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FOMC Minutes Show Some Changing Views On Asset Purchases

Posted: February 20, 2013 at 2:20 pm

The Federal Reserve has released its minutes of the January 29 to 30 FOMC meeting. The general conditions were positive and the caution was mostly around the weather at the ...
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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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Fed Fund Futures Calling For December Rate Hike… In 2013

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 10:54 am

Fed Funds Futures are not widely used by Joe Public, and much of the public may not even understand or know what these are.  The layman explanation is that they ...
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Canadian Banks Begin Hiking Rates; U.S. Far Behind? (TD, RY, CM, BMO, BNS, JPM, BAC, C)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 2:12 pm

The Bank of Canada this morning announced a hike for the overnight rate by 0.25%.  The new overnight rate is still only 0.75%. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1.00% and ...
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