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ThinkstockNOTE: Due to a posting and timestamp error, this article is being reposted in the system after an original time of 2:15 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The Federal Reserve has released...
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courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveWe have already seen Ben Bernanke testify to Congress today and the aim was to push back an immediate end to the bond buying and to even push back on the tapering efforts...
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ThinkstockFederal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking today in testimony to Congress. While all heads were turned to watch Bernanke’s hints and intonations, we do not expect to see any major...
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Jon OggThe news flow around J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and Jamie Dimon has overshadowed the possibility that the largest bank by assets is increasing its dividend for the common stock...
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courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking this morning to bankers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His speech is called “Monitoring the Financial...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has reported that consumer credit in March rose by only $8.0 billion. Bloomberg was calling for consumer credit to rise by $15 billion, but today’s Fed report was...
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ThinkstockEver since the Federal Reserve began its first quantitative easing program in late 2008, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker has been warning that future inflation is going to run wild...
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ThinkstockBen Bernanke and the Federal Open Market Committee are leaving the near-zero rate policy flat at 0.00% to 0.25% for Fed Funds. That was expected and is expected to remain in place for some...
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Jon OggAnother weak reading was issued from yet another regional Federal Reserve Bank. The Richmond Fed reading fell sharply to -6 in April, versus a reading of 3 in March. Bloomberg had a consensus...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is out with its National Activity Index for the month of March. Unfortunately, this is yet one more reading in negative territory. The index fell to...
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Jon OggThe Federal Reserve may have released its Beige Book on Wednesday showing no real risks to quantitative easing and to the $85 billion per month used for buying bonds. Despite three weak...
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Jon OggThe Federal Reserve release its Beige Book on Wednesday, and it seems as though Ben Bernanke and Fed presidents are trying to hint more and more that the end of the Fed’s bond buying and...
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ThinkstockA speech from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard is giving some support for bonds, and it may offer some continued support for equities, as both stocks and bonds are...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve was set to release its minutes of the latest March 19 to 20 FOMC meeting at 2:00 p.m EST today but the report came out at 9:00 a.m. EST instead. The reason is that some...
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ThinkstockSandra Pianalto, President of the Cleveland Federal Reserve, is talking up the path to economic growth this Monday at The International Economic Forum of the Americas in West Palm Beach,...
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