Whenever you hear about financial institutions being bailed out using “Depression-era procedure,” that’s something that should probably raise the red flag:
Talking Points Memo | Fed pledges to supply cash
The Federal Reserve invoked a rarely used Depression-era procedure Friday to bolster troubled Bear Stearns Cos. and said it will provide even more help to combat a serious credit crisis.
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