Sentences with phrase «bond money programs»

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Yes, cheap money polices did help stabilize a reeling housing sector, that shouldn't be dismissed, but what else does the Fed have to show for near - zero short term interest rates and the fortune spent lowering longer term rates through its bond buying program?

Every big Wall Street firm has an extensive compliance program, with elaborate protocols and training programs designed to make sure investment bankers, stockbrokers and bond traders understand the rules around no - nos like unauthorized trading, money laundering and terrorist financing.

Operationally, the Federal Reserve's program of quantitative easing involves expanding the «monetary base» (currency plus bank reserves), which it does by buying up Treasury bonds and paying for them with zero - interest base money, which is a «liability» of the Fed.

After three bond buying programs known as Quantitative Easing (QE) flooded Wall Street with bountiful amounts of play money while failing to significantly lift wages or economic growth, the U.S. central bank now has a balance sheet that has quadrupled since the 2008 crisis to $ 4.4 trillion.

Ever since the ECB has begun to implement its assorted money printing programs in recent years — lately culminating in an outright QE program involving government bonds, agency bonds, ABS and covered bonds — bank reserves and the euro area money supply have soared.

What everyone most wants to know is when the Fed is going to start tapering off its bond - buying program (called Quantitative Easing), which has flooded the banking system with money for the past five years and kept interest rates abnormally low.

I understand that the current Federal Bond Buying program (80 Billion a month) are allowing a fixed supply of money to the American Government.

Though there is no legal requirement that the state approve an employee separation program, Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson has maintained that the ability to borrow the money for its cost was crucial, and said the Legislature's failure last year to approve the town's request to issue bonds for it prevented it from moving forward.

But Kremer says the portion of the Bond Act that would go to build new classrooms for pre-K programs and get kids out of trailers would be a good use of the money, because it would be a long - term investment with long - term benefits.

I want the money that comes from the deficit bond to be placed in a lock - box where it can not be accessed and used for other purposes such as day to day operation of the County or new programs or additional jobs.

The bond programs are often created with broad specifications for the use of the money.

New City — In a productive night for county government, the Rockland Legislature approved a number of major resolutions including a request that the New York Legislature allow a bonding and refinancing of county debt and a new program to encourage voluntary resignations from county positions to save money.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

The money will come from $ 108 million in federal stimulus funds, $ 210 million from bond sales, $ 42 million from the state, and an annual $ 65 to $ 75 million from a federal subsidy program.

Schools districts that rely on bond insurance to help them save money on the borrowing they do for construction projects and special programs could be affected by major ups and downs in that industry, at a time when many districts are already nervous about state budget cuts and a sagging national economy.

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In addition to helping spearhead the lowering of the bond threshold, O'Connell was also instrumental in getting class - size reduction money set aside for kindergarten through third grade - a program that still survives despite the state's fiscal troubles.

It's access to the PSF bond guarantee program that has saved charters millions of dollars and returned that money to the classroom.

Unlike money saved in a bank account, money saved into Qualified Tuition Programs (QTPs), such as 529s can be invested into stocks and bonds, giving you the chance for a higher return on your savings.

In a Peabody Award winning program, NPR correspondents argued that a «Giant Pool of Money» (represented by $ 70 trillion in worldwide fixed income investments) sought higher yields than those offered by US Treasury bonds early in the decade.

And LSAP stands for large - scale asset purchases: programs where central banks print money to buy bonds, mortgage securities or stocks.

What they should be saying is that broad - based equity investors were wrong to cheer the Federal Reserve's economic downgrade and subsequent continuation of its money - printing, bond - buying program; in particular, lower economic forecasts by the Fed will likely be accompanied by reduced revenue and lower earnings at the corporate level.

Federal, state, and municipal governments issue bonds for a similar purpose, to raise money for projects and public programs.

Both of these FAME loans are funded with the proceeds of tax - exempt bonds or private financing, and no State monies are allocated to fund the program.

These private education loans are funded with the proceeds from tax - exempt bonds or private financing, and no State monies are allocated to fund the program.

There was a $ 30,000 limit at one time, but the Treasury reduced the limit to $ 5,000 for paper and electronic bonds each in 2008 indicating the reduction would help focus the savings bond program on individuals with less money to save than others.

However, since the Fed began curtailing its bond buying / electronic money printing program (a.k.a. «QE3») in earnest circa mid-2014, the U.S. economy has struggled.

To a certain extent, programs offering low - interest first mortgage financing are a specialty of state housing finance agencies, which use annual allocations of tax - exempt mortgage revenue bond authority or dedicated state funds to generate pools of mortgage money at bargain rates, generally about 1 percent to 2 percent below market rates.

The TALF program has the potential to create a new funding source for REITs and other real estate owners by lending investors money to buy newly issued AAA - rated bonds backed by commercial properties.

With the Federal Reserve's continued indecision regarding the fate of bond - buying programs and the likelihood that interest rates will rise, smart money is going to great lengths to lock in long term rates.