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Bernanke and FOMC Adopt Change in QE Asset Buying Language

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 2:13 pm

Ben 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 ...
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Our Take: Beige Book Still Supports QE and Bond Buying Longer

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 3:25 pm

The 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 ...
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St. Louis Fed President Bullard Eases QE and Fed Bond-Buying Fears

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 11:05 am

A 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 ...
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No Change to Interest Rate, QE; Forecast Mixed — FOMC

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 2:24 pm

The less things change, the more time everyone has to speculate about what might happen if things do change. As expected, the Federal Reserve’s FOMC today announced that it is ...
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Bernanke Answers Questions

Posted: January 14, 2013 at 5:08 pm

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared this afternoon at an event at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy that was billed as a “conversation.” He is expected to ...
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Bernanke Warns of Dire Fiscal Cliff Fallout & Unsustainable Deficits

Posted: November 20, 2012 at 12:28 pm

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking at the New York Economic Club today in New York City. While Bernanke is promising to keep rates and policy easy for quite ...
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FOMC Sees Inflation Running At Or Below Its Target

Posted: October 24, 2012 at 2:18 pm

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 ...
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Big U.S. and European Banks Cautious Ahead of FOMC/QE3

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 10:56 am

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 ...
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Consumers Are Spending, but Not Enough

Posted: August 30, 2012 at 9:46 am

Consumers boosted their spending in July by a seasonally adjusted 0.4%, according to the latest Commerce Department data. That was the biggest gain in five months, as aftertax incomes continued ...
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Ben Bernanke Speaks on Financial Education, But Not Monetary Policy

Posted: August 7, 2012 at 2:38 pm

Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, was speaking today at a town hall meeting with teachers about the importance of financial education.  Today was more broad and the ...
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U.S. Stock Futures Edge Higher as Investors Await Fed Action

Posted: July 31, 2012 at 7:59 am

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 ...
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Ben Bernanke Speaks… On Education

Posted: July 24, 2012 at 8:32 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to deliver a recorded video at 8:45 AM EST this morning to the Children's Defense Fund National Conference  in Cincinnati, Ohio.  It seems ...
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U.S. Markets to Open Higher, Boosted by Earnings

Posted: July 19, 2012 at 7:27 am

U.S. markets are set to open higher, buoyed by somewhat better-than-expected earnings. Late Wednesday, IBM (NYSE: IBM) posted a higher profit and boosted its earnings target for the year. EBay ...
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Bernanke’s Day-Two Comments… Watch Q&A

Posted: July 18, 2012 at 10:35 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying in front of Congress again this Wednesday in a "Day-Two" of what was formerly known as the Humphrey-Hawkins Testimony.  Bernanke's prepared remarks today ...
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The Bernanke Lecture Series Ends

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 6:17 am

Ben Bernanke gave the last of his four lectures at George Washington University. He pointed out that US GDP has risen by about 3% a year over the last one ...
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