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FED's Capacity to Boost Money Is Factor of Ten
When the Federal Reserve Bank buys a $10,000 US Treasury note, or any acceptable asset of that amount from a member bank, it can set off a ten-fold jump in money supply.
US Economy Speeds to Longest Collapse Since 1945
The US economy has been in recession for 16 months, a slide likely in three months to become the longest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Super Business Cycle Threatens Obama's Team
President Obama deals big bucks off the federal deck to help rescue a world running out of cash, while the scary brainchild of a Russian economist grows more ominous.