More Banks Stiffen Rules, Fed Finds
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Many U.S. banks have made it harder for creditworthy borrowers to obtain a mortgage, according to a Federal Reserve survey released yesterday that underscored the spread of the credit crisis.
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The Federal Reserve, working to combat the effects of a severe credit crunch, announced Friday it had auctioned another $20 billion in funds to commercial banks at an interest rate of 4.67 percent. Fed officials pledged to continue with the auctions "for as long as necessary."
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The Federal Reserve must not let its  shift to more openness handcuff it on policy, Fed Board Gov.  Donald Kohn said on Sunday, days after the release of the  policy-making committee's minutes roiled markets.
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The Federal Reserve will keep lifting  U.S. interest rates to less stimulative levels but will focus  increasingly on economic data as they make their decisions, a  raft of Fed officials suggested on Tuesday.
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People taking out home mortgages may gain new protections soon against shady lending practices as the Federal Reserve seeks to back even the riskiest borrowers, already hit hardest by the housing and credit crunches.
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Ben S. Bernankeâs call for consideration of stricter regulation of mortgage lending practices signals a shift from regulatory policy over the past several years.
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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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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a half-percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.
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The move is a sign of greater dissent over current monetary policy than had previously been disclosed.
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Tougher funding standards are needed to prevent a repeat of money market turmoil, the FSA says.
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Lawmakers accused federal regulators yesterday of moving too slowly to implement rules to help consumers fix errors on their credit reports.
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The Federal Reserve is set to change home-loan lending practices that are blamed for pushing the nation into a housing downturn, but the effort is expected to fall short of far more stringent efforts by Congress.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to  lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing  aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects  of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
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San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen said on Monday that financial turmoil had "appreciably" increased risks facing the U.S. economy, but other Fed officials said it was unclear if the economy had taken a turn for the worse.
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The Federal Reserve&#39;s move to slash  interest rates by a half-percentage point signals that Chairman  Ben Bernanke, fearing broad damage from recent market turmoil,  preferred to risk doing too much rather than too little, the  Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
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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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Last week's action to cut the federal funds rate makes today's decision tougher.