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Is inflation finally here? The answer depends on what you are looking at, and if you can look at the data with rose-colored glasses.
What was anticipated to be a negative Empire Manufacturing Survey report for the month of November was even more negative than expected.
The United States is supposed to be the strongest of the developed economies in 2015, but the persistent low yields in interest rates may signal something entirely different. It is widely expected...
This week's testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen may have caused a stock market sell-off by noting that the conditions seem right for that elusive fed funds interest rate hike in December.
ThinkstockJanet Yellen and the Federal Reserve have ended their October FOMC meeting. The decision to not change interest rates (Fed Funds) was not a surprise at all, and the vote was 9 to 1 to keep...
A report from Lindsey Piegza, chief economist of Stifel Fixed Income, offers a preview of what to expect before and maybe after the decision is announced for the October FOMC meeting.
ThinkstockWith this week’s FOMC meeting being highly watched, it seems that investors have almost no fears of a rate hike — nor any reason to be elated about a rate hike — perhaps until early...
This week we have the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and a gross domestic product (GDP) report due.
While there is some weakness, the Federal Reserve noted that manufacturing activity in the Texas region has now increased after a nine-month slump.
The financial markets will get another look at the Federal Reserve's minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Thursday.
Evidence suggests that the bottom could be in for the Dow, for now, and Chevron may be one of its best performers on the way back up.
Should the Federal Reserve replace its dual-mandate with a three-part mandate, adding financial stability to its existing mandates for price stability and maximum employment?
Echoing others before it, a fresh report from Fitch Ratings has lowered its global economic outlook for 2015.
The Dallas Fed rounded out a full run of negative indications in the September factory sector with the general activity index remaining in deeply negative ground.
ThinkstockJames Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was again outlining the case for higher interest rates. If you count the speech from Janet Yellen on Thursday...