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Fed’s FOMC Minutes Bring More Concern, or Confusion, Over Bond Buying and QE

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 2:17 pm

We 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 ...
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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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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 and FOMC Stand Firm as GDP Goes Negative

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 2:29 pm

Today was far from a normal Fed-day as the FOMC announcement followed a GDP release that was negative for the first time in 13 consecutive quarters. Some things are the ...
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Fed Presidents Speak Out

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 2:46 pm

In a speech today in Baltimore, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said that he agrees with the view of most economists that U.S. inflation will be “a little less than ...
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Lacker Outlines Case for Rate Hikes Sooner Than Expected

Posted: December 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm

Jeffrey M. Lacker, President of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, was speaking today to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce's Annual Economic Outlook Conference. As many of you, Jeff Lacker is ...
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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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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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Ahead of FOMC, Many Key Economic Reports Coming

Posted: October 22, 2012 at 11:42 am

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 ...
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Fed Forecasts Improve a Little

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 2:21 pm

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 ...
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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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FOMC Promises More Easing Measures As (if) Needed

Posted: August 1, 2012 at 2:19 pm

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 ...
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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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FOMC Dissenter Explains Vote

Posted: June 22, 2012 at 10:46 am

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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FOMC: Let’s Twist Again?

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 7:57 am

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 ...
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