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To: Toddsterpatriot

We dont know what the terms are of the money the banks are getting from the fed do we? Or is the bank gambling that interest rates will stay low, the terms of the bond.


12 posted on 08/15/2010 7:12:45 PM PDT by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Sorry, forgot the ‘?’


13 posted on 08/15/2010 7:13:43 PM PDT by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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To: sickoflibs
We dont know what the terms are of the money the banks are getting from the fed do we?

The discount rate is 0.75% (up to 1.25%) and the term is overnight to a few weeks.

15 posted on 08/15/2010 7:19:13 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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