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Keyword: FDIC

Savers, Suckers? (5/12/2010)

Savers are collateral damage in the Fed’s attempt to resuscitate a comatose economy during the Great Recession.

Keywords: bailout, borrowers, CD, certificates of deposit, FDIC, Fed funds rates, housing bubble, interest rate, money market funds, mortgage, quantitative easing, recession, savers, Saving, spenders, the Fed, Treasury bonds, yield

Too Big to Fail (6/18/2010)

Some financial institutions could commit moral hazard by leveraging their implicit high credit ratings and tax-payer guarantees to load up on high-risk debts and obligations.

Keywords: AIG, bailouts, bankruptcy, Citibank, credit default swaps, credit ratings, Fannie Mae, FDIC, Freddie Mac, JP Morgan Chase, leverage, Moral hazard, securitized debt, subprime mortgage, too big to fail