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by RochFireball
Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:46 am
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15793340

Re: Financial topics

Looking at the news, I see that the fed has loaned $2 trillion to a number of banks. This is on top of the $700 million Congress approved and other funds expended, such as to AIG. I have read the US will increase its borrowing, but the figures I see are nowhere near $2.7 trillion dollars of increase...
by RochFireball
Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:20 pm
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Where is all of the Fed Loan money coming from?
Replies: 2
Views: 4995

Where is all of the Fed Loan money coming from?

Looking at the news, I see that the fed has loaned $2 trillion to a number of banks. This is on top of the $700 million Congress approved and other funds expended, such as to AIG. I have read the US will increase its borrowing, but the figures I see are nowhere near $2.7 trillion dollars of increase...
by RochFireball
Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:09 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Welcome to the Generational Dynamics Forum!
Replies: 87
Views: 121134

Re: Welcome to the Generational Dynamics Forum!

I am a 56 year old engineer turned nurse (my engineering work has left the USA 4x and I have been laid off 4x). I have always been very interested in economics, but have found few people who could talk intelligently about it or I could ask questions to. I have read a lot of your writings and they al...