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By Bill Gross |
January 3, 2013
It was Milton Friedman, not Ben Bernanke, who first made reference to dropping money from helicopters in order to prevent deflation. Bernanke’s now famous “helicopter speech” in 2002, however, was no less enthusiastically supportive of the concept.
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By Claudia Carpenter and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
December 27, 2012
U.S. stocks retreated for a fourth day, while Treasuries gained, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said nothing is happening in budget talks and the nation appears to be headed toward the fiscal cliff.
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By Grant Smith and Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to an almost two-month high, as investors weighed prospects for a budget deal in Washington.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
October 2, 2012
We live in an age of instant communication that targets sound bites instead of sound analysis.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Treasury 10-year note yields traded at almost a three-week low as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said inflation would remain in check as he renewed a pledge to sustain stimulus after the U.S. expansion gains strength.
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By Dominick Chirichella |
September 26, 2012
Oil quickly is coming to the reality that QE3 in the US, more QE in the UK and Japan as well as the ECB bond buying program are not likely to result in a major growth spurt in any of the aforementioned economies.
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By Michael P. Regan and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
September 13, 2012
U.S. stocks rallied, sending benchmark indexes to the highest levels since 2007, and Treasuries retreated as the Federal Reserve said it will buy mortgage securities to bolster the economy.
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By Daniel P. Collins, Alanna Byrne |
September 12, 2012
According to many economists and financial industry insiders, the Federal Reserve likely will announce QE3 tomorrow. But Larry McDonald believes that the Fed will — and should — postpone QE3.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
September 6, 2012
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index jumped to the highest level since January 2008 and Treasuries fell as the European Central Bank announced a bond-buying plan and reports fueled optimism in the U.S. economy.
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By Press Release |
August 31, 2012
In the text of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech at Jackson Hole, he did not promise further immediate quantitative easing, but said the Fed could still accommodate if the economy warranted it.
