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Banks borrowed less over the past week from Federal Reserve emergency lending programs designed to combat the financial crisis, a sign the institutions are having an easier time getting credit from private markets.
Commercial banks and investment firms borrowed less over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, a hopeful sign some credit stresses are easing a bit.
Commercial banks and investment firms borrowed more over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program.
The Federal Reserve on Monday said it has approved CIT Group Inc. as a bank holding company, clearing a key hurdle for the firm to bolster its resources with loans and support from the government's financial rescue fund.
Commercial banks borrowed slightly less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, while investment firms stepped up their loans.
A White House panel's action to strengthen oversight of complex financial instruments partly blamed for the ongoing global crisis is viewed as a constructive step, but falls short of the tighter regulation many experts have advocated.
The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it will supply New Zealand's central bank with up to $15 billion, part of an ongoing effort by the Fed to break through a global credit clog.
South Korea announced measures Sunday to shore up its banks by guaranteeing their external debt and pumping more money into the financial system amid the global credit crisis.
The Internal Revenue Service, seeking to make cash more available during the current credit crunch, has issued a rule making it easier for U.S. corporations to bring home money made by their foreign subsidiaries.
Banks borrowed in record amounts from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility over the past week, while investment banks drew loans at a brisk — though slightly lower — pace, fresh proof of the credit problems gripping the country.
While the credit crunch is making it hard for some restaurant companies to get loans to build new locations and renovate old ones, other chains are using the slowdown to secure better terms from landlords struggling to find viable tenants.
The Federal Reserve said Monday it will begin paying interest on commercial banks' reserves and will expand its loan program to squeezed banks by billions of dollars, fresh steps to help ease a painful credit crisis.
U.S. lending standards before the global credit crisis were "ridiculous" and the world can learn from China's more cautious system as it considers financial reforms, the top Chinese bank regulator said Saturday at an economic forum.
The Federal Reserve, in coordinated action with foreign central banks, plowed $30 billion into money markets overseas Wednesday, part of an ongoing effort to fight a global credit crisis.
Banks and Wall Street firms ramped up borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility over the past week, a fresh sign of the credit stresses plaguing the country.
The Federal Reserve says banks borrowed more over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass.
Banks borrowed slightly more over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program while Wall Street firms did not draw any loans for a second straight week.
The U.S. government is signaling it won't throw a lifeline to struggling financial companies — except for mortgage linchpins Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — marking a shift to a new and potentially more volatile phase of the credit crisis.
In a sign of some improvement in the credit crisis, Wall Street firms for the first time didn't borrow from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program and commercial banks also scaled back.
Wall Street companies didn't borrow from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week while commercial banks scaled back, sending a sign of some improvements in credit strains.
Wall Street investment companies are scaling back their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program.
The Federal Reserve has auctioned $46.1 billion in safe Treasury securities to investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses.
Commercial banks and other financial institutions need to beef up their ability to detect and protect themselves against risks like the credit and mortgage debacles, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.
Wall Street investment companies have reduced borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, a sign that credit problems may be easing a bit.
The Federal Reserve has auctioned $28.77 billion in safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit problems.
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European banks growing biggerEach time the music stops. there are fewer players
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American Express Chops Another 4,000 JobsKen could have taken a pay cut and saved a few heads. Rather, it will add to the unemployment figures if they're not in positions qualifying for severance.
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