3/9/2009 Federal Reserve Board Press Release:
The Federal Reserve Board announced Monday that the Consumer Advisory Council will hold its next meeting on Thursday, March 26. The meeting will take place in Dining Room E, Terrace Level, in the Board's Martin Building. The session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and is open to the public. Anyone planning to attend the meeting should, for security purposes, register no later than Tuesday, March 24, by completing the form found online at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/secure/forms/cacregistration.cfm Attendees must present photo identification to enter the building.
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2/25/2009 Joint Release:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision
The federal bank regulatory agencies announced today that they will start conducting forward-looking economic assessments of large U.S. banking organizations as the Capital Assistance Program (CAP) gets underway. These assessments will be done on an interagency basis as a coordinated supervisory exercise to ensure they are carried out in a timely and consistent manner. Supervisors will work with institutions to estimate the range of possible future losses and the resources to absorb such losses over a two-year period.
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1/7/2009 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta News Release:
Dollar Fell in December
The average monthly value for the trade-weighted dollar index of 15 major currencies tracked by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta fell 1.3 percent in December from the previous month. The dollar posted the greatest decrease in the European subindex with a 3.7 percent decline. The Americas subindex rose 1.8 percent while the Pacific-excluding-Japan subindex fell 0.9 percent. The Pacific index declined 2.9 percent. The classic subindex, which is the analogue of the original Atlanta index, was down 1.9 percent. The overall index was 9.8 percent above its year-ago level in December. On a daily basis, the overall index rose 13.7 percent from the low reached on March 18 to the end of December. The daily index was 9.1 percent above its value at the end of December 2007.
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