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Chicago Fed National Activity Feels Like Recession

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 9:15 am

The Chicago Federal Reserve has released its National Activity Index for the month of April. Unfortunately, the move was in the wrong direction. April saw the drop down to -0.53 ...
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Bernanke Cannot Over-Regulate Big Banks Either

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 9:50 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking this morning to bankers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His speech is called "Monitoring the Financial System," but it really involves ...
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Ben Bernanke Testimony Rescues Fed Communications Snafu from Last Week

Posted: February 26, 2013 at 10:20 am

It was just last week that we accused the Federal Reserve presidents and governors of wishing they could take back their wording and statements made in the January 20 to ...
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QE4 Is Already on the Table

Posted: November 19, 2012 at 1:54 pm

The Federal Reserve has been aiming all it can to keep the economy going. If you have been following Fed policy for years it is fairly amazing to watch. That ...
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Ben Bernanke Says Federal Reserve Is Not Monetizing The Debt

Posted: October 1, 2012 at 12:44 pm

FOMC Chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking Monday to the Economic Club of Indiana in Indianapolis with his speech titled "Five Questions about the Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy." As far ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: September 14, 2012 at 10:55 am

The stock market is up Friday, continuing the rally that began yesterday when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced another round of bond purchases. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is ...
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Bernanke: Downgrading Growth Continues

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 10:19 am

Ben Bernanke is testifying this morning before the Joint Economic Committee, and his speech is titled "Economic Outlook and Recent Monetary Policy Actions."  Today should be taken as yet one ...
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FOMC ‘Rates Steady’ Statement, Almost Admits Slower Growth & Slower Recovery

Posted: April 27, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Ben Bernanke and the FOMC have decided to keep rates at roughly zero-percent all over again.  The good news here is that we are seeing more hints that the end of ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 11/19/2010 Harrah IPO, Bernanke & China

Posted: November 19, 2010 at 8:56 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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