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The Fed is now taking equities at the discount window?  WTF?

Discount window, alright.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 02:58:46 AM EST
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Shit.

That means the Money Market Banks and Prime Borrowers no longer have financial standing to borrow based on their non-equity (i.e., Paper) assets.

by ATinNM on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 12:05:52 PM EST
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