Fed tightens up lending rules
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed a much stricter set of rules for mortgage lenders as part of the central bank's effort to avert abusive lending.
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The US Federal Reserve increases the amount of money available as it seeks to ease the credit crunch.
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Bank regulators tightened standards for mortgage lending on Friday in a bid to curtail risky practices that have been blamed for a record level of foreclosures.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke is suggesting that policy makers look for ways to encourage a wider range of mortgages geared for low-income and other borrowers who have been hard hit by the housing slump and credit crunch.
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The U.S. economy continued its  expansion over the past month, with labor market conditions  improving and business lending on the rise, the Federal Reserve  said on Wednesday.
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U.S. lenders would have to determine  that a borrower can afford a mortgage before making the loan  under a Federal Reserve staff proposal on new regulations  released on Tuesday.
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In the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown, traditional financial institutions have tightened up on who gets to borrow money. But some people are still finding ways to borrow what they need, thanks to another area of lending that is booming.
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New rules aim to keep brokerages on the straight and narrow.
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America&#39;s central bank, the Federal Reserve, last night raised interest rates for the fourth time in six months and warned US consumers and businesses to expect further increases in the cost of borrowing over the coming months.
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The turnout suggested that banks might be more inclined to borrow from the Fed under its auction-based system.
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WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve raised its target for short-term interest rates Wednesday, comfortable that the economy has passed late spring&#39;s &quot;soft patch.
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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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Ben S. Bernanke said the Federal Reserve was âprepared to act as neededâ but suggested developing a wider range of mortgages for borrowers hit by the housing slump and credit crunch.
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Washington - With the US economy expanding at a respectable pace, companies hiring and consumers inclined to spend, Federal Reserve policy makers can feel comfortable about boosting short-term interest rates for a fourth time this year.
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The Federal Reserve Board said on  Friday it has scheduled an open board meeting on December 18 to  discuss proposed rule changes on mortgage lending to address  unfair and deceptive lending practices.
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The Federal Reserve is providing the loans as part of an unprecedented auction process to ease a global credit crisis and make sure financial institutions can keep lending to customers.
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The Fed makes billions of dollars available to banks in an auction in a bid to ease credit-crunch concerns.