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Start The Bloodletting; Leslie Gelb Demands It

February 16, 2010 – 6:26 pm

Usually, when people like Leslie Gelb start baying for human sacrifices from a floundering Administration, they have to be satiated in one way or another, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see Team Obama cut a few people loose.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Jake Tapper, James Jones, Kathleen Sebelius, Larry Summers, Leslie Gelb, Obama Administration, Personnel, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Tom Daschle, Zbigniew Brzezinski | Comments

You Wish Tim Geithner were a stronger guy

February 8, 2010 – 7:39 am

In a press interview that was recorded a few nights ago and broadcast yesterday, Tim Geithner said the kind of thing you want to hear a Treasury Secretary say: the US will absolutely never lose its Aaa debt rating.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Blogs, Markets & Policy | Also tagged credit risk, debt downgrade, Hank Paulson | Comments

Tim Geithner’s Big Bank Re-Regulation

January 22, 2010 – 7:36 am

If you err on the side of caution, and more tightly regulate all this stuff on an everyday basis, then all you’re doing is making US banks less competitive against other global banks. And we have no idea whether this really solves the problem of preventing the next crisis.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market | Also tagged Bank Tax, Banks, Barack Obama, Regulation | Comments

Bargain Hunting and Our New Economic Reality

November 30, 2009 – 10:24 am

So, how was Black Friday for you? For retailers, it was a time to go looking for small reasons for optimism, but the comparison to 2008 is essentially flat. How will the markets react, and what’s the deal with Dubai? We’ll discuss it all on the latest edition of Coffee and Markets.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Black Friday, China, Coffee and Markets, Dubai, economy, Podcast, Podcasts, retail, Wall Street | Comments

Negative Interest Rates, Fed Audits, and Geithner in the Dock

November 20, 2009 – 10:43 am

Negative interest rates finally materialize, Tim Geithner falls on his face at Congress, and the House moves forward with their policy of gutting the Federal Reserve. That’s three big stories to talk about on today’s Coffee and Markets.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Allen Grayson, Audit the Fed, Barack Obama, Coffee and Markets, interest rates, Podcast, Podcasts, Ron Paul, Wall Street | Comments

Is the Recession Over? And AIG’s 100 Cent Payoff

October 29, 2009 – 9:26 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast focuses on the latest Bloomberg report on the AIG backstory and Tim Geithner’s role in determining the size of the taxpayer bailout while President of the New York Fed, and a discussion on the latest GDP numbers — what they mean and what they don’t.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged AIG, Coffee and Markets, GDP, Podcast, Podcasts, Recession | Comments

The End of Inflation and the Federal Reserve

September 21, 2009 – 8:34 am

Today’s podcast focuses on what the Federal Reserve’s meeting in the next week will bring in terms of ramifications for the stock market and the global economy.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Ben Bernanke, Coffee and Markets, Federal Reserve, inflation, Podcast, Podcasts | Comments

Paul Volcker on Risk and Commercial Banks

September 18, 2009 – 8:32 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast focuses on comments this week from Paul Volcker about taxpayer money, commercial banks, risk, and the road back from the crisis.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Barack Obama, Coffee and Markets, commercial banks, Paul Volcker, Podcast, Podcasts, risk, The Fed | Comments

Lehman Brothers, the Federal Reserve, and the Limits of Bailouts

September 15, 2009 – 9:32 am

There is indeed an argument to be made that extraordinary times require extraordinary powers, but these guys never stepped over the line. (They did step right up to it.) This is a CRUCIAL point, because it means this is still a democracy.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Blogs, Markets & Policy | Also tagged Bear Stearns, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Hank Paulson, Jamie Dimon, Lehman Brothers | Comments

The Gods of the Marketplace and the Independent Fed

August 21, 2009 – 8:52 am

Today’s podcast focuses on an interesting piece about the Federal Reserve’s independence in the Financial Times, and on what the bankers of the world will be discussing as they gather in Jackson Hole.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Coffee and Markets, Federal Reserve, Podcast, Podcasts | Comments

Geithner, Bernanke, and How Wall Street Plans to Make Money Again

August 14, 2009 – 8:42 am

Today, eager listener, you get a double portion of Francis, with a longer than usual conversation on Tim Geithner’s latest WSJ interview and Ben Bernanke’s intentions on the Federal Reserve’s bolstering of the capital markets.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Ben Bernanke, capital markets, Coffee and Markets, Federal Reserve, financial markets, Podcast, Podcasts, Regulation, Treasury Department | Comments

As the Economy Turns, Who Should Get the Credit? Who Will?

August 10, 2009 – 9:49 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast primarily focuses on a David Leonhardt piece in the New York Times on who gets the credit for the apparent financial turnaround — or at least keeping things from getting worse.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Podcasts, Politics | Also tagged Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Coffee and Markets, Fed, Federal Reserve, Hank Paulson, Lawrence Summers, New York Times, Podcast, Podcasts | Comments

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