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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:55 PM Original message |
Banks "quietly" borrow $50 billion from Fed: report |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Has LT check kiting commenced? |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. LT? What do you mean? |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's coming from the same place our stimulus checks are coming from. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. More like overseas loans, with intrest of course |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. No, thin air is just as likely |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's very nice |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. we're just "expendable proles" to these corpo-communists, u no. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. "corpo-communists" - you nailed it. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. mmm, corpo-communists. crunchy, but good, with catsup. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Steal big. n/t |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. kick and reccomend |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. In 2008 dollars that's about $0.40. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. And off to the Greatest Page with ye! |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. All this stimulus money that Bush has shoved into the monetary supply chain |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yup. Bail out the crooks. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. How much have they borrowed? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Are the banks even solvent at this point? |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. uhh, no...not really. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. It's A Dead Parrot |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Bring out 'cher dead! Bring out 'cher dead! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. But there's this nasty smell wafting our way... |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. UpInArms |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. ALL fiat money is debt...our money, your money, those people over there's money. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. English is a weird language. American English, even more so. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. tavalon |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. "we" have put out lots of propaganda |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. uh, it is not possible |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. haven't met the obsessive score-keeper types, eh? n/t |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Yeh...like the effect of pro sports... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
66. Does it remind you of Germany during the time of Hitlet? |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Inflationary bailout |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Call me paranoid......but |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Exactly |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. THANKS! |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It's not a ploy to crash the economy specifically during Barack or Hillary's first term. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Paraquay is the new venture for the Bushies. They have plans to |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. "Are they really that sinister?" |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Welcome to DU |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Thanks, again for the nice welcome! N/T |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Karl is on Fox news now |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. And who did the feds quietly borrow it from? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. China? nt |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. We'll Just Love Livin' in a Third World Country! |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. Hope "the fed" is giving them a nice hefty 18% interest rate like they do to plastic users. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
26. Anyone notice on the new $10 bill, it's "We Ten People"? |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. John Williams over at SGS reported this borrowing a bit ago as well. |
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SleeplessinSoCal (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. Is this why Bush is hiding in Africa? |
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skyounkin (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. They are doing it |
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lisainmilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. Good Grief! |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
34. Are They Borrowing It From Our Social Security? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. Why aren't we IMPEACHING Bush for bankrupting the Treasury --- ??? |
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khaos (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
37. consolidation |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
38. It's just keysnian economics (sic) |
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poppysgal (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. Ah the old pea in the shell trick-hey |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
42. k+r |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
43. banks borrow from Feds; Fed borrows from China/India |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Federal reserve is a private entity that controls our currency. They just print it. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
45. Can I borrow forty grand from the Fed to make my books zero? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. Preliminary figure for the 2 weeks ending Feb 13th: $60 billion |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
47. Banks "quietly" borrow $50 billion from Fed: report |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Check this link I posted and add up the figures -Well over a trillion given |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. we are sooo screwed. n/t |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I started following this story in August |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I have been following it as well. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. Kick, Kickety, Kick, Kick, I don't think Kickety is a word but this is IMPORTANT. |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. kick |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. evening kick |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
68. Maybe 10 years ago.... |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
69. Quietly? I think the cat is outta the bag on this one |
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