Fed blamed for sub-prime lending
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Laws giving new authority to two US banking regulators to tackle unfair and deceptive lending are approved.
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The subprime-lending crisis may affect us non-subprime folks, too.
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Financial market turbulence leading to tighter mortgage lending standards noticeably hurt housing activity in most Federal Reserve districts in recent weeks, adding uncertainty about the recovery of the downtrodden housing sector, the Fed said on Wednesday.
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Troubles in mortgageland may get worse before they get better, especially for the so-called "subprime" borrowers whose spotty credit histories put them into more costly loans.
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The former Federal Reserve chairman said in a television interview that he was aware of subprime lending practices, but didnât initially realize the harm they could do.
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Minority homeowners are especially being hurt as rising interest rates make subprime loans even more expensive.
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Plan to bail out struggling sub-prime mortgage defaulters soothes troubled financial markets.
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Global credit squeeze undermining private sector sale of mortgage lender
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Declining consumer confidence and increasing unemployment might be the impetus the Fed needs to take another whack at interest rates.
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An emergency U.S. interest rate cut last week rekindled perceptions the Federal Reserve has a bias to protect the stock market, and a French bank trading scandal has made matters worse.
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The debacle in mortgage lending that spurred wild daily swings in the markets has tripped up many hedge funds.
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Troubles in mortgageland may get worse before they get better, especially for subprime borrowers, whose spotty credit histories put them into more costly loans.
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H&R Block looks to put its subprime woes behind it.
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The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators issued guidance today urging loan service companies to work with borrowers in danger of defaulting on home mortgages.
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The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it was lending $20 billion to banks through the first of four special auctions designed to help alleviate the credit crunch on Wall Street.
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Reports of fresh damage from the teetering U.S. subprime mortgage sector provoked financial market wobbles on Tuesday as central banks around the world said their interest rate intentions had been thrown into doubt.
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The US sub-prime loan crisis may push up UK mortgage rates, a former Bank of England adviser warns.