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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
June 19, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank may start reducing bond purchases later this year and end them in mid-2014 if the economy continues to improve as the central bank forecasts.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
June 19, 2013
The dollar rallied the most in two months versus the euro as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank could reduce its bond-buying this year and end it next year if economic improvement continues.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
June 19, 2013
The Federal Reserve will keep buying bonds at a pace of $85 billion a month and said that risks to the economy have decreased.
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By Neal Armstrong and John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
June 19, 2013
The dollar fell against the majority of its most-traded peers amid bets Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will signal the central bank plans to maintain bond purchases that risk debasing the currency.
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By Dominick Chirichella |
June 19, 2013
Oil prices have continued to move higher in anticipation of a friendly outcome to today’s U.S. FOMC meeting. The market has been trading this week on a view that the Fed will remain status quo on its QE.
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By Austin Kiddle |
June 19, 2013
For the Fed's meeting, gold investors will watch out for the conditions under which the bond purchases will be reduced, the Fed's outlook for the interest rates as well as the Fed's projections of the inflation and the unemployment rate.
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By Phil Flynn |
June 19, 2013
Oil is creeping higher and higher on the fundamental belief that the Fed will not give the markets an excuse to believe that it is going to take away its stimulus today.
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By Paul Dobson and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
June 18, 2013
U.S. stocks climbed for a second day while the yen weakened as investors awaited clues from the Federal Reserve about its plans for monetary stimulus. U.K. and German government bonds dropped while European equities were little changed.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
June 18, 2013
The SEP13 E-mini S&P 500 has looked very bullish over the past few sessions, as upbeat economic data has affirmed a bullish tone for investors, even in the face of more “tapering” talk in the markets.
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By Phil Flynn |
June 18, 2013
Who's afraid of the big bad Fed? Oil traders, that’s who! Oil succumbed