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The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released some slightly better news when it comes to gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States.
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Yellen's take is that inflation is now much more stable than it used to be, and that inflation is currently running at a very low level.
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has released its 10th district report on manufacturing activity. This is a September reading, and it does show continued weakness, but the good news...
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The Chicago Fed National Activity Index said that the August drop was led by declines in production-related indicators.
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ThinkstockAfter the decision was made by Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve’s voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to not raise interest rates in September, the financial...
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond announced on Tuesday that manufacturing in the Fifth District slowed and went negative in the month of September.
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ThinkstockAtlanta Fed President and CEO Dennis Lockhart issued a speech to the Buckhead Rotary Club in which he discussed current economic conditions and the recent Federal Open Market Committee...
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Jon OggIt turns out that by the Federal Reserve leaving interest rates alone at the zero interest rate policy created just that much more uncertainty. Janet Yellen even issued a third mandate, even...
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The reason that stocks are not reacting well to this otherwise positive decision could be that the market no longer trusts the Fed to control interest rates.
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ThinkstockAfter news broke that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to maintain their zero interest rate policy with the fed funds rate remaining at a target...
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Jon OggJanet Yellen and the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) have decided to keep the markets guessing for even longer. The zero interest rate policy has been left as is and...
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These are some stocks that top analysts from around Wall Street feel will do well in a rising-rate environment, and some may be a surprise.
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September's Philly Fed report was not as bad as the Empire Manufacturing report from the New York Fed, but this was the first negative regional reading in well over a year.
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Inflation is what the Federal Reserve wants more of to give it cover for raising interest rates. It turns out that they may have to find something else.
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ThinkstockWith all the “will they or won’t they” for this week’s decision on interest rates, it has grown rather tiring listening to the endless number of talking heads going on about the...
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