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I found this very odd: From Wikipedia: A 99-year lease under historic common law, is the longest possible term of a lease of real property. The FEDERAL RESERVE ACT was passed on December 23, 1913 when most of Congress was on Christmas break. see the great book "The Creature from Jeckyll Is."...

Tyler Durden Zero Hedge Dec 11, 2010 With the Federal Reserve now actively participating in capital markets, it should be noted that just like every other asset manager, the Fed has to be held accountable for its trading efficacy. After all, the Treasury takes every opportunity to remind...

Craig Torres, Bob Ivry and Scott Lanman Bloomberg April 1, 2010 After months of litigation and political scrutiny, the Federal Reserve yesterday ended a policy of secrecy over its Bear Stearns Cos. bailout. In a 4:30 p.m. announcement in a week of congressional recess and religious holidays...

Lee Brodie CNBC Thursday, March 18, 2010 The market melt-up appeared to be losing steam on Thursday due to chatter the Fed may hike the discount rate again, after the bell. What’s the word on the Street? If you believe in history repeating itself, you may want to take pause, says Guy...

Alan Rappeport Financial Times Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 The US must fix its growing debt problems or risk a new financial crisis, Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, warned on Tuesday, adding a mounting deficit could spur inflation. Mr Hoenig said that...

Ron Paul Campaign For Liberty Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2009 I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207 in the upcoming financial regulatory reform bill. As it stands now, if HR 3996 passes, because of this...

Tyler Durden zerohedge.com Thursday, Nov 19th, 2009 Goldman Sachs, which lately has been caught in a toxic spiral of potential misrepresentations (courtesy of the SIGTARP report which plainly refuted the firm’s claims that it was not on the hook vis-a-vis AIG, and by the way, Ms. Tavakoli, we...

Sunday, Nov 1st, 2009 In this Audit the Fed update, Dr. Paul explains what is happening with HR 1207 in the Monetary Policy Subcommittee, describes his plan to protect 1207 in the full Financial Services Committee, and provides ideas on actions we can take to keep Audit the Fed from being...

Alister Bull Thursday, October 22, 2009 OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A $29 billion trail from the Federal Reserve’s bailout of Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns ends in a partially deserted shopping center on a bleak spot on the south side of Oklahoma City. The Fed now owns the...

March 5th, 2009 in Breaking News, Economic Crisis Fed Refuses to Release Bank Lending Data, Insists on Secrecy Bloomberg.com: News. March 5 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve Board of Governors receives daily reports on loans to banks and securities firms, the institution said in response to a...