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BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Peter Coy	It's Out Of Bernanke's Reach There's little the Fed can do about the information gap behind investors' panic.
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 David J. Lynch	The Fed Partially Lifts the Veil on Its Discount Window As the Fed insists on better risk management by banks, pressure may grow for it to release timely data on discount window lending.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Dan Caplinger	How the Fed Rescues Markets Lower interest rates support stock prices in several ways.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Morgan Housel	Dude, Where's My Leverage? The days when investment banks were free to employ huge amounts of leverage are almost certainly over and unlikely to come back any time soon.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Morgan Housel	Lehman Brothers Holds Tough Despite a wretched week, Lehman battles back liquidity rumors.
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James C. Cooper	Savvy Moves That Should Soothe The Markets The Fed's quick and innovative response may avert the need to cut rates.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2006 Dan Caplinger	How the Fed Affects You Federal Reserve decisions about interest rates trickle down to everyone.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Hits the Panic Button Investment bank Bear Stearns liquidity woes prove to be true; the bank announces that it will receive short-term financing from the Federal Reserve and rival JPMorgan Chase.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Bear Bails Out Bernanke The Fed Chairman can't win. If he slashes rates, Bernanke is a bum. If he bails out an iconic investment banker, he's destroying our financial system.
U.S. Banker January 2011 Scott Anderson	Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery.
Entrepreneur July 2003 David Newton	In the Balance Learn the factors banks really weigh when setting business-loan terms.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	How Lehman Played Musical Chairs With Its Loans Lehman Brothers sheds light on new Fed lending facilities. Will it work?
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Why Credit Growth Remains Slow Banks are still skittish about offering credit, and households and companies remain reluctant to borrow, creating drags on the recovery.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier	The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans.
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FDIC FYI February 27, 2002	Loan Weakness Spreads; Banks' Defenses Hold Large banks' business loans have been hit hardest by the recession, but some weakening is now appearing for smaller banks and for other kinds of loans...
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The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	This Week in the Economy It's an exciting time to follow the economy. Interest rates are on the tip of everyone's tongue, oil marches higher by the day, and Ben Bernanke is getting more face time than Lindsay Lohan. Let's take a look at what happened this past week.
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FDIC FYI March 25, 2004	The Evolving Role of Commercial Banks in U.S. Credit Markets A careful analysis of U.S. financial sector data shows that banks' share of the financial services market has not shrunk to the extent that is commonly asserted. Moreover, banks have assumed leading roles in providing some of the newer types of financial services products, such as credit card securitizations and mortgage banking services.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006	Small Businesses Big Biz for Banks Capturing small businesses as banking customers will be a top priority for many banks this year, according to a new report.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	Banks Fret Over Expected Spike In Company Failures Banks that extend loans to middle-market firms will have their work cut out for them in the next 12 months.
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National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Ben Johnson	Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Rich Duprey	Bernanke's Bid to Rule Zimbabwe If the Fed chairman and Treasury secretary have their way, we're gonna need $1 billion Zimbabwean notes.
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FDIC FYI November 26, 2002	Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks
CFO March 1, 2008 Karen M. Kroll	Pedaling As Fast As They Can Companies will now need to work harder for credit, as banks' markedly different posture on lending money is affecting businesses of all stripes -- not just those in default.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Michael Mandel	Behind Bernanke's Charm Offensive The Fed's New Worry: Popularity. For a central bank dependent on Congress for bailout funds, approval ratings matter. And they're not good
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Rich Miller	What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Seth Jayson	Bernanke Bails Out Bear Has Bernanke saved the financial system, or has he guaranteed that we pay for Wall Street's mistakes?
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Frederik Balfour	Bolstering China's Banks Beijing seems serious about bank reform, and bad-loan burdens are easing. China is racing to upgrade its banking system in advance of a 2007 WTO deadline for fully opening the sector to foreign competition.
CFO March 1, 2007 Randy Myers	Dividing the Spoils Most CFOs and treasurers recognize that when the credit cycle finally does turn, they may need the goodwill of a longtime banking partner to ensure access to capital under less-than-ideal conditions.
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The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Emil Lee	Can the Super SIV Save the Day? Bankers from Citigroup, JPMorgan, and Bank of America have reportedly agreed upon the terms and structure of a to-be-raised gigantic fund to help alleviate the funding problems currently plaguing structured investment vehicles.
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