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ThinkstockThe Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee from October 23–24, 2012 have been released. s we saw from Vice Chair Yellen yesterday, it sure seems as though some changes are going to...
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ThinkstockIn its October survey of senior lending officers, the Federal Reserve Bank notes that borrowing requirements have been relaxed for business lending and some consumer lending in the past...
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It was expected that there would be no change in the interest rate policy from the Federal Open Market Committee today. In fact, it was not even all that expected that any great revelations would be...
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This week is a critical week for Fed watchers. Ben Bernanke and members of the Federal Reserve will start a two-day FOMC meeting. The announcement of the language and Fed guidance will come at...
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The FOMC Minutes from the September 12 to 13 meeting have been released. The one objection was from Lacker as you would have guessed. Most FOMC participants believed that the negative effects of QE3...
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The flow of funds report published today by the Federal Reserve Bank shows that U.S. household debt increased at an annual rate of 1.2%, the largest increase since the first quarter of 2008....
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Following today’s announcement from the FOMC that the Federal Reserve will begin another round of easing, the central bank has made a number of changes to its economic forecasts. The June forecast...
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The eurozone bailout approval and the coming announcement (or continued hint) of additional quantitative easing from the FOMC is not adding to the banks at the current time. We saw a “Sell the...
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The U.S. economy expanded “gradually” in July according to today’s release of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book. The expansion included most regions of the country and sectors of the economy,...
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Today’s release of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) likely will be reviewed closely by economists and Federal Reserve watchers. This is due out at 2:00 p.m. EST and should...
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Today’s Federal Open Market Committee decision on interest rates was never really about rates. How could it be? The reality is that Ben Bernanke and friends at the FOMC have already had...
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U.S. stocks are set to open higher on the final day of July. All three indexes are expected to post mild gains for the month. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up about 0.2%. S&P...
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While European stocks rose to a four-month high and most Asian markets advanced, U.S. stock-index futures are lower this morning. No major U.S. economic reports are set for release today. Earnings...
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The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee has just released the minutes from its June FOMC Meeting and investors are going to take the news as a disappointment if they were hoping for more...
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Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker issued a statement this morning defending his lone vote against the Fed’s extension of Operation Twist. Lacker said that more monetary stimulus would not make...
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