{"id":60148,"date":"2009-12-02T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/2009\/12\/02\/political-influence-and-government-foodstamps-interactive-chart-geithner-yields-bernanke-aei-on-gses-triparty-reverse-repos-ppip-private-label-mbs-jim-rogers-on-geithner\/"},"modified":"2009-12-02T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T21:49:07","slug":"political-influence-and-government-foodstamps-interactive-chart-geithner-yields-bernanke-aei-on-gses-triparty-reverse-repos-ppip-private-label-mbs-jim-rogers-on-geithner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/60148","title":{"rendered":"Political Influence and Government: Foodstamps Interactive Chart, Geithner Yields, Bernanke, AEI on GSEs, Triparty Reverse Repos, PPIP Private Label MBS, Jim Rogers on Geithner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billcoppedge.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bill-Coppedge\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Bill-Coppedge4.jpg\" width=\"82\" height=\"121\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"original content selection by MortgageNewsClips.com\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/original-content-selection-by-MortgageNewsClips.com4.jpg\" width=\"284\" height=\"60\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2009\/11\/28\/us\/20091128-foodstamps.html?hp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"foodstamps\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/foodstamps.png\" width=\"285\" height=\"176\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/nyt12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"nyt1\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/nyt1_thumb2.png\" width=\"198\" height=\"38\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Interactive Map: Food Stamp Usage Across the Country<\/strong> &#8211; The number of food stamp recipients has climbed by about 10 million over the past two years, resulting in a <strong>program that now feeds 1 in 8 Americans and nearly 1 in 4 children<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2009\/11\/28\/us\/20091128-foodstamps.html?hp\">NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bloomberg.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bloomberg\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bloomberg_thumb.gif\" width=\"190\" height=\"42\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In-Geithner-We-Trust Bond Market Gets Lowest Yield<\/strong> &#8211; By Susanne Walker &#8211; Less than a week after deflecting calls for his resignation, <strong>Timothy Geithner sold bonds on behalf of U.S. taxpayers at the lowest yields on record in a show of confidence in the Treasury Secretary\u2019s policies<\/strong>. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=afsQk.qqG7Ag&amp;pos=5\">Bloomberg<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; neither ZIRP nor consequences of rolling short term debt if rates rise is mentioned (BC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drain test &#8211; Fed to Conduct \u2018Small Scale\u2019 Triparty Reverse Repos<\/strong> &#8211; By Daniel Kruger and Christopher Wellisz &#8211; The Federal Reserve said it <strong>will test one of the tools for an eventual withdrawal of the central bank\u2019s unprecedented monetary stimulus<\/strong> while stressing that the trials themselves don\u2019t represent any change in policy.&nbsp; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601208&amp;sid=aGJiWAfuERAk\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/washington-post1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"washington-post\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/washington-post_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"39\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>The right reform for the Fed &#8211; By Ben Bernanke<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>&#8230; I am concerned, however, that a number of the legislative proposals being circulated would significantly reduce the capacity of the Federal Reserve to perform its core functions.&nbsp; &#8230; Now more than ever, America needs a strong, nonpolitical and independent central bank<\/strong> with the tools to promote financial stability and to help steer our economy to recovery without inflation. &#8230; &#8211;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/27\/AR2009112702322.html\">Washington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mortgage-orb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"mortgage-orb\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mortgage-orb_thumb.png\" width=\"161\" height=\"44\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>What (If Anything) Can Be Done With The GSEs?<\/strong> &#8211; BY PHIL HALL &#8211; The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) sponsored a seminar on Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C., entitled &#8220;Is it Possible to Reprivatize the U.S. Financial System?&#8221; &#8211; <strong>has quotes from a number of notable people<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortgageorb.com\/e107_plugins\/content\/content.php?content.4801\">MortgageOrb<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hw11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"hw1\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hw1_thumb1.gif\" width=\"244\" height=\"32\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>PPIP Fuels Demand for Private-Label MBS: Smith Breeden<\/strong> &#8211; By DIANA GOLOBAY &#8211; &#8230; Appetite for private-label brought prices for some prime and Alt-A RMBS mortgages as much as $10-20 since the March lows, while some tranches in the ABX index \u2014 representing a range of subprime securities \u2014 rose more than 25% since March. <strong>&#8230; But non-agency RMBS is seeing little new production and heavy borrower defaults, indicating \u201cnon-agency RMBS securities are going away\u201d for now, Smith Breeden said<\/strong>. &#8230; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/2009\/11\/30\/ppip-fuels-demand-for-private-label-mbs-smith-breeden\/\">HousingWire<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/money-news-at-newsmax.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"money-news-at-newsmax\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/money-news-at-newsmax_thumb.png\" width=\"214\" height=\"46\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Rogers: Obama Will Fire Geithner<\/strong> &#8211; 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Interactive Map: Food Stamp Usage Across the Country &#8211; The number of food stamp recipients has climbed by about 10 million over the past two years, resulting in a program that now feeds 1 in 8 Americans and nearly 1 in 4 children &#8211; NY Times &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; In-Geithner-We-Trust Bond Market Gets Lowest Yield &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}