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ThinkstockEsther George of the Kansas City Federal Reserve told Fox Business News that it is time to start the end of the Federal Reserve’s bond buying program. While unemployment is high, she...
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ThinkstockIn an action that is likely to cause deep concern among America’s largest banks: The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the...
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ThinkstockThe International Monetary Fund, and in particular chief Christine Lagarde, may cut its current forecast for 2013 GDP growth below its current estimate of 3.3%. She made comments about the...
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ThinkstockLarge banks often use greater regulation by the government, particularly the Federal Reserve, as a reason to slow the pace at which they give loans. These banks may be right. When risk...
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ThinkstockThe storm of equity selling that followed the June meeting of the FOMC has brought out the troops (Fed presidents mainly) to clear up what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke meant when he said that...
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ThinkstockAs the Federal Reserve moves down the path of asset purchases intended to produce “substantial improvement” in employment while keeping inflation under control, markets are demanding...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury Department auctioned $29 billion in 7-year notes today at a high yield of 1.932%, the highest yield on the 7-year notes since July of 2011. The bid-to-cover ratio was...
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ThinkstockA Swiss International Air Lines plane landed at New York’s JFK airport last night with a delivery of cash for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The plane was supposed to be carrying a...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is out with regional economic data for the month of June. The Manufacturing Production Index rose to 17.1 in June from 11.2 in May. The Business Activity...
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ThinkstockLike his colleague James Bullard at the St. Louis Fed, New York Fed President William Dudley thinks the last week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement was not the best the...
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ThinkstockThe general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, Jaime Caruana, warned that central banks have gone too far in terms of making easy credit available to their economies. What...
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Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe stock and bond markets remain weak on Thursday. After a weak report on weekly jobless claims, now we have a report on leading economic indicators and data from...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department already released its reading for wholesale prices via the Producer Price Index for May, and now we have the retail inflation data coming via the Consumer Price...
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Jon OggInvestors may be overthinking the outcome of when, not if, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve are going to start winding down or tapering the $85 billion in monthly bond buying. Again, when...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has submitted its Household Net Worth report for the first quarter of 2013 and there is good news. Total household net worth reached $70.3 trillion, up about $3 trillion...
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