 trillion MSBs in 2009 and 2010
u.s.government issued or guaranteed 97% of all mortgages in 2009
FHFS: taxpayers invested 185 billion in GSEs by 2011
plans to wind down fannie and freddie 2011
phasing out fannie and freddie
economist 2012 cost of gse bailout will eventually only be $28 billion
npr 2011 130 billion and counting
2010 CBO report on Fannie and Freddie
Treasury GSE MBS program $167 billion June 2009
QE3 a veiled attempt to shut down Fannie and Freddie seeking alpha
is there a guarantee?
animosity between Geitner and DeMarco
2008 MBS outstanding $3.8 trillion
us agency mbs issuance through 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
bernanke's remarks at Indiana
text
ap
fed's purchase of *treasury* bonds permits federal government to keep borrowing money long term at low interest rates .. China and Japan won't buy T-bonds any more
QE "helped depress yields for bonds of all maturities" (?)
Fischer's at Harvard Club
ap
fed's purchase of *treasury* bonds permits federal government to keep borrowing money long term at low interest rates .. China and Japan won't buy T-bonds any more
QE "helped depress yields for bonds of all maturities" (?)
Fischer's at Harvard Club
Iachetta
Could Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Add $5 Trillion to U.S. Debt? (10/8/12)
Is QE 3 Really Just Another Bailout? (9/29/12)
Rick Perry Nailed Obama's Strategy (9/22/12)
Obama's Columbia Years (8/8/12)
The Flip Side of "You Didn't Build That" is "Everything's Your Fault" (7/28/12)
Cause of Death: No Father (3/25/12)
Is QE 3 Really Just Another Bailout? (9/29/12)
Rick Perry Nailed Obama's Strategy (9/22/12)
Obama's Columbia Years (8/8/12)
The Flip Side of "You Didn't Build That" is "Everything's Your Fault" (7/28/12)
Cause of Death: No Father (3/25/12)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
