For any small business owner that needs to apply for a loan their is some good news. Secretary Mnuchin announced that the emergency small business funding mechanism will be administered through the Treasury FDIC system rather than the SBA. The contact point for the...
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Meet The New Boss – At The Fed
Jim Bianco at Bloomberg "The Fed will finance a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for each acronym to conduct these operations. The Treasury, using the Exchange Stabilization Fund, will make an equity investment in each SPV and be in a “first loss” position. What does...
Panic Buying, Medical Rationing Underscore Importance of Free Markets
The recent coronavirus panic has provided a stark reminder about the scarcity of economic goods. From people hoarding and stockpiling common household items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer to the downright morbid reports of doctors in Italy and Spain having to...
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Trump administration to federal prisons: Increase home confinement for inmates to slow coronavirus spread
News Roundup 3/27/20
US News A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment this week. The Department of Homeland Security is requesting an additional 1,500 soldiers to be deployed to the borders to prevent the spread of coronavirus. [Link] Trump signs a new law that calls for the...
5 Years of US/Saudi War Made Yemen Susceptible to Coronavirus Crisis guest Joanne Leon
Joanne Leon returns to FPF to discuss the five year anniversary of the US/Saudi war on Yemen. The anniversary has received almost no media coverage in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Ironically, the five years of war in Yemen has created the world's worst...
Prison Officials Refuse to Let ‘Likely Innocent’ Death Row Inmate Get COVID-19 Test
And when they say, "likely," that's in the words of the District Attorney's office, which has completely disavowed their predecessors' unjust prosecution of this man. So why is he still in prison at all? I tell you what.
COVID-19 Has Taken an Aircraft Carrier Out of Commission
Task and Purpose: The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will be pulling into Guam so that each of its nearly 5,000 sailors can be tested for COVID-19, the Navy announced on Thursday. The announcement comes days after Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said three...
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