How long can the thrift industry tread water
Washington officials back a long term plan to reform thrifts while resisting short term bailouts. Industry leaders say tax bill boosts help with tax free certificates and expanded retirement accounts, but many institutions need lower interest rates to recover. Economists warn recovery pace unclear.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Thomas Parliament
League of Savings
Reagan program faces hurdles as thrift losses mount
Analysis Associations notes thrift industry losses hit 1.75 billion in six months due to 9 percent mortgage yields versus over 10.5 percent costs. Regulators clash over FSLIC bailout powers while McNamara argues the Reagan plan will curb rates by year end. East River Savings Bank chair Austin Murphy says it may take six years to work off unprofitable assets.
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Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
FSLIC
Treasury
R.T. McNamara
Congressional
Richard Pratt
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Volcker
Rep. Fernand J. St. Germain
D-R.i
House Banking Committee
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
New York
Austin Murphy
The
East River Savings Bank
Fed
Olsen
Retail ventures name Saas TALZ president in Cleveland unit
Saas TALZ is named president of Retail Ventures of Cleveland a Jacobs Visconsi and Jacobe Co subsidiary expanding to about 40 Cards n Such Law The Gift Box and Classique stores. Promotions include Robert Wagner and Gregory S Smith at Citizens Home Savings and Davy McKee executive G L Stevenson named head of the Petroleum and Chemicals Center. Other moves place Richard C Shaw and William J Masonis as account supervisors at Carr Liggett Inc.
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Saas Talz
Retail Ventures
Cleveland
Jacobs, Visconsi & Jacobe Co
Prey Seaigenk Cage Iencing
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Card
Cards N' Such
Law
the Gift Box
Classique
Ms. Mesko
Lorain
Citizens
Cole
Sheffield Lake
Lorain County Community College
Citizens Home Savings
Gregory S. Smith
Smith
Davy McKee Corp
Petroleum and Chemicals Technical Center
W.R. Ericsson
Richard C. Shaw
Avon Lake
William J. Masonis
North Royalton
Carr Liggett, Inc
Shaw
Masonis
Interest rates debates on Capitol Hill target Volcker
Lawmakers from automakers housing farmers and town officials pressed Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker over high rates. Hearings highlighted inflation as a core cause and showed how demand for money and deficits shape rates beyond the Fed's policy.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
America
Senate
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker
Fed
Henry Gonzalez
Texas
Volcker
Independent
Lief H. Olsen
Citibank
New York
Princeton University Economics
Alan S. Blinder
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