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Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker was a continuous voice of dissent on quantitative easing for quite some time. So, it should be no surprise that he is calling for rate hikes from the Federal...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond manufacturing index showed an unexpected drop in the month of June, falling to a reading of 3 from 7 in May. Bloomberg’s consensus estimate had the...
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ThinkstockFor years the inflation monster has been the genie in the bottle or in Pandora’s box. It was something we were warned about, but told not to be concerned over. Food and energy prices were...
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ThinkstockThe Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) rose in the month of May to 0.21. This is a monthly index measuring overall economic activity and related inflationary pressure. April’s...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve and Janet Yellen have released their rate and monetary policy for the June 18 FOMC announcement. While inflation was seen ticking up in the CPI report this week, the...
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By International Monetary Fund [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsBarely masked in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgrade of U.S. GDP growth for 2014 was a warning. Without policy...
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courtesy of the Federal ReserveOver the past week, U.S. and global financial markets have gone from a period of complacency to being worried about an outright civil war and uprising in Iraq. But now...
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By International Monetary Fund [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its GDP growth forecast for the U.S. economy from 2.8% to 2.0%. The IMF also forecast...
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ThinkstockIndustrial production rose by 0.6% in the United States in the month of May, while capacity utilization rose to 79.1%. These compare to a 0.3% drop in production and 78.6% capacity...
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ThinkstockJames Bullard, President of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, spoke on Monday in front of a group at the Tennessee Bankers Association Annual Meeting. The speech was titled “How Far Is the...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has issued its latest Beige Book, summarizing the comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve. While investors flock to this as Fed...
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ThinkstockIf you have watched the stock market, bond market and the economy in general for the past five years or so, it will be no surprise that the world’s economies and financial markets are...
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ThinkstockThe FOMC has released the minutes of its April 29 to 30 meeting. We would caution that these minutes cover the announcement by the Federal Reserve from April 30, and we would also stress...
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ThinkstockTuesday marked an interesting day, with two more Fed presidents talking up Federal Reserve rate hikes coming sooner than expected. While William Dudley, President of the New York Federal...
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squirrel83, via Wikimedia CommonsIf you have been reading 24/7 Wall St., you have been warned about the possibility that the Federal Reserve could actually begin hiking interest rates and tightening...
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