Companies shed workers, paid dividends after getting Fed aid, panel finds

The Fed announced in March that it would buy corporate debt in a bid to calm the bond markets, which had begun freezing up at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The central bank said it had to move quickly in the face of massive state-by-state lockdowns that threatened to bankrupt many companies and result in the loss of millions of jobs.

Powell was asked about the corporate credit program on Tuesday at a House Financial Services Committee hearing. Powell emphasized that none of the bond purchases “extend any new credit to anybody,” adding that the Fed’s presence was intended to keep those markets working so those companies will continue to be able to borrow if stress in markets spikes again, to allow them to “keep workers on staff.”

Same old bullshit. Feed the big corporations not the people

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