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By Craig Torres, Bloomberg |
May 10, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said risks persist in wholesale funding markets used frequently by Wall Street brokers to finance securities trading.
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By Steven K. Beckner |
April 1, 2013
Concern has been growing among Federal Reserve officials that the Fed’s low interest rate policies are causing excessive risk-taking in search of higher yields, but that doesn’t mean the Fed is about to abandon its employment goals.
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By Hans Nichols, Bloomberg |
March 22, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he’s “spoken to the president a bit” about his future and that he feels no personal responsibility to stay at the helm until the Fed winds down its unprecedented policies to stimulate the economy.
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By Caroline Salas Gage and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
March 11, 2013
When Ben S. Bernanke asserted last month that the Federal Reserve doesn’t ever have to sell assets, he raised questions about how the central bank can withdraw its record monetary stimulus without stoking inflation.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said the larger-than-forecast increase in U.S. employment last month won’t prompt the Federal Reserve to alter the central bank’s stimulus measures.
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By Justin Pugsley |
March 8, 2013
Masaaki Shirakawa chaired his last monetary policy meeting this week as governor of the Bank of Japan. What follows now could be the next big leg down in the JPY exchange rate.
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By Jeff Kearns and Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
March 6, 2013
The U.S. economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace across most of the country amid rising consumer demand for homes and autos, the Federal Reserve said.
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By Austin Kiddle |
March 6, 2013
After falling for four consecutive weeks, the U.S. Comex gold futures rebounded 0.17% this week, ending at $1,574.90 on Tuesday. The gold futures climbed a further 0.20% during early Wednesday Asian hours.
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By Caroline Salas Gage and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
February 27, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank may decide to hold bonds on its $3.1 trillion balance sheet to maturity as part of a review of its strategy for an exit from record monetary easing.
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By Austin Kiddle |
February 27, 2013
As traders have already cut their long positions or added to their short positions, it did not take much for the gold price to rally back from a recent low level of $1,554.30.
