The Fed Responds to Zero Hedge: Here Are Some Follow Up QuestionsZeroHedgeJan. 19, 2016 |
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Over the weekend, we gave the Dallas Fed a chance to respond to a Zero Hedge story corroborated by at least two independent sources, in which we reported that Federal Reserve members had met with bank lenders with distressed loan exposure to the US oil and gas sector and, after parsing through the complete bank books, had advised banks to i) not urge creditor counterparties into default, ii) urge asset sales instead, and iii) ultimately suspend mark to market in various instances. Moments ago the Dallas Fed, whose president since September 2015 is Robert Steven Kaplan, a former Goldman Sachs career banker who after 22 years at the bank rose to the rank of vice chairman of its investment bank group - an odd background for a regional Fed president - took the time away from its holiday schedule to respond to Zero Hedge. This is what it said. Read More |