Fed aims to ease credit strains with cash auction
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Financial markets on Wednesday will  pore over the results of an unprecedented $20 billion cash  auction conducted by the Federal Reserve in a search for signs  it is helping soothe troubled credit markets.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed a much stricter set of rules for mortgage lenders as part of the central bank's effort to avert abusive lending.
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The Federal Reserve said that it had collected 93 bids on $20 billion in 28-day loans in its first auction of short-term credit.
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Recent action by the Federal Reserve is likely to calm troubled  U.S. markets, but inflation remains a worry, a top U.S. central bank official said on Friday.
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Some analysts are hoping that the Fed will arrive at the conclusion that stronger action is needed to contain the damage from the deterioration of debt markets.
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Crippled credit markets earned some reprieve on Thursday as a key bank borrowing rate receded and the pace of deterioration in commercial paper issuance showed signs of abating.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to  lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing  aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects  of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter to a US senator that the central bank would act &quot;as needed&quot; to ease the impact of a credit squeeze on the US economy.
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The Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with further interest rate reductions
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WASHINGTON -- Worsening problems in the housing, credit and financial markets drove the Federal Reserve to do an about-face in December and slice its key interest rate yet again with the hope it would help bolster an economy that was losing speed, according to meeting minutes made public Wednesday.
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The Bank of England eased restrictions on how much cash banks can borrow to manage daily cash flow, allowing greater flexibility as the banks grapple with the credit crisis.
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The Federal Reserve, working to combat the effects of a severe credit crunch, announced Friday it had auctioned another $20 billion in funds to commercial banks at an interest rate of 4.67 percent. Fed officials pledged to continue with the auctions "for as long as necessary."
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Banks will be now able to borrow additional funds from the Bank of England in a move aimed at reducing the "credit squeeze".
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The US Federal Reserve increases the amount of money available as it seeks to ease the credit crunch.
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Recent credit market turmoil has increased downside risks for the economy, but the U.S. Federal Reserve would refrain from taking action to bail out investors who made bad decisions, top policy-makers said on Thursday.
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JACKSON, Wyo., Aug. 31 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Friday that the central bank was willing to take action to ease damage to the economy from troubled financial markets, and President Bush introduced a plan to help people who are at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure.