Archive for the ‘Yellen’ tag
Fed’s Yellen Says Current Rates "Appropriate" to Stimulate Growth
San Francisco Fed President Janet Yellen (non-voter) said rates
are “appropriate” for encouraging growth and that the real Fed funds rate
is near zero.
In a Q&A session following her speech, Yellen said
some negative scenarios for the housing market remain
and that the extent of the drop in housing prices is the biggest unknown.
She also said she is concerned about an adverse feedback loop on home
prices…
[Housing On Fire] Blogoshere Hose-Down [Matrix]
Periodically, I like to round-up some of my favorite recent blog posts that are housing market/credit/economy related. And of course, a few extras…
Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy - George Carlin
- Minnesota’s new ghost towns [Calculated Risk]
- Poped! [The Crooked Timber]
- Housing Poll: Prices will Go Up, Go Down, or Remain Flat! [Truck and Barter]
- Fedspeak Highlights: Yellen on the Economic Chill [Real Time Economics]
- Dumped, Mortgage Style [Behind The Mortgage]
- Angry and Active [Curbed SF]
- WHAT THE HELL? [Property Grunt]
- Just How Much Your Credit Score Impacts Your Interest Rate [Rain City Guide]
- So many ways to dislike the home price stories [Square Feet]
- Couple sues Google over Street View pics of their house [Valleywag]
- Exactly Why You Should Bore Blog Readers With Real Estate Statistics [RE Tomato]
- Foreclosure Crisis: Now I know Why There Is One [Realty Check]
- Redfin Select: School-Marmish Innovator’s Dilemma? Becoming What They Hate? [3 Oceans]
- Time Management [Dilbert]