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At this week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), there is a reasonable chance that the Fed will at least drop a strong hint that more monetary help is on the way. Following...
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The FOMC Minutes should mostly be known, but investors and speculators look through these in great detail in an effort to garner any hint over whether or not Ben Bernanke and friends are considering...
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At a speech to a group of Texas bankers, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher was asked to comment on the news of the $2 billion trading loss reported by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:...
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Ben Bernanke and friends at the FOMC have decided in a 9 to 1 vote to keep the monetary policy as is. Interest rates steady at the target 0.00% to 0.25% for overnight rates. This was no shock and...
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The so-called Federal Reserve Beige Book is out and there is some good news and bad news here for bulls and bears alike. The bad news as far as the free money stimulus crowd is concerned is that...
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The Bank of England has voted to decide to leave its key short-term lending rate unchanged at 0.5%. The move was widely expected to remain unchanged, and it also follows a similar action announced...
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Europe is no Disneyland at the moment. Still, some data is showing contraction while other data shows that the overall healthier economies may be escaping the worst fears of late 2011 and earlier...
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The FOMC has released its minutes from the March 13, 2012 FOMC meeting discussing the developments in financial markets and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet. The forecast for 2013 and 2014...
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Fed chief Bernanke’s worries about the eurozone financial crisis have not ended, based on comments he will make before the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of...
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In a speech in Frankfurt, Germany, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans used a classical metaphor to describe his position on what Fed policy should be going forward: I would like to see...
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As expected, Ben Bernanke and the FOMC left interest rates unchanged yet again. With a recent in-line unemployment and payrolls report and with Mr. Bernanke having already testified before...
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The biggest thing to watch for in the FOMC Minutes is the effect of exceptionally low rates and other quantitative easing measures. The minutes show that the group does not expect agency...
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