The $700 Billion Bailout Plan: Who, What, When, Where, Why
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson are set to testify to the federal government for their $700 billion bailout plan. They’re trying to sell the plan and get it approved so that our federal government will BUY all the bad loans that...In the Market: The Bad, the Good and the Unchanged
What a week so far in the financial sector… Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, Bank of America saved Merrill Lynch from bankruptcy by acquiring it and AIG was bailed out by the federal government. These are huge, far-reaching global investment companies and...Market Movement
Interest rates this week improved due to weak retail sales and disappointing unemployment figures. Mortgage interest rates move depending on how the overall economy is doing and react to economic reports that come out on a regular basis. A general rule of thumb is...Consumer Price Index 8.14.08
I know, I know… we don’t need an official report to tell us this, but here it is anyway. The overall July Consumer Price Index (CPI) came out this morning and the reported figure was a hefty 0.8%. The CPI is the economic measure of consumer inflation and...Loan Calculator
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