The privately owned Federal Reserve System of (central) Banks auctions 30,000,000,000 “dollars” to commercial banks at an interest rate of 3.95 percent.  This is the third in a series of such auctions that started in December to prevent a “credit freeze.”

       [restored 3/9/2024]

Subsequent Events:

8/9/2007                  3/16/2008

References:

CBS News Timeline: U.S. Credit Crunch & Financial Failures Follow Subprime Mortgage Crisis
wjz.com/business/credit.crisis.timeline.2.8186/99.html

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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