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Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... away the economy's ovaries. Cash for clunkers - already removed 24 August. The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) debt guarantee program - out by 31 October. Fed's US$300 billion long-term Treasury purchase program - scheduled for surgical ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... out with the gloom and doom sentiment prevailing just six months ago? Also imagine the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp's (FDIC) recent warning that 500 additional banks could shutter before the crisis is over? Six months ago, even benign warnings would ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Only a couple of weeks ago the US triad - US Federal Reserve, Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - were stressing over how best to release the result of the stress test they issued to 19 of their banks. They found a way. Back ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... billion rescue plan. A joint statement by the US Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that they would spend up to US$250 billion for the purchase of senior non-voting preferred shares in financial ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... ensure that this time it passes the House, the bill now includes an increase in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) insurance limit on bank deposits from US$100k to US$250k. It also reportedly includes a 10-year US$150.5 billion package ...

Investment titans now governed by Fed

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... subject to supervision of the Federal Reserve. The group will also be regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which will continue to insure deposits at Morgan Stanley Bank to the maximum allowed by the agency.
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