Article: Central bank moves calm money markets INVESTING

Article: United States : Fed funds futures ease after US ...
TendersInfo;  December 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... year following a round of unexpectedly strong economic data. Fed funds futures imply about a 68 percent chance the U.S. central ... benchmark three-month rate reaching an all-time low. Money markets showed no signs of stress typically seen in the lead-up ...

Article: Bank of England injects funds into short-term money ...
AP Worldstream;  March 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... into the short term money markets was well oversubscribed ... tight liquidity in the money markets came as European and ... in the short-term money markets this morning, the ... interest rate, the fed funds rate, by as much as ...

Article: Mixed end to a wild week; Dow manages to post a gain for the week ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... regulators, including the Bank of Japan, added liquidity. The European Central Bank for the second day added cash to its money markets. These banks and others around the world haven't worked together to inject liquidity into the markets since the aftermath ...

Article: Deluge or drought? (Japan's money markets)
The Economist (US);  December 8, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... policy has become tighter than intended in recent months. The Fed's attempts to ease credit conditions with two cuts in its Fed funds rate have proved no more successful than "pushing on a string". On December 4th it reduced banks' reserve requirements ...

Article: IN BRIEF: First ETFs linked to money markets.(Brief ...
Fund Strategy;  April 28, 2008 ;     546 words ... ... ETF and the db x-trackers US Dollar Money Market ETF reflect the Sterling Overnight Index Average rate (Sonia) and the Fed Funds Effective Rate, representing respectively the British and American short-term money market reference interest rates. Deutsche ...

Article: Fundamentals: Sentiment and momentum in bonds. (Trading ...
Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa);  June 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... basis points above or below the Fed funds rate. When dealers go short ... constant yield spreads against the Fed funds rate. One of the few ways a ... happens, the yield spreads between money markets and Fed funds move outside their normal bounds ...

Article: Fed's next move may hike rates
The Journal Record;  December 27, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Fed's public announcement of changes in the so-called federal funds target quickly reverberates through money markets. The fed funds rate fluctuates daily, tends to move to near the Fed's target almost immediately, and banks adjust their ...