Fed and Regulators Shrugged as the Subprime Crisis Spread
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As the mortgage crisis threatens to tip the economy into a recession, many are asking: where was Washington?
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON  - The mortgage-backed securities market and Wall Street are becoming a roadblock for U.S. banks trying to dig out of the subprime mess.
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes each dropped by more than 2 percent on Tuesday after minutes from the August 7 Federal Reserve policy meeting showed growing concerns about housing and the consumer even before credit market turmoil picked up speed.
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US stocks skidded but averted a meltdown Tuesday amid a global financial market panic that prompted an unprecedented 75-basis-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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The proposal by federal regulators comes as subprime mortgages have come under stress and scrutiny.
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Investor delight at a concerted central  bank attempt to relieve jammed money markets fizzled out on  Thursday with experts saying the credit crisis would only end  when commercial banks trusted each other again.
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The world's major central banks face the delicate balancing act of trying to ease the global credit crunch sparked by the US subprime home loan crisis while trying to rein in rising inflation.
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The global rout appeared to be abating after reassuring comments by the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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Alan Greenspan, when chairman of the  Federal Reserve, brushed off an idea to boost scrutiny of  subprime mortgage lenders, a former Fed governor told the Wall  Street Journal.
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Amid U.S. market volatility, some analysts say the European Central Bankâs focus on inflation may be misplaced.
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U.S. Federal Reserve  officials expressed guarded confidence on Wednesday that  inflation will ease, but Jeffrey Lacker, the Fed's most  outspoken hawk, was unconvinced.
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The crisis in the U.S. subprime  mortgage market has heightened tension between mortgage lenders  and brokers who both hope to shape any laws aimed at stamping  out dangerous loans.
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U.S. financial regulators took a one-two  punch on Friday that might leave their efforts to regulate the  &#36;1.3 trillion hedge fund industry in shambles.
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How different was subprime lending from other lending in the days of easy money that prevailed until this summer?
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After escaping a rising tide of  subprime defaults earlier this year, leading U.S. investment  banks and brokerages face an opaque offshoot of those risky  mortgages.
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Investors still appeared skittish ahead of the Federal Reserveâs interest rate decision.
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The Federal Reserve, it became plain yesterday, is a house divided.