<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841</id><updated>2012-01-28T13:47:15.032-05:00</updated><category term='CFPB'/><category term='exit policy'/><category term='G-20'/><category term='news'/><category term='banksters'/><category term='deficit supercommittee'/><category term='AIG coverup'/><category term='Portugal'/><category term='QE II'/><category term='U.K.'/><category term='debt limit'/><category term='GSEs'/><category term='state budgets'/><category term='global debt'/><category term='Lehman'/><category term='stock market'/><category term='consumers'/><category term='IMF'/><category term='taxes'/><category term='the Fed'/><category term='whatever'/><category term='Slovakia'/><category term='foreclosure fraud'/><category term='goldman'/><category term='GOP-Obama tax cuts'/><category term='ECB'/><category term='resources'/><category term='credit'/><category term='nuclear power'/><category term='Africa'/><category term='Basel III'/><category term='SOTU'/><category term='oil'/><category term='stimulus'/><category term='Italy'/><category term='FHA'/><category term='social security'/><category term='inflation'/><category term='fracking'/><category term='“Operation Twist”'/><category term='climate change'/><category term='Ryan plan'/><category term='obama jobs plan'/><category term='health care'/><category term='BofA'/><category term='deficit commission'/><category term='copper'/><category term='CRE'/><category term='cash for clunkers'/><category term='mortgage crisis'/><category term='medicaid'/><category term='Japan'/><category term='dollar'/><category term='Spain'/><category term='unemployment'/><category term='china'/><category term='gulf oil spill'/><category term='citi'/><category term='poverty'/><category term='world trade'/><category term='iran'/><category term='education'/><category term='media'/><category term='debt deal'/><category term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category term='MF Global'/><category term='GDP'/><category term='double dip'/><category term='commercial real estate'/><category term='Greece'/><category term='real estate'/><category term='environment'/><category term='financial regulation'/><category term='homeless'/><category term='global economy'/><category term='currency swaps'/><category term='FX'/><category term='currency wars'/><category term='rare earths'/><category term='the rich'/><category term='euro bank stress tests'/><category term='water'/><category term='Bernanke'/><category term='economics; news'/><category term='Nominal GDP targeting'/><category term='fiscal policy'/><category term='pensions'/><category term='payroll tax cut'/><category term='deficit'/><category term='austerity'/><category term='budget'/><category term='Geithner'/><category term='politcal capture'/><category term='Copenhagen'/><category term='Romney'/><category term='US credit rating'/><category term='commodities'/><category term='unions'/><category term='banks'/><category term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category term='Germany'/><category term='coal'/><category term='outlook'/><category term='economics'/><category term='energy'/><category term='jobs'/><category term='flood'/><category term='biome'/><category term='food'/><category term='&quot;Gang of Six&quot; plan'/><category term='monetary policy'/><category term='FDIC'/><category term='inequality'/><category term='spending freeze'/><category term='debt'/><category term='peak oil'/><category term='Europe'/><category term='interest rates'/><category term='Ireland'/><category term='CDSs'/><title type='text'>global glass onion</title><subtitle type='html'>reality is only those delusions that we have in common...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>131</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6695581457243907465</id><published>2012-01-28T13:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T13:47:15.137-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SOTU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GDP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 28</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Unchanged In Latest Week - The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Jan. 25 were $2.922 trillion, level with a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday. The Fed's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities grew to $1.662 trillion on Wednesday from $1.652 trillion in the previous week. The central bank's holdings of mortgage-backed securities decreased to $835.62 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6695581457243907465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6695581457243907465&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6695581457243907465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6695581457243907465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-ending-jan-28.html' title='week ending Jan 28'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6857710155825424151</id><published>2012-01-21T13:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T13:27:00.853-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ECB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the rich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fracking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 21</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Grows To $2.92 Trillion In Latest Week - The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Jan. 18 climbed to $2.922 trillion, from $2.902 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday. The Fed's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities climbed slightly to $1.652 trillion on Wednesday from $1.651 trillion. The central bank's holdings of mortgage-backed securities </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6857710155825424151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6857710155825424151&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6857710155825424151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6857710155825424151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-ending-jan-21.html' title='week ending Jan 21'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-7184660119512817948</id><published>2012-01-14T12:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T18:20:45.112-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 14</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Contracts Modestly In Week - The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Jan. 11 declined to $2.902 trillion, from $2.920 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday. The Fed's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell to $1.651 trillion on Wednesday from $1.663 trillion. The central bank's holdings of mortgage-backed securities increased to $840.27 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/7184660119512817948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=7184660119512817948&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7184660119512817948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7184660119512817948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-ending-jan-14.html' title='week ending Jan 14'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4102127830894016242</id><published>2012-01-07T13:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T13:11:45.555-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CFPB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fracking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 7</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Contracts In Latest Week (Dow Jones)- The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Jan 4. stood at $2.920 trillion, down from $2.928 trillion reported a week earlier, the central bank said in a report released Thursday. Holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell to $1.663 trillion on Wednesday from $1.672 trillion a week before. The central bank's holdings of mortgage-backed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4102127830894016242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4102127830894016242&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4102127830894016242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4102127830894016242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-ending-jan-7.html' title='week ending Jan 7'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8815701036455202771</id><published>2011-12-31T13:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T20:23:55.558-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ECB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the rich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biome'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 31</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Expands In Latest Week -  The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded over the last week as the central bank continued with its plan to extend maturities and support economic growth. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Dec. 28 climbed to $2.928 trillion, from $2.919 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday. The Fed's holdings of U.S. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8815701036455202771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8815701036455202771&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8815701036455202771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8815701036455202771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/12/week-ending-dec-31.html' title='week ending Dec 31'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-7532703278977499911</id><published>2011-12-24T13:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-24T13:36:54.834-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='payroll tax cut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the rich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fracking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 24</title><summary type='text'>Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Shrinks $31 Billion-- The Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank slightly in November as the central bank continued to extend the maturity of portfolio holdings. The Fed's monthly balance sheet, released Friday, showed total assets of $ 2.817 trillion at the end of November, down $31 billion from a month earlier. The figure was $467 billion more than total assets a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/7532703278977499911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=7532703278977499911&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7532703278977499911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7532703278977499911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/12/week-ending-dec-24.html' title='week ending Dec 24'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6417881970884743235</id><published>2011-12-17T05:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T13:30:11.498-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MF Global'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 17</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Grows Over Past Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose over the last week as the central bank continues with a plan to shake up its portfolio and spur economic growth. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Dec. 14 stood at $2.905 trillion, up from the $2.823 trillion reported a week earlier, the central bank said in a report released Thursday. Holdings of U.S.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6417881970884743235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6417881970884743235&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6417881970884743235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6417881970884743235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/12/week-ending-dec-17.html' title='week ending Dec 17'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5277026875003314994</id><published>2011-12-10T13:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T13:03:26.488-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='payroll tax cut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austerity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the rich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 10</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Grows Slightly Over Past Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose a little over the last week as the central bank continues with a plan to shake up its portfolio and spur economic growth. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Dec. 7 stood at $2.823 trillion, up from the $2.817 trillion reported a week earlier, the central bank said in a report released Thursday.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5277026875003314994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5277026875003314994&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5277026875003314994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5277026875003314994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/12/week-ending-dec-10.html' title='week ending Dec 10'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6999494250275306818</id><published>2011-12-03T06:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-03T13:16:45.282-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency swaps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exit policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 3</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Shrinks Over Past Week -- The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank a little over the last week as the central bank rejiggers its portfolio in a move to stimulate the economy. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Nov. 30 stood at $2.817 trillion, down from the $2.825 trillion reported a week earlier, the central bank said in a report released Thursday. Holdings of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6999494250275306818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6999494250275306818&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6999494250275306818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6999494250275306818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/12/week-ending-dec-3.html' title='week ending Dec 3'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3849690336983782685</id><published>2011-11-26T12:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T12:59:29.775-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the rich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit supercommittee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 26</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheets Decreases Slightly Over Past Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank just a little over the last week as the central bank adjusts its portfolio of securities to spur economic growth. