Showing posts with label Crowding Out. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crowding Out. Show all posts

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Paulson v. Paulson (Treasury v. Hedge fund)

U.S. Treasury Says Fed Financing Bills to Mature Soon
2008-11-17 by John Brinsley and Rebecca Christie (Bloomberg News)

John Paulson Buys Mortgage Bonds as Hedge Fund Losses Widen
2008-11-19 08:29:47.350 GMT by Tom Cahill and Tomoko Yamazaki (Bloomberg News)

If I read the first article correctly, the Treasury is crowding out the Fed -- an "unintended consequence" I'd not thought of. Ironic, too, that not long after Henry Paulson 'officially' said TARP won’t buy MBS John Paulson is said to be buying them: Paulson v. Paulson.

JRB