Federal Reserve Bonds

[dividend]

The Federal Reserve is considering issuing its own debt for the first time, a move that would give the central bank additional flexibility as it tries to stabilize rocky financial markets.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122888021757894023.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


Can anyone explain why the printing press needs to borrow money?

 

[Random.Capital]

The blogosphere is going to have a collective aneurism writing about this....

 

[athlonmank8]

This is a joke.

I can't believe i'm reading this. We leave it up to them to manage an economy when they can't even manage money themselves.

Shit we're in trouble.

 

[riskfreetrading]

It is an excellent move for the USA.

 

[jeb9999]

Fiat currency is a zero coupon perpetual note, so it is about time the Fed started paying some interest on their paper.