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Nov. 23 stood at $2.825 trillion, down slightly from the $2.834 trillion reported a week earlier, the central bank said in a report </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3849690336983782685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3849690336983782685&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3849690336983782685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3849690336983782685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-ending-nov-26.html' title='week ending Nov 26'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-763283475921142727</id><published>2011-11-19T13:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-19T13:21:42.481-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit supercommittee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 19</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet shrank in latest week  (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week as the central bank decreased its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed.The Fed's balance sheet stood at $2.814 trillion on Nov. 16, down from $2.822 trillion a week earlier on Nov. 9. The Fed's holdings of Treasuries totaled </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/763283475921142727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=763283475921142727&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/763283475921142727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/763283475921142727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/11/preview-us-fed-balance-sheet-shrank-in.html' title='week ending Nov 19'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4105696275085154106</id><published>2011-11-12T06:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T12:46:28.793-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit supercommittee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fracking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 12</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Grows To $2.842T For Week Ended Nov 9 - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew a week after the central bank said it would continue with a strategy to stimulate economic growth by adjusting its massive portfolio of securities.  The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Nov. 9 stood at $2.842 trillion, up from the $2.825 trillion reported a week earlier, the central bank </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4105696275085154106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4105696275085154106&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4105696275085154106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4105696275085154106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-ending-nov-12.html' title='week ending Nov 12'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3283684925737899774</id><published>2011-11-05T13:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T13:58:13.385-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MF Global'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nominal GDP targeting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 5</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet shrank in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week as the central bank reduced its holdings of Treasuries, Fed data released on Thursday showed.The Fed's balance sheet stood at $2.805 trillion on Nov. 2, down from $2.829 trillion a week earlier on Oct. 26.The Fed's holdings of Treasuries totaled $1.654 trillion as of Wednesday</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3283684925737899774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3283684925737899774&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3283684925737899774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3283684925737899774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/11/week-ending-nov-5.html' title='week ending Nov 5'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3804275125506387032</id><published>2011-10-29T13:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T13:40:35.984-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nominal GDP targeting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GDP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CDSs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 29</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet shrank in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet stood at $2.829 trillion on October 26, down from $2.835 trillion a week earlier. The Fed's holdings of Treasuries totaled $1.678 trillion as of Wednesday, October 26, down from $1.670 trillion the previous </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3804275125506387032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3804275125506387032&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3804275125506387032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3804275125506387032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-ending-oct-29.html' title='week ending Oct 29'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-9081272034706247716</id><published>2011-10-22T12:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T12:53:44.540-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nominal GDP targeting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BofA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 22</title><summary type='text'>Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Shrinks In Latest Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrunk slightly in the week ended Oct. 19, nearly a month after the central bank unveiled a new plan to try and boost the economy via its huge portfolio of securities. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Oct. 19 stood at $2.855 trillion, down only slightly from the $2.864 trillion reported a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/9081272034706247716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=9081272034706247716&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/9081272034706247716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/9081272034706247716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-ending-oct-22.html' title='week ending Oct 22'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8849564650343900722</id><published>2011-10-15T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-15T13:33:51.469-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slovakia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 15</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet unchanged in latest week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet was unchanged in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet was $2.843 trillion on Oct. 12, unchanged from last week.The Fed's holdings of Treasuries totaled $1.669 trillion as of Wednesday, down from $1.672 trillion the previous week. The Fed's ownership of mortgage bonds </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8849564650343900722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8849564650343900722&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8849564650343900722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8849564650343900722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-ending-oct-15.html' title='week ending Oct 15'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-63635166798664652</id><published>2011-10-08T13:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-08T13:13:47.984-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 8</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet grows in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the latest week as the central bank swelled its holdings of Treasury debt, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet was $2.843 trillion on October 5, up from $2.834 trillion on September 28. The Fed's holdings of Treasuries totaled $1.672 trillion as of Wednesday, up from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/63635166798664652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=63635166798664652&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/63635166798664652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/63635166798664652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-ending-oct-8.html' title='week ending Oct 8'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5638185700649098858</id><published>2011-10-01T13:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T13:40:05.179-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 1</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Shrinks In Latest Week -- The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrunk marginally in the latest week, after the central bank announced it would soon boost its share of long-term Treasurys and prevent its mortgage bond holdings from shrinking in another bid to spur the economy. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Sept. 28 stood at $2.854 trillion, edging down from the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5638185700649098858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5638185700649098858&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5638185700649098858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5638185700649098858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-ending-oct-1.html' title='week ending Oct 1'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-1617699112714178207</id><published>2011-09-24T13:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-24T13:06:59.649-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='“Operation Twist”'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 24</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Shrinks In Latest Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank a bit last week, just as central bank policymakers said they would boost the share of long-term Treasurys in another bid to spur the economy. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Sept. 21 stood at $2.861 trillion, down from the $2.867 trillion reported a week earlier, the Fed said in a weekly report </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/1617699112714178207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=1617699112714178207&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1617699112714178207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1617699112714178207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-ending-sept-24.html' title='week ending Sept 24'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4797175954982425526</id><published>2011-09-17T06:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-17T13:31:41.391-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama jobs plan'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 17</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet expands in latest week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the latest week as the central bank reinvested the proceeds of its maturing agency mortgage-backed securities by buying more Treasuries, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet -- a broad gauge of its lending to the financial system -- was $2.847 trillion in the week ended Sept. 14</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4797175954982425526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4797175954982425526&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4797175954982425526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4797175954982425526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-ending-sept-17.html' title='week ending Sept 17'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-173970234526832658</id><published>2011-09-10T14:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T14:03:47.143-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama jobs plan'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 10</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed balance sheet expands in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the latest week as the central bank reinvested the proceeds of its maturing agency mortgage-backed securities by buying more Treasuries, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet was $.2.841 trillion in the week ended Sept. 7, compared with $2.838 trillion in the week </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/173970234526832658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=173970234526832658&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/173970234526832658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/173970234526832658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-ending-sept-10.html' title='week ending Sept 10'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3309947492554068586</id><published>2011-09-03T13:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-03T13:54:23.770-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BofA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 3</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet shrinks in latest week - (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week with reduced holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet was $2.838 trillion in the week ended Aug. 31, compared with $2.843 trillion in the week ended Aug. 24. For balance sheet graphic: link.reuters.com/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3309947492554068586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3309947492554068586&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3309947492554068586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3309947492554068586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-ending-sept-3.html' title='week ending Sept 3'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6811922491261150703</id><published>2011-08-27T12:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-27T12:54:17.678-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BofA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 27</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet flat in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet was stable in the latest week, as the central bank's bond holdings were little changed, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet was $2.843 trillion in the week ended Aug. 24, compared with $2.842 trillion in the week ended Aug. 17. For balance sheet graphic: link.reuters.com/buf92k </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6811922491261150703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6811922491261150703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6811922491261150703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6811922491261150703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-ending-aug-27.html' title='week ending Aug 27'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-438195532715037679</id><published>2011-08-20T14:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T14:20:14.870-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BofA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 20</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Shrinks In Latest Week (Dow Jones)- The size of the U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet inched down in the latest week as the central bank maintained a large portfolio of assets following the end of its economic stimulus. