Friday, October 10, 2008

One More Thing

David Rosenberg reports that the Fed has lent banks $839 billion from the discount window in the past two weeks ending yesterday (Thursday, October 9th, 2008).

3-month LIBOR is at 4.82% and the prime rate is at 4.50%. The average rate for consumers and business is at 8.14%. Banks are borrowing all they can and lending out as little as possible.

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