The Financial Crisis

Paper Summary:

The paper analyzes the Federal Reserve Bank's response to the AIG, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch crisis in terms of its implications on financial institutions, interest rates, inflation and the value of the US dollar. The paper discusses how the interconnectedness of these financial institutions made effective measures necessary, but shows how there is no guarantee that these injections into the world economy will boost investor confidence.

Outline:
The Federal Reserve Banks Response to Financial Institution Crises
Analysis of The Fed's Response
Implication on Financial Institutions
The Fed's Response and its Implications for Interest Rates
The Fed's Response and Inflation
The Fed's Response and Its Implications on USD
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In light of the AIG, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch crisis, the Federal Reserve Bank as well as other large central banks namely the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank have decided to inject USD180 billion in the world economy in an effort to avert further bank failures. It is quite disturbing that in the past few days, three of the financial industry's largest firms collapsed as a result of the rippling effects of the sub-prime mortgage crisis. It is good, however, that the Fed saw fit to act swiftly to remedy this problem but, the question here arises: Will the Fed's response be effective in remedying the crises at hand. Also, what are the effects of an injection of this magnitude into the world economy? "

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