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Aug. 17 shrank slightly to $2.862 trillion, from $2.876 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/438195532715037679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=438195532715037679&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/438195532715037679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/438195532715037679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-ending-aug-20.html' title='week ending Aug 20'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8860818179063679708</id><published>2011-08-13T13:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-13T13:47:10.256-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BofA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt deal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US credit rating'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 13</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet expands in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the week ended August 10, Federal Reserve data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet  expanded to $2.856 trillion in the week ended August 10 from $2.851 trillion in the week ended August 3. The Fed's holdings of Treasuries totaled $1.645 trillion on August 10, up from $1.641 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8860818179063679708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8860818179063679708&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8860818179063679708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8860818179063679708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-ending-aug-13.html' title='week ending Aug 13'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-345935606434765817</id><published>2011-08-06T17:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-06T17:36:55.537-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt deal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US credit rating'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 6</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed balance sheet expands in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the week ended Aug. 3, Federal Reserve data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet  expanded to $2.851 trillion in the week ended Aug. 3 from $2.848 trillion in the week ended July 27. For balance sheet graphic: link.reuters.com/buf92k The Fed's holdings of Treasuries totaled </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/345935606434765817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=345935606434765817&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/345935606434765817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/345935606434765817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-ending-aug-6.html' title='week ending Aug 6'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2240952596263579367</id><published>2011-07-30T13:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T13:17:35.983-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GDP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending July 30</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed balance sheet shrank in latest week   - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the week ended July 27 with reduced holdings of federal agency debt securities and mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed.The Fed's balance sheet dipped to $2.848 trillion in the week ended July 27 from $2.855 trillion in the week ended July 20. For balance sheet graphic: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2240952596263579367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2240952596263579367&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2240952596263579367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2240952596263579367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-ending-july-30.html' title='week ending July 30'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2513334237376316636</id><published>2011-07-23T06:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T13:02:48.901-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CFPB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Gang of Six&quot; plan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending July 23</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet shrinks slightly in latest week‎-- The Federal Reserve's balance sheet contracted slightly to $2.875 trillion in the week ended July 20 from a record $2.88 trillion in the prior week, the central bank said Thursday. This is the first decline in the balance sheet since mid-January. The balance sheet is stabilizing as the Fed recently completed its plan to purchase $600 billion in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2513334237376316636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2513334237376316636&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2513334237376316636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2513334237376316636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-ending-july-23.html' title='week ending July 23'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-9158142147086314992</id><published>2011-07-16T14:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-16T14:09:03.238-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US credit rating'/><title type='text'>week ending July 16</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Expands In Latest Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded in the latest week as central bank Treasury holdings continued to grow after the formal end of a bond-buying program aimed at shoring up the economy. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended July 13 increased to $2.882 trillion, from $2.874 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/9158142147086314992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=9158142147086314992&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/9158142147086314992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/9158142147086314992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-ending-july-16.html' title='week ending July 16'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-7162276390795426344</id><published>2011-07-09T13:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-09T13:28:11.421-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending July 9</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet grows to another record size (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded to a record size in the week ended July 6 as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The purchases were part of its $600 billion program, dubbed QE2, aimed at stimulating investment and economic activity. The final purchase </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/7162276390795426344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=7162276390795426344&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7162276390795426344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7162276390795426344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-ending-july-9.html' title='week ending July 9'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8537099403630124551</id><published>2011-07-02T06:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-02T14:31:24.986-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BofA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear power'/><title type='text'>week ending July 2</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Expands To $2.869 Trillion In Latest Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded in the latest week as the central bank came close to wrapping up its Treasury- buying program aimed at shoring up the economy. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended June 29 climbed to $2.869 trillion, from $2.860 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8537099403630124551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8537099403630124551&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8537099403630124551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8537099403630124551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-ending-july-2.html' title='week ending July 2'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8100466968658207125</id><published>2011-06-25T13:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-25T13:45:19.954-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Jun 25</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet hits another record size - (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded to a record size in the latest week, as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet swelled to $2.841 trillion in the week ended June 22 from $2.811 trillion the prior week. The central bank's holding of U.S. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8100466968658207125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8100466968658207125&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8100466968658207125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8100466968658207125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-ending-jun-25.html' title='week ending Jun 25'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6630294513877525436</id><published>2011-06-18T14:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-18T14:36:35.967-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outlook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending June 18</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Expands To $2.832T In Latest Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded in the latest week as the central bank came closer to the end of its Treasury-buying program aimed at shoring up the economy.  The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended June 15 climbed to $2.832 trillion, from $2.815 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday.  The</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6630294513877525436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6630294513877525436&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6630294513877525436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6630294513877525436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-ending-june-18.html' title='week ending June 18'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-275862647520312439</id><published>2011-06-11T06:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T14:59:39.839-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>week ending June 11</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet grows to record $2.82 trillion - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded to a record $2.81 trillion in the week ended June 8 from $2.79 trillion in the prior week, the central bank said Thursday. The Fed balance sheet continues to set weekly records as the central bank completes its plan to purchase $600 billion in Treasurys by the end of June. The Fed is buying bonds to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/275862647520312439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=275862647520312439&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/275862647520312439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/275862647520312439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-ending-may-11.html' title='week ending June 11'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-1361685199270025099</id><published>2011-06-04T14:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T14:16:10.675-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>week ending Jun 4</title><summary type='text'>(preview)  Fed balance sheet grows to record $2.79 trillion -  The Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded to a record $2.792 trillion in the week ended June 1 from $2.78 trillion in the prior week, the central bank said Thursday. The Fed balance sheet continues to set weekly records as the central bank completes its plan to purchase $600 billion in Treasurys by the end of June.  