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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 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 Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
February 26, 2013
Gold jumped the most since November as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the U.S. central bank’s asset purchases, boosting demand for bullion as a hedge against stimulus-fueled inflation.
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
February 13, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said signs of more stability in U.S. fiscal policy, the housing market and the global economy will probably help fuel economic growth in 2013.
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By Futures Staff |
February 1, 2013
In a year dominated by crises — both natural and political — squeezing our annual list of largest influencers down to 20 was difficult. One thing this year highlighted was that money and power trump all as we learned that — at least in the banking world — there are...
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By Austin Kiddle |
January 18, 2013
The Fed and some large investors are sounding alert on the overheating of the riskier assets as the Fed has been buying $85 billion of bonds each month. More asset inflation is better for gold prices.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
January 16, 2013
The U.S. economy picked up across much of the country last month, boosted by auto and home sales, even as the outlook for unemployment showed few signs of improvement, the Federal Reserve said.
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By Austin Kiddle |
January 16, 2013
Weaker growth, the U.S. debt ceiling discussions and the hopes for more central bank stimulus have been supporting gold prices.
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By Wes Goodman and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
January 14, 2013
Shinzo Abe is set to become the best friend of investors in Treasuries as Japan’s prime minister buys U.S. government bonds to weaken the yen and boost his nation’s slowing economy.
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By John Detrixhe and Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
January 4, 2013
The dollar fell from a three-week high versus the euro after data showed the U.S. unemployment rate was higher than forecast in December, fueling bets the Federal Reserve won’t end its stimulus efforts any time soon.
