Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

bank failures per year between 1996 and 2006, and 3.6 When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. In 2006, the then $686 million in asset bank made $8.8 banks failed a year.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 19, 2013

We have a long way to go before recapturing the home price highs of 2006 and 2007, but it is a start. They announced another quantitative easing program—this time, QE3—part 2, in which they will buy $45 billion a month in Treasury bonds in addition to the $40 billion per month of mortgage backed securities that they are buying for QE3.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 10, 2015

It has been nine years since the Fed last tightened policy in June, 2006; maybe they are getting anxious. Falling oil prices, and falling gasoline prices, are like a welcome tax cut for consumers who are saddled with low wage growth and lack of good jobs. and should be returned to “normal.” So will the Fed raise rates in 2015?

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 5, 2012

They purchased securities during the crisis and stepped up where they could as a lender of last resort. trillion of securities. But we know that only three things in life are certain—death, taxes, and a Fed that goes too far. The Fed lowered the Fed Funds rate to 0%, where it has stood for over three years.

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