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Paddy Hirsch

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Paddy Hirsch is a former Contributing Editor at Marketplace and the creator and former host of the Marketplace Whiteboard. 

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Lien times: The HELOC is back

by Paddy Hirsch
Nov 25, 2013
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How tiny Charter can afford to buy Time Warner Cable

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Nov 22, 2013
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How QE keeps your mortgage interest rate down

by Paddy Hirsch
Nov 21, 2013
Keeping rates low is all about supply and demand.
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Today’s monetary forecast: Low rates through the summer

by Paddy Hirsch
Nov 20, 2013
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Fiduciary duty, new rules for advisers and an explainer

by Paddy Hirsch
Nov 19, 2013
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Forget Dow 16,000. Here's the number you should care about.

by Paddy Hirsch
Nov 18, 2013
It's much smaller than 16,000.
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Explainer: Fiscal hawks vs. fiscal doves

by Paddy Hirsch
Nov 14, 2013
Why are those who want to fight inflation called 'fiscal hawks'?
The Federal Reserve's most recent policy move is simply a way of driving down interest rates. But how does it work? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains Operation Twist with a simple analogy.
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Fed to banks: Get a bigger rainy-day fund

by Paddy Hirsch
Oct 24, 2013
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A financial professional looks at his computer screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the trading day December 16, 2008 in New York City. The Federal Reserve slashed the federal funds rate, the interest banks charge each other, to a record low of zero to one quarter percent, sending stocks higher in mid-afternoon trading.
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Raising the Debt Ceiling

What does all of this talk about default really mean?

by Paddy Hirsch
Oct 16, 2013
Make no mistake, if the U.S. government defaults on its debt obligations, it will be a catastrophe. But the media has been misusing the term.
Reporters stand outside the Speaker of the House's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 15, 2013, waiting for comments from the Republican leadership.
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Explaining capital adequacy requirements

by Paddy Hirsch
Oct 11, 2013
Changes to capital adequacy requirements are a cornerstone of the government’s efforts to secure the financial system. Marketplace’s Paddy Hirsch explains.
Changes to capital adequacy requirements are a cornerstone of the government’s efforts to secure the financial system. Marketplace’s Paddy Hirsch explains.
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