Fed officials </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/1361685199270025099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=1361685199270025099&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1361685199270025099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1361685199270025099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/06/week-ending-jun-4.html' title='week ending Jun 4'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4739896397797343532</id><published>2011-05-28T14:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-28T14:23:48.931-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>week ending May 28</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet hits another record size- The Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded to a record size in the latest week, as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet expanded to $2.759 trillion in the week ended May 25 from $2.742 trillion the prior week. The central bank's holding of U.S. government </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4739896397797343532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4739896397797343532&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4739896397797343532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4739896397797343532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-ending-may-28.html' title='week ending May 28'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3625367602597980710</id><published>2011-05-21T14:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-21T14:17:27.985-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending May 21</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet hits another record (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded to a record size in the latest week, as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet expanded to $2.742 trillion in the week ended May 18 from $2.729 trillion the prior week.The central bank's holding of U.S. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3625367602597980710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3625367602597980710&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3625367602597980710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3625367602597980710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-ending-may-21.html' title='week ending May 21'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5405144941873475081</id><published>2011-05-14T13:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-14T14:00:01.001-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending May 14</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Grows To $2.749 Trillion‎ - --The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew last week as the central bank keeps trying to stimulate the economy by buying Treasury securities.  The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended May 11 increased to $2.749 trillion, from $2.723 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday. Holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5405144941873475081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5405144941873475081&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5405144941873475081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5405144941873475081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-ending-may-14.html' title='week ending May 14'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5191473796094596691</id><published>2011-05-07T14:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-07T14:04:12.132-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>week ending May 7</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet hits new highs - The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet has grown to a record $2.703 trillion (£1.62 trillion), figures for the week ending May 4 show. A report published yesterday reveals that the American central bank’s balance sheet increased from the $2.675 trillion reported the prior week. It shows that the bank’s asset holdings rose from $2.695 trillion to  $2.723 trillion in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5191473796094596691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5191473796094596691&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5191473796094596691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5191473796094596691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-ending-may-7.html' title='week ending May 7'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2691064085305305129</id><published>2011-04-30T14:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T14:17:41.099-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GDP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 30</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet approaches $2.68 trillion - The size of the U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet reached another record in the latest week, spurred by its $600 billion bond buying program aimed at supporting economic growth, Fed data released on Thursday showed.  The balance sheet expanded to $2.675 trillion in the week ended April 27 from $2.67 trillion the previous week.  The central </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2691064085305305129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2691064085305305129&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2691064085305305129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2691064085305305129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-ending-apr-30.html' title='week ending Apr 30'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6594596827843895120</id><published>2011-04-23T13:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T14:00:41.670-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt limit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the rich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US credit rating'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 23</title><summary type='text'>Fed's balance sheet grows to record in latest week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew to another record size in the latest week, as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet expanded to $2.670 trillion on April 20 from $2.649 trillion on April 13. The Fed's holding of U.S. government securities grew</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6594596827843895120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6594596827843895120&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6594596827843895120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6594596827843895120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-ending-apr-23.html' title='week ending Apr 23'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5439831772085047512</id><published>2011-04-16T14:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T14:05:54.024-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medicaid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ryan plan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.K.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 16</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet grows to record in latest week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew to another record size in the latest week, as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed.  The balance sheet expanded to $2.649 trillion on April 13 from $2.633 trillion on April 6. The central bank's holding of U.S. government </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5439831772085047512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5439831772085047512&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5439831772085047512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5439831772085047512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-ending-apr-16.html' title='week ending Apr 16'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8994634169574845922</id><published>2011-04-09T14:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-09T15:14:07.643-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ryan plan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 9</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet grows to record in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew to a record size in the latest week, as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet expanded to $2.633 trillion on April 6 from $2.606 trillion on March 30. The central bank's holding of U.S. government </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8994634169574845922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8994634169574845922&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8994634169574845922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8994634169574845922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-ending-apr-9.html' title='week ending Apr 9'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-7256528850823469081</id><published>2011-04-02T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T13:57:51.826-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 2</title><summary type='text'>Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet Hits Record High As Bank Buys More Bonds - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew to another record size in the latest week as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The purchases were part of its $600 billion quantitative easing program, dubbed QE2, with the goal to stimulate investments and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/7256528850823469081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=7256528850823469081&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7256528850823469081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7256528850823469081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-ending-apr-2.html' title='week ending Apr 2'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3235297274277902964</id><published>2011-03-26T14:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-26T14:28:47.433-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Mar 26</title><summary type='text'>Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Rises To $2.605 Trillion - The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended March 23 climbed to $2.605 trillion, from $2.587 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday. It was the seventh consecutive week in which assets were above $2.5 trillion. The Fed's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose to $1.305 trillion on Wednesday from $1.280 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3235297274277902964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3235297274277902964&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3235297274277902964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3235297274277902964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-ending-mar-26.html' title='week ending Mar 26'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4301283333191259791</id><published>2011-03-19T13:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-19T13:50:29.897-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Mar 19</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet hits record size again‎ - - The size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet reached another record in the latest week, spurred by its $600 billion bond program aimed to support economic growth, Fed data released on Thursday showed.The balance sheet expanded to $2.567 trillion in the week ended March 16 from $2.561 trillion the previous week. The central bank's holding of U.S. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4301283333191259791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4301283333191259791&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4301283333191259791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4301283333191259791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-ending-mar-19.html' title='week ending Mar 19'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2296957220674272689</id><published>2011-03-12T14:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T14:46:25.204-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Mar 12</title><summary type='text'>Fed's balance sheet grows in latest week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded to a new record size in the latest week, as the central bank continued to purchase bonds, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet expanded to $2.561 trillion in the week ended March 9 from $2.528 trillion the prior week. The central bank's holding of U.S. government securities jumped to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2296957220674272689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2296957220674272689&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2296957220674272689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2296957220674272689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-ending-mar-12.html' title='week ending Mar 12'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-1823142282466385656</id><published>2011-03-05T14:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T18:00:44.544-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending March 5</title><summary type='text'>Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Rises To $2.549 Trillion - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet continued to expand last week as the central bank bought more government debt in an effort to spur economic growth.  The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended March 2 climbed to $2.549 trillion, from $2.537 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday. It was the fourth </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/1823142282466385656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=1823142282466385656&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1823142282466385656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1823142282466385656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-ending-march-4.html' title='week ending March 5'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2090708506879200512</id><published>2011-02-26T14:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-26T17:03:02.566-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medicaid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GSEs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Feb 26</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Rises To $2.537 Trillion - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet held more than $2.5 trillion in assets for the third straight week as the central bank bought more government debt in an effort to spur economic growth.  The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Feb. 23 climbed to $2.537 trillion, from $2.513 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2090708506879200512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2090708506879200512&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2090708506879200512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2090708506879200512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/02/week-ending-feb-19.html' title='week ending Feb 26'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-7213930829559722794</id><published>2011-02-12T14:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T14:48:46.714-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GSEs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Feb 12</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet grows to record size in week - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew to a record size in the latest week, spurred by its $600 billion bond program aimed at supporting economic growth, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet expanded to $2.483 trillion in the week ended February 9 from $2.452 trillion the prior week. The central bank's holding of U.S. