Money markets have been equally unattractive, providing a yield of only about 1 percent.
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The federal government had to step in and guarantee all money markets to stop the bleeding.
Trump said there was no reason to be in money markets or short-dated Treasury bonds.
The money markets responded to his words by immediately knocking almost 1% off the euro's value.
They made money from playing the money markets, rather than by lending to customers.
Lowering risk is not about buying fixed income or putting money away in CDs or money markets.
The credit crunch is hardly over, but throwing cash at the money markets does seem to be helping.
On Tuesday, Gordon Brown met leading UK bankers, who urged the government to intervene in the money markets.
Like the oil market, the money markets are fretting that the high price could hurt the world economy.
The normal flows on a day for us in - just in institutional money markets, a slow day.
In the absence of private-sector lenders to banks, central banks have become vital suppliers in the money markets.
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Banks have money markets that are FDIC insured, but they're not mutual funds.
But it will have left a nasty taste in the money markets, and increased Wall Street's contempt for politicians.
The bank got itself into difficulty as it borrowed most of its funds from the global wholesale money markets.
It would disrupt markets too, lowering incentives to lend in money markets, making it a less than attractive tool.
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And in case money runs tight for burgeoning legal bills, there's the possibility of getting funding through the money markets.
You should be able to tell if your money is invested in stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate or money markets.
He launched the first artist-created internet service provider, Bowienet, in 1998, and sold bonds on the New York money markets.
Britain is not alone in experiencing renewed stresses in the money markets, which have sprung from increased anxiety about banks' creditworthiness.
The Federal Reserve got into the money markets on Tuesday, its latest move to try to thaw out gelling credit markets.
These firms used money borrowed largely from Western banks and money markets, in some cases secured only against their targets' cashflows.
Given the acute stress in money markets, however, the accent for the time being is more on survival than grabbing opportunities.
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So it is safe to say that, until the money markets behave more normally, the financial crisis will not be over.
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This would make it easier to soothe funding pressures in money markets.
The dollar peg limits the government's ability to intervene in money markets.
But the money markets are so dysfunctional that the benefits of a lower fed funds rate might be lost on most borrowers.
The government could have backstopped money markets and interbank clearing house activities.
The money markets rely more on trust than transparency because transactions are so quick that there is little time to assess information.
Such a financial instrument already existed in the New York money markets.
Plus, stable value funds have steadily outperformed money markets for two decades.
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