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March 14, 2007

All Business: Markets feeling loss of mortgage money

  • There are signs that the liquidity spigot is starting to slow and one big reason is tighter lending standards on mortgages.
    • By RACHEL BECK
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve and financial markets don't see eye to eye on liquidity. The Fed says it isn't scarce, but investors don't entirely agree.

    Thanks to everything from surging corporate profits to high savings rates in emerging market nations like China, markets have been awash in cash in recent years, helping keep interest rates and borrowing rates remarkably low. That means there has been big money to put to work in stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate and more.


     
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