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/7213930829559722794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=7213930829559722794&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7213930829559722794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7213930829559722794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/02/week-ending-feb-12.html' title='week ending Feb 12'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3431027274319026554</id><published>2011-02-05T14:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-05T14:25:27.950-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>week ending Feb 5</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Rise to Record $2.47 Trillion on Treasury Purchases - The Federal Reserve’s total assets rose by $25.9 billion to $2.47 trillion as the central bank bought Treasury securities as part of the second round of its quantitative easing strategy.  Treasuries held by the Fed increased by $23.7 billion to $1.14 trillion as of yesterday, according to a weekly release by the central bank today. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3431027274319026554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3431027274319026554&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3431027274319026554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3431027274319026554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/02/week-ending-feb-5.html' title='week ending Feb 5'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5013766091555284963</id><published>2011-01-29T14:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T14:28:07.963-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SOTU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 29</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed balance sheet resumes growth in week -  The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet resumed its expansion in the latest week on the central bank's bond purchases and was within striking distance of its record size, Fed data released on Thursday showed.  The balance sheet expanded to $2.426 trillion in the week ended Jan. 26 from $2.407 trillion the prior week.  It hit a record size of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5013766091555284963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5013766091555284963&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5013766091555284963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5013766091555284963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-ending-jan-29.html' title='week ending Jan 29'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8179804305238998144</id><published>2011-01-22T14:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T14:18:42.666-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 22</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Contracts After AIG Exit - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet contracted in the latest week after the U.S. government exited insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG).  The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Jan. 19 fell to $2.428 trillion, from $2.471 trillion a week earlier, it said in a weekly report released Thursday.  AIG repaid all its obligations to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8179804305238998144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8179804305238998144&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8179804305238998144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8179804305238998144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-ending-jan-22.html' title='week ending Jan 22'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2003495709182372342</id><published>2011-01-15T14:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T14:29:26.397-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 15</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Rise to Record $2.47 Trillion in QE Purchase Program - The Federal Reserve’s total assets rose by $32.2 billion to $2.47 trillion, the fifth record in six weeks, as the central bank bought Treasury securities as part of the second round of its quantitative easing strategy.  Treasuries held by the Fed rose by $31.1 billion to $1.06 trillion as of yesterday, according to a weekly release</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2003495709182372342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2003495709182372342&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2003495709182372342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2003495709182372342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-ending-jan-15.html' title='week ending Jan 15'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4904634637024544031</id><published>2011-01-08T14:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T14:40:51.315-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BofA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politcal capture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 8</title><summary type='text'>US Fed's balance sheet at record in latest week -  (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose to $2.418 trillion in the week ended Jan. 5 from $2.403 trillion the prior week. The balance sheet has been expanding since the U.S. central bank last month began a second round of quantitative easing, known as QE2. The Fed expects to but about $600 billion in U.S. government debt over an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4904634637024544031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4904634637024544031&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4904634637024544031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4904634637024544031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2011/01/week-ending-jan-8.html' title='week ending Jan 8'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4820034253340683583</id><published>2011-01-01T13:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-01T13:08:43.019-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='copper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><title type='text'>week ending Jan 1</title><summary type='text'>Fed's balance sheet falls in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet fell in the latest week, following eight consecutive weeks of growth, as agency mortgage-backed securities holdings fell more than Treasury holdings increased, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet declined to $2.403 trillion in the week ended December 29 from $2.410 trillion the prior </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4820034253340683583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4820034253340683583&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4820034253340683583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4820034253340683583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-ending-jan-1.html' title='week ending Jan 1'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3370105608409723360</id><published>2010-12-25T13:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-25T13:13:38.495-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Basel III'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GOP-Obama tax cuts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homeless'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 25</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Rise to Record $2.43 Trillion on Bond Purchases - The Federal Reserve’s total assets grew $42.2 billion to a record $2.43 trillion as the central bank increased its holdings of Treasury securities faster than its holdings of housing debt declined.  Treasuries held by the Fed increased by $39.7 billion to $1 trillion as of Dec. 22, according to a weekly release by the central bank today</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3370105608409723360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3370105608409723360&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3370105608409723360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3370105608409723360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-ending-dec-25.html' title='week ending Dec 25'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2616135603123396197</id><published>2010-12-18T12:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T12:59:47.057-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GOP-Obama tax cuts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 18</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Increase to Record $2.39 Trillion on Bond Purchases - The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet grew $3.5 billion to $2.39 trillion as the central bank increased its holdings of Treasury securities faster than its holdings of housing debt declined.  Treasuries held by the Fed increased by $17.9 billion to $967.6 billion as of Dec. 15, according to a weekly release by the central bank today. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2616135603123396197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2616135603123396197&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2616135603123396197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2616135603123396197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-ending-dec-18.html' title='week ending Dec 18'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5257915165701490259</id><published>2010-12-11T14:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T14:33:53.328-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GOP-Obama tax cuts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 11</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Reach Record $2.39 Trillion on Purchases of Bonds - The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet reached a record $2.39 trillion as the central bank increased its holdings of Treasury securities as part of a bid to boost economic growth.  Treasuries held by the Fed increased by $32.2 billion to $949.6 billion as of Dec. 8, according to a weekly release by the central bank today, while the Fed’s</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5257915165701490259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5257915165701490259&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5257915165701490259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5257915165701490259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-ending-dec-11.html' title='week ending Dec 11'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6718612303802197468</id><published>2010-12-04T17:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T17:40:23.876-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><title type='text'>week ending Dec 4</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Rises by $908 Million on Treasuries Purchases‎ - The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet rose $908 million to $2.35 trillion as the central bank increased its holdings of Treasury securities. Treasuries held by the Fed increased by $16.2 billion to $917.5 billion as of Dec. 1, according to a weekly release today, while mortgage-backed securities on the balance sheet fell by $15.2 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6718612303802197468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6718612303802197468&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6718612303802197468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6718612303802197468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-ending-dec-4.html' title='week ending Dec 4'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-1126866281249414277</id><published>2010-11-27T07:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-27T11:46:47.737-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 27</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Rise $31.1 Billion to $2.35 Trillion on Treasuries‎ - The Federal Reserve’s total assets increased $31.1 billion to $2.35 trillion as the central bank expanded its portfolio of U.S. Treasury debt. Holdings of Treasuries rose by $27.6 billion to $901.2 billion as of Nov. 24, according to a weekly release today. Mortgage-backed securities on the balance sheet fell by $475 million and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/1126866281249414277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=1126866281249414277&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1126866281249414277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1126866281249414277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-ending-nov-27.html' title='week ending Nov 27'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6396844107269214121</id><published>2010-11-20T14:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-20T14:48:50.205-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 20</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet grows on bond purchases ‎(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew for a third straight week on its purchases of Treasuries under its latest quantitative easing program to help the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet rose to $2.297 trillion in the week ended Nov. 17 from $2.295 trillion the previous week. The Fed's balance sheet is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6396844107269214121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6396844107269214121&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6396844107269214121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6396844107269214121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-ending-nov-20.html' title='week ending Nov 20'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4106270183823846761</id><published>2010-11-13T14:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-13T14:38:56.545-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world trade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit commission'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G-20'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 13</title><summary type='text'>US Fed Total Discount Window Borrowings Wed $46.68 Billion‎ - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded slightly in the latest week as the central bank's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose and borrowing by commercial banks fell. