BOJ Pledges Liquidity on Japan Quake as Toyota Shuts Plants
By Christopher Anstey and Mayumi Otsuma, Bloomberg
Japan’s central bank pledged to ensure financial stability after the strongest earthquake in at least a century forced Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) to shut some plants, knocked out oil refineries and sparked a plunge in stocks.
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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae 2011 note calendar
Reuters
The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB) reference, Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB)
benchmark notes for 2011.
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Malaysia Central Bank Holds Rate at 2.75%, Lifts Reserve Requirement
CentralBankNews.info
Malaysia's Central Bank, the Bank Negara Malaysia, held its overnight policy rate unchanged at 2.75% and increased the statutory reserve requirement ratio to 2% from 1% previously.
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PBoC: capital inflows shouldn’t stop rate rises
FT.com
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TARP: By the Numbers
By: Steve Adamske, U.S. Department of the Treasury
You may have seen a lot of news stories recently about Treasury’s efforts to wind down TARP and exit its investments in private companies. And most of those stories include a sea of numbers about the program: How much it’s expected to cost. How much money has gone out the door. How much has been repaid. And many others.
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Former J.P. Morgan Executive To Launch Swaps Trading Platform ODEX
By Katy Burne, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
A former J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) swaps executive is preparing to launch a new kind of derivatives-trading platform next quarter, which he expects will benefit from the Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law. The venture has been in test-mode since September.
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U.S. retails see biggest gain in four months
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, The Globe And Mail
Shoppers snapped up new cars, clothing and electronics in February, pushing retail sales up for the eighth straight month.
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Fed’s Dudley: Stronger Recovery Doesn’t Mean Early End to QE2
By Michael S. Derby
A top Federal Reserve official reiterated Friday that improving economic growth doesn’t mean the central bank will need to end its $600 billion bond buying program early.
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Norway Backs Sweden in Seeking Toughest Bank Capital Rules
By Josiane Kremer, Bloomberg
Norway is signaling it may follow Sweden’s target of imposing some of the world’s toughest capital requirements on lenders as policy makers in Scandinavia embrace post-crisis measures that banks warn will undermine competition.
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January Business Inventories Up 0.9%; Sales Rise 2.0%
By Patrick Temple-West, The Bond Buyer
Business inventories increased 0.9% in January, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
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JGB futures surge after huge Japan quake
Reuters
Japanese government bond futures surged on Friday and briefly rose more than a full point after a massive earthquake hit northern Japan, while trading in cash bonds was suspended after the quake.
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One in Four Hedge Funds Are Clearing OTC Swaps Now, UBS Says
By Matthew Leising, Bloomberg
One in four hedge funds is already clearing over-the-counter derivative trades, up from none in October, before new rules require changes later this year to the $583 trillion market, according to analysts at UBS AG. Most interest-rate, credit-default and other swaps bought and sold by money managers will be required to be processed by a clearinghouse later this year under new U.S. regulations. UBS analysts led by Alex Kramm in New York surveyed money managers to gauge how they're reacting to the changes, following an initial survey in October, they said in a note to clients today.
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LSE admits gap in retail bond data
By Jeremy Grant
The London Stock Exchange has admitted that real-time prices for some retail bonds traded on its market may not be available to investors as a result of its switchover to a new technology system. The development is the latest problem to arise from the exchange’s overhaul of its technology, which involves switching the LSE’s markets over to a new system developed by MillenniumIT.
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Spanish Banks Seek Investors to Plug $21 Billion Shortfall
BusinessWeek
Spanish banks that together need as much as 15.2 billion euros ($21 billion) to meet minimum capital levels now must persuade investors that their battered balance sheets offer the potential return to match the risk.
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Barclays told to inject E500m
By Patrick Jenkins - Fianancial Times
The Bank of Spain added to Barclays’ woes in the country on Thursday, declaring that the UK group must inject more than E500m ($690m) to meet new capital requirements.
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Minutes Of The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee, January 25-26, 2011
Press Release
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Krawcheck Said to Exempt Merrill Brokers From 'Garden Leave'
BusinessWeek
Sallie Krawcheck, head of Bank of America Corp.'s wealth management division, told Merrill Lynch financial advisers that a new "garden leave" policy doesn't apply to them, said two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Read Vikram Pandit's Letter to Citigroup Shareholders
Wall Street Journal Blogs
In his annual letter to shareholders, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit said his company is the "best-positioned bank in the world" to take advantage of changes in the financial services business.
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AIG offers $15.7bn Fed buyback
By Justin Baer in New York and Tom Braithwaite in Washington - Financial Times
American International Group has offered $15.7bn in cash to buy back a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities from the Federal Reserve in a deal that could hand the US government a profit on one of the key components of the insurer’s bail-out.
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Santander’s Sáenz faces banking ban
By Victor Mallet in Madrid, Financial Times
Alfredo Sáenz, chief executive of Santander, has been sentenced to jail and banned from banking for three months by Spain’s Supreme Court in the latest phase of an embarrassing legal battle over a customer loan default that has already lasted 17 years.
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