Bernanke May Have to Do More to Ease Jump in Bank Funding Costs - Bloomberg

Story date: 2008-04-29 09:09:00
Added on: 2008-04-29 22:24:49

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may need to step up his effort to unfreeze bank funding markets as a surge in borrowing costs blunts the impact of the cash auctions the central bank introduced in December. The cost of ...


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