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Preparing To Asset-strip Local Government? The Fed’s Bizarre New Rules

8-9-2014 < The Unhived Mind 222 61 words
 
In an inscrutable move that has alarmed state treasurers, the Federal Reserve, along with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, just changed the liquidity requirements for the nation’s largest banks. Municipal bonds, long considered safe liquid investments, have been eliminated from the list of high-quality liquid collateral. […]
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