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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 Steven K. Beckner |
December 20, 2012
The Federal Reserve rang out the old year with fireworks, but the New Year could be just as explosive. December FOMC meetings have traditionally been rather staid affairs, but not this past one.
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By Daniel P. Collins, Michael McFarlin |
December 12, 2012
Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist for Miller Tabak & Co., calls the Federal Reserve’s statement following the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting “something of a surprise.”
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By Craig Torres and Josh Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
December 7, 2012
A decision by the Federal Reserve to expand its bond buying next week is likely to prompt policy makers to rewrite their 18-month-old blueprint for an exit from record monetary stimulus.
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By Austin Kiddle |
September 19, 2012
The natural question to ask is when will gold price breach the year-ago record high of $1,920? While no one can predict the timing, we do know that gold price typically has followed a consolidation pattern.
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By Susanne Walker and Anchalee Worrachate, Bloomberg |
September 13, 2012
Treasuries rose, snapping a two-day decline, as economists said the Federal Reserve will announce today a third round of bond purchases known as quantitative easing to spur economic growth.
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By Susanne Walker and Keith Jenkins, Bloomberg |
September 12, 2012
Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year note yields to a three-week high as the U.S. prepares to sell $21 billion of the debt and the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting amid bets it will add monetary stimulus.
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By Joseph Stuber |
August 29, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony to the Senate Banking Committee on July 17 should have scared the hell out of us, but apparently it didn’t.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
August 20, 2012
Treasury 30-year bonds gained after the European Central Bank said it hasn’t discussed any plan to target bond yields of euro-bloc members, reinforcing concern leaders will fail to curb the region’s debt crisis.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
August 15, 2012
The Federal Reserve has been accelerating purchases of more newly issued Treasuries as part of its maturity-extension program while primary dealers’ willingness to offer securities to the central bank ebbs.
