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FED to issue credit cards to in debt consumers?
I’m joking of course but who knows as the ideas just get goofier.
The Federal Reserve took two new steps to unfreeze credit for homebuyers, consumers and small businesses, committing up to $800 billion.
The central bank will purchase as much as $600 billion in debt issued or backed by government-chartered housing-finance companies. It will also set up a program of $200 billion to support consumer and small-business loans, the Fed said in statements today in Washington.
“This action is being taken to reduce the cost and increase the availability of credit for the purchase of houses, which in turn should support…
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