Date: March 24th, 2008

Banking on value

24 March, 2008 (09:00) | Banking, Markets, Subprime, US News | No comments

Ten days ago, the Federal Reserve made a bet that economic students will be studying for decades.  Under Ben Bernanke, the Fed pushed $200 billion – that’s your money and my money – into the global capital markets pot, in effect making a bet that assets the market won’t buy have the value their originators […]