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Nov. 10 rose to $2.316 trillion from $2.303 trillion a week earlier, the Fed said in a report released Friday. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4106270183823846761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4106270183823846761&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4106270183823846761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4106270183823846761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-ending-nov-13.html' title='week ending Nov 13'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3412567297987324159</id><published>2010-11-06T13:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-06T14:51:16.119-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Nov 6</title><summary type='text'>A Look Inside the Fed's Balance Sheet - Assets on the Fed’s balance sheet have remained relatively stable around $2.28 trillion since mid-August when the central bank announced that it would reinvest the proceeds from its mortgage-backed securities and agency debt portfolios into Treasurys. But that’s about to change in the wake of the Fed’s announcement Wednesday that it will purchase an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3412567297987324159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3412567297987324159&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3412567297987324159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3412567297987324159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-ending-nov-6.html' title='week ending Nov 6'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6533176163678213605</id><published>2010-10-30T14:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-30T14:22:09.948-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare earths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 30</title><summary type='text'>Fed's balance sheet shrinks in latest week‎ - (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank slightly in the latest week, led down by lower holdings of mortgage-backed securities and agency bonds, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet shrank to $2.278 trillion in the week ended October 27 from $2.288 trillion the previous week.Fed balance sheet liabilities remain </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6533176163678213605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6533176163678213605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6533176163678213605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6533176163678213605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-ending-oct-30.html' title='week ending Oct 30'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4876436488052366090</id><published>2010-10-23T13:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-23T14:01:04.159-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world trade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare earths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.K.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 23</title><summary type='text'>US Fed Total Discount Window Borrowings Wed $48.28 Billion - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet contracted slightly in the latest week as its Treasury securities holdings increased.The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Oct. 20 dipped to $2.308 trillion from $2.313 trillion a week earlier, the Fed said in a report released Thursday. Total discount window borrowing slid to $48.28 billion</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4876436488052366090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4876436488052366090&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4876436488052366090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4876436488052366090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-ending-oct-23.html' title='week ending Oct 23'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6327614595558167911</id><published>2010-10-16T14:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-16T14:07:53.806-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QE II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreclosure fraud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 16</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet grows a bit on Treasuries (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew slightly in the latest week as the central bank accumulated more Treasuries in a bid to stimulate spending and investment, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet edged up to $2.291 trillion in the week ended October 13 from $2.290 trillion a week ago. In August, the Fed reinstated </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6327614595558167911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6327614595558167911&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6327614595558167911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6327614595558167911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-ending-oct-16.html' title='week ending Oct 16'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5477238332048599677</id><published>2010-10-09T14:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-09T15:35:27.315-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commercial real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 9</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Expands Slightly In Latest Week The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded slightly in the latest week as the central bank's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended Oct. 6 totaled $2.311 trillion, compared with $2.302 trillion a week earlier, the Fed said in a weekly report released Thursday. In the latest week, the Fed's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5477238332048599677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5477238332048599677&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5477238332048599677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5477238332048599677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-ending-oct-9.html' title='week ending Oct 9'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3805165079961245995</id><published>2010-10-02T06:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T13:27:16.753-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><title type='text'>week ending Oct 2</title><summary type='text'>US Fed balance sheet shrinks on fewer MBS - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week on a sharp reduction in the central bank's holdings of mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet fell to $2.281 trillion in the week ended Sept 29 from $2.290 trillion the previous week.  Last week, the U.S. central bank hinted it is open to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3805165079961245995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3805165079961245995&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3805165079961245995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3805165079961245995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-ending-oct-2.html' title='week ending Oct 2'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3217817761154491459</id><published>2010-09-25T14:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-25T14:16:54.263-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the rich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 25</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet Rises to $2.31 Trillion on Treasury Purchases-- The Federal Reserve’s total assets rose $11.1 billion to $2.31 trillion during the past week as the central bank increased its purchases of Treasuries.  The Fed said last month that as housing debt matures it will buy Treasury securities to maintain its total securities holdings at $2.05 trillion. The plan is aimed at preventing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3217817761154491459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3217817761154491459&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3217817761154491459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3217817761154491459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-ending-sept-25.html' title='week ending Sept 25'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2781709529611094691</id><published>2010-09-18T14:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-18T14:22:23.674-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Basel III'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 18</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Fall to $2.3 Trillion as Mortgage Debt Declines‎ -The Federal Reserve’s total assets fell 0.4 percent to $2.3 trillion during the past week on a decline in its holdings of mortgage-backed securities and federal agency debt. The central bank’s balance sheet decreased by $9.75 billion in the week ended yesterday, according to a weekly release today. The Fed’s holdings of mortgage-backed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2781709529611094691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2781709529611094691&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2781709529611094691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2781709529611094691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-ending-sept-18.html' title='week ending Sept 18'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8923586051388867950</id><published>2010-09-11T13:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-11T13:52:40.287-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austerity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stimulus'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 11</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Little Changed as Treasury Securities Increase -- The Federal Reserve’s total assets were little changed at $2.31 trillion as its portfolio of Treasury securities grew under a plan announced last month.  Total assets rose by $3.75 billion in the week ended yesterday, according to the weekly release today on the central bank’s balance sheet. The Fed’s holdings of mortgage-backed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8923586051388867950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8923586051388867950&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8923586051388867950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8923586051388867950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-ending-sept-11.html' title='week ending Sept 11'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-1753172959638096190</id><published>2010-09-04T12:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T12:26:32.523-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stimulus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending Sept 4</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Little Changed as Treasury Securities Holdings Rise (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve’s total assets were little changed at $2.31 trillion as the central bank expanded its holdings of Treasury securities under a plan announced last month. Total assets rose by $965 million in the week ended yesterday, according to the weekly release today on the central bank’s balance sheet. The Fed’s </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/1753172959638096190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=1753172959638096190&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1753172959638096190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1753172959638096190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-ending-sept-4.html' title='week ending Sept 4'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-7079792621291202060</id><published>2010-08-28T13:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-28T13:09:10.920-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austerity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 28</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Decline to $2.3 Trillion as Housing Securities Fall -- The Federal Reserve’s total assets fell to $2.3 trillion as its holdings of mortgage-backed securities declined.  Total assets declined by $12.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, in the week ended yesterday, according to today’s weekly balance- sheet release. The Fed’s holdings of mortgage-backed securities declined by $9.85 billion to $1.1</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/7079792621291202060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=7079792621291202060&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7079792621291202060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7079792621291202060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/08/week-ending-aug-28.html' title='week ending Aug 28'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3175855532467277564</id><published>2010-08-21T13:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-21T13:55:26.319-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 21</title><summary type='text'>Fed balance sheet shrinks on less mortgage debt (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week, partly due to a decline in its holdings of mortgage-related securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The fall in holdings of agency debt and mortgage-backed bonds came as the Fed this week reinstated its program of purchasing Treasuries in a bid to lower long-term </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3175855532467277564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3175855532467277564&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3175855532467277564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3175855532467277564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/08/weel-ending-aug-21.html' title='week ending Aug 21'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5241965342695154115</id><published>2010-08-14T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-14T13:57:55.894-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commodities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 14</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Assets Little Changed; Bank Borrowing Lowest Since 2007 - The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet was little changed at $2.33 trillion during the past week as banks borrowed less from the Fed’s discount window than at any time since September 2007.  Total assets rose by $1.05 billion as of yesterday, according to today’s weekly balance-sheet release. The Fed’s holdings of mortgage-backed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5241965342695154115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5241965342695154115&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5241965342695154115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5241965342695154115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/08/week-ending-aug-14.html' title='week ending Aug 14'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4514418681334471763</id><published>2010-08-07T16:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-07T18:24:12.710-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending Aug 7</title><summary type='text'>A Look Inside the Fed’s Balance Sheet — Updated 8/6/10 - Assets on the Fed’s balance sheet expanded slightly in the latest week, rising to $2.309 trillion from $2.308 trillion. Most assets were essentially flat with an increase in other credit and a drop in the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF. The TALF ended in March, and is falling as the last loans made through the program </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4514418681334471763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4514418681334471763&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4514418681334471763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4514418681334471763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/08/week-ending-aug-7.html' title='week ending Aug 7'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2215854291513204560</id><published>2010-07-31T10:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-31T13:40:22.282-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double dip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inequality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending July 31</title><summary type='text'>Fed Increases Quarterly Value of AIG, Bear Stearns Holdings -The Federal Reserve raised by 3 percent its combined estimated value of investment portfolios acquired in the rescues of American International Group Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. The net holdings of three corporations set up by the Fed for the mortgages and securities it took on in bailing out AIG and Bear Stearns in 2008 rose by $2 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2215854291513204560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2215854291513204560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2215854291513204560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2215854291513204560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/07/week-ending-july-31.html' title='week ending July 31'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-758126553141951341</id><published>2010-07-24T16:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-24T16:49:08.567-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elizabeth Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='euro bank stress tests'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending July 24th</title><summary type='text'>US Fed's balance sheet down in latest week‎ (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet decreased in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed.The balance sheet was $2.315 trillion on July 21 versus $2.324 trillion a week before.It remains near its record high of $2.334 trillion hit in May. After declining early last year, the balance sheet started accumulating mass amid the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/758126553141951341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=758126553141951341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/758126553141951341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/758126553141951341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/07/week-ending-july-24th.html' title='week ending July 24th'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-4926098088864550301</id><published>2010-07-17T13:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-17T14:34:26.820-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world trade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending July 17th</title><summary type='text'>US Fed's balance sheet grows on mortgage bonds (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose in the latest week on an increase of its holdings of mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet rose to $2.324 trillion in the week ended July 14 from $2.314 trillion the previous week. They reached a record $2.333 trillion on May 19 on rising ownership</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/4926098088864550301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=4926098088864550301&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4926098088864550301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/4926098088864550301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/07/week-ending-july-17th.html' title='week ending July 17th'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6360113670125794854</id><published>2010-07-10T06:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-10T15:51:57.248-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austerity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commercial real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending July 10</title><summary type='text'>Fed's balance sheet little changed in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet was little changed in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet -- a broad gauge of Fed lending to the financial system -- was little changed at $2.314 trillion in the week ended July 7, the same as the previous week after rounding.  FRB: H.4.1 Release--Factors </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6360113670125794854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6360113670125794854&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6360113670125794854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6360113670125794854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/07/week-ending-july-10.html' title='week ending July 10'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-7404198451708736107</id><published>2010-07-03T13:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T14:43:33.204-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austerity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G-20'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending July 3</title><summary type='text'>Fed s balance sheet shrinks in latest week - The US Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet a broad gauge of Fed lending to the financial system declined to USD 2.314 trillion in the week ended June 30 from USD 2.328 trillion the previous week.While the balance sheet contracted in the most recent data, it remains near its </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/7404198451708736107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=7404198451708736107&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7404198451708736107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/7404198451708736107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/07/week-ending-july-3.html' title='week ending July 3'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-1581566625454843531</id><published>2010-06-26T15:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-26T15:58:29.624-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austerity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.K.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G-20'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politcal capture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stimulus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending June 26</title><summary type='text'>US Fed's balance sheet rises slightly in week -  (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose slightly in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet rose to $2.328 trillion in the week ended June 23 from $2.327 trillion the previous week. The Fed's holdings of mortgage-backed securities backed by housing finance companies Fannie Mae (FNM.N) and Freddie </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/1581566625454843531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=1581566625454843531&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1581566625454843531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/1581566625454843531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-ending-june-26.html' title='week ending June 26'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2315657364497005729</id><published>2010-06-19T14:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T14:39:07.739-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austerity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politcal capture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending June 19</title><summary type='text'>US Fed's balance sheet edges up in latest week  - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The balance sheet rose to $2.327 trillion in the week ended June 16 from $2.314 trillion in the week ended June 9. For link to graphic see link.reuters.com/buf92kThe Fed's holdings of mortgage-backed securities backed by housing finance </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2315657364497005729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2315657364497005729&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2315657364497005729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2315657364497005729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-ending-june-19.html' title='week ending June 19'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6083744858574057692</id><published>2010-06-12T13:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-12T14:53:55.335-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CRE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G-20'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending June 12</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed's balance sheet shrinks in latest week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week, as no foreign central bank drew loans from its emergency credit line, Fed data released on Thursday showed.The balance sheet declined to $2.314 trillion in the week ended June 9 from $2.318 trillion the previous week. For a graphic of Fed's balance sheet size, link.reuters.com/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6083744858574057692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6083744858574057692&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6083744858574057692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6083744858574057692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-ending-june-12.html' title='week ending June 12'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-361232614935215450</id><published>2010-06-05T16:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-05T17:09:09.272-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending June 5</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed's balance sheet grows in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew slightly in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed.The balance sheet -- a broad gauge of Fed lending to the financial system -- rose to $2.318 trillion in the week ended June 2 from $2.317 trillion the previous week.After declining early last year, the balance sheet had been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/361232614935215450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=361232614935215450&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/361232614935215450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/361232614935215450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-ending-june-5.html' title='week ending June 5'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3904539228816618985</id><published>2010-05-29T14:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T14:31:51.165-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commercial real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending May 29</title><summary type='text'>A Look Inside the Fed’s Balance Sheet - Assets on the Fed’s balance sheet contracted a bit in the latest week, dropping to $2.316 trillion from $2.333 trillion. Most of the decline came from a $7.96 billion reduction in liquidity swaps for foreign central banks. Three weeks ago the Fed re-established the swap lines to ensure access to dollars amid the troubles in Europe debt markets. However, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3904539228816618985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3904539228816618985&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3904539228816618985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3904539228816618985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-ending-may-29.html' title='week ending May 29'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6708089379128600802</id><published>2010-05-22T14:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T14:17:07.951-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stock market'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending May 22</title><summary type='text'>Fed Assets Reach Record $2.35 Trillion on Mortgage Purchases  (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve’s assets rose 0.6 percent to a record $2.35 trillion as the central bank recorded purchases of mortgage-backed securities on its balance sheet.Assets rose by $14.8 billion in the week ended yesterday, the central bank said today in a statement. The balance sheet reached the previous record level of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6708089379128600802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6708089379128600802&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6708089379128600802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6708089379128600802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-ending-may-22.html' title='week