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ThinkstockCharles Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, was speaking on Tuesday regarding his economic outlook and housing in front of the Women...
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A new report from Deutsche Bank points out a pullback in monetary policy is a near-term negative. The firm does however, have five top bank stocks to buy now that it remains very positive on.
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ThinkstockQuantitative easing has been under a great deal of scrutiny for some time, and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet keeps growing despite the tapering efforts. The stock market, and the...
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ThinkstockJames Bullard, President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, may have inadvertently caused a small stir in the markets on Friday. After Janet Yellen has been speaking about exceptionally low...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve releases its balance sheet details each week. These are no longer moving the credit markets as the perception is that the end of quantitative easing has started via the...
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Wikimedia CommonsGet ready for the debate over “too big to fail” all over again. It is always interesting when a former Federal Reserve Chairman is out speaking about the world after their...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve released Monday its April opinion survey of senior loan officers regarding bank lending practices. The short version is that bank lending requirements have eased...
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ThinkstockJanet Yellen and the FOMC have decided to continue with the low rate policy and tapering of quantitative easing yet again. This may sound similar to March, but this likely will come without...
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ThinkstockThe two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting began Tuesday and will culminate Wednesday afternoon with an announcement from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that is virtually...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Business Outlook Survey jumped from a reading of 9.0 in March to 16.6 in April. That was the strongest reading since last September, and it beat...
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ThinkstockU.S. economic activity increased in most of the 12 Federal Reserve districts since the March report according to the April version of the Beige Book released Wednesday afternoon. Eight Fed...
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courtesy of the Federal ReserveFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke at the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday, April 16, regarding monetary policy and the economic recovery. The initial...
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ThinkstockJanet Yellen is still getting her feet wet as chairman of the Federal Reserve. A speech on Tuesday morning may only act to create more confusion from the banks. At least that will be the...
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ThinkstockThe Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the month of March did not follow the exact same gains as last week’s Producer Price Index. That generally takes two months or even more before producers...
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ThinkstockIf the Federal Reserve ever wanted to see some inflation — as they keep claiming (careful what you wish for) — the Labor Department just gave a first piece of candy to a child. The...
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