ending May 22'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5510943183585270969</id><published>2010-05-15T15:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T15:52:03.172-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GSEs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending May 15</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed's balance sheet rises in latest week  (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose for the first time in four weeks, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet climbed to $2.318 trillion in the week ended May 12 from $2.308 trillion in the week ended May 5. The balance sheet had been accumulating mass early this year amid the Fed's asset-buying program, or</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5510943183585270969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5510943183585270969&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5510943183585270969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5510943183585270969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-ending-may-15.html' title='week ending May 15'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8079895820036317071</id><published>2010-05-08T14:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-08T15:07:02.583-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goldman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stock market'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending May 8</title><summary type='text'> Can the Fed unload $2.3 trillion without crashing Wall Street? - Having waged a battle against financial mayhem for the last two years, the Federal Reserve is tentatively declaring victory. As it guaranteed debt and swapped cash for all sorts of assets, the Fed's balance sheet grew—from about $850 billion in assets before the crisis to about $2.3 trillion this spring. The binge included the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8079895820036317071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8079895820036317071&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8079895820036317071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8079895820036317071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-ending-may-8.html' title='week ending May 8'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-2785115994090248169</id><published>2010-05-01T16:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T16:56:56.980-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IMF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goldman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulf oil spill'/><title type='text'>week ending May 1</title><summary type='text'>Foreign Central Bank Custody Holdings At $3.066 Trillion As of Wed -Fed - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet contracted slightly in the latest week as discount window borrowing by commercial banks posted yet another decline. The Fed's asset holdings in the week ended April 28 slid to $2.334 trillion from $2.341 trillion a week earlier, the Fed said in a report released Thursday.Total </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/2785115994090248169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=2785115994090248169&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2785115994090248169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/2785115994090248169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-ending-may-1.html' title='week ending May 1'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-114426408719595551</id><published>2010-04-24T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T15:34:32.003-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IMF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goldman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 24</title><summary type='text'>The U.S.’s Least Capitalized Big Bank: The Fed – WSJ - Last year the Federal Reserve pushed the nation’s biggest banks to beef up their capital levels to ensure that they could escape a worsening crisis with common equity of at least 4% of their total assets. Today, the Fed put out financial statements on itself and revealed that its own capital level is below that stress-test level. At the end </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/114426408719595551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=114426408719595551&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/114426408719595551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/114426408719595551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-ending-apr-24.html' title='week ending Apr 24'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5980677605442855783</id><published>2010-04-17T18:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T18:49:19.843-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 17</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed's balance sheet hits record (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose to a record high in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed, as the last of the U.S. central bank's mortgage support efforts came to a conclusion.The Fed's balance sheet -- a broad gauge of its lending to the financial system -- increased to $2.322 trillion in the week ended April 14 from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5980677605442855783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5980677605442855783&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5980677605442855783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5980677605442855783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-ending-apr-17.html' title='week ending Apr 17'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5968201032811742809</id><published>2010-04-10T14:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-10T14:39:40.133-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commercial real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 10</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Fed's balance sheet steady in latest week - The size of the U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet was little changed in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet -- a broad gauge of its lending to the financial system -- was steady at $2.290 trillion in the week ended April 7 compared with the week ended March 31. The balance sheet reached a record large </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5968201032811742809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5968201032811742809&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5968201032811742809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5968201032811742809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-ending-apr-10.html' title='week ending Apr 10'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5713835438206580709</id><published>2010-04-03T15:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-03T15:21:45.952-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interest rates'/><title type='text'>week ending Apr 3</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Shrinks Slightly In Latest Week - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrunk slightly in the latest week as the central bank's purchases of mortgage-backed securities came to an end. The Fed reported in a weekly report Thursday that its asset holdings in the week ended March 31 edged down to $2.311 trillion, from $2.317 trillion a week earlier.  Holdings of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5713835438206580709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5713835438206580709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5713835438206580709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5713835438206580709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-ending-apr-3.html' title='week ending Apr 3'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6909157545347570762</id><published>2010-03-27T15:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-27T15:34:30.979-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lehman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peak oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exit policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>week ending Mar 27</title><summary type='text'>Fed's Balance Sheet Rises to Record in Latest Week -- The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet rose to a record high in the latest week, surpassing the previous week's record level, Fed data released on Thursday showed.  The Fed's balance sheet -- a broad gauge of its lending to the financial system -- rose to $2.296 trillion in the week ended March 24 from $2.290 trillion in the previous week. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6909157545347570762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6909157545347570762&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6909157545347570762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6909157545347570762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/03/week-ending-mar-27.html' title='week ending Mar 27'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-5097602999632183044</id><published>2010-03-20T15:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-20T15:36:35.570-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lehman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CDSs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetary policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Mar 20</title><summary type='text'>A Look Inside the Fed’s Balance Sheet — 03/16/10 Update - In an effort to track the Fed’s actions, Real Time Economics has created an interactive graphic that will mark the expansion of the central bank’s balance sheet. The chart will be updated as often as possible with the latest data released by the Fed. The Fed’s balance sheet expanded in the latest week, with rising to $2.265 trillion from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/5097602999632183044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=5097602999632183044&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5097602999632183044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/5097602999632183044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/03/week-ending-mar-20.html' title='week ending Mar 20'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-6723186922404825238</id><published>2010-03-13T14:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T15:52:41.097-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world trade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CDSs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Mar 13</title><summary type='text'>New Flow Of Funds Report Demonstrates Massive Selling In Agency &amp; MBS Holdings Away From The Fed - Today the Fed released its Q4 Flow of Funds, aka Z.1, report. Using the data in this report, some have focused on such temperamental measures as household net worth, which in Q4 came out at $54.2 trillion, a $700 billion increase from Q3. What they will not disclose is that all of this increase came</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/6723186922404825238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=6723186922404825238&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6723186922404825238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/6723186922404825238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/03/week-ending-mar-13.html' title='week ending Mar 13'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-3443494656426144750</id><published>2010-03-06T10:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T17:03:44.438-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial regulation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politcal capture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Fed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GSEs'/><title type='text'>week ending Mar 6</title><summary type='text'>Fed Balance Sheet and MBS Purchases - Here is the Federal Reserve balance sheet break down from the Atlanta Fed weekly Financial Highlights released today (as of last week): Graph Source: Altanta Fed. From the Atlanta Fed:  The balance sheet expanded $9.7 billion, to $2.3 trillion, for the week ended February 24. Holdings of agency debt and mortgage backed securities, which rose by $8 billion, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/3443494656426144750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=3443494656426144750&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3443494656426144750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/3443494656426144750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/03/week-ending-mar-6.html' title='week ending Mar 6'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362151422449720841.post-8066707391223669100</id><published>2010-02-27T14:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-27T15:50:40.340-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banksters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goldman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mortgage crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bernanke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>week ending Feb 27</title><summary type='text'>Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Update: Week Of February 25 - Just $45 Billion Left In Quantitative Easing - The Federal Reserve's assets were at $2.27 trillion as of February 25, jumping by $6 billion sequentially. Securities held outright: $1,975 billion (an increase of $62.6 billion MoM, resulting from $59 billion increase in MBS and $3 billion in Agency Debt), or $8 billion increase </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/feeds/8066707391223669100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3362151422449720841&amp;postID=8066707391223669100&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8066707391223669100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3362151422449720841/posts/default/8066707391223669100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globalglassonion.blogspot.com/2010/02/week-ending-feb-27.html' title='week ending Feb 27'/><author><name>rjs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hZcWXsez5sk/ShxvLBElMBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RJoY1D3MvwI/S220/b7d5352d-bb09-4dc0-840c-9d5aa2943af5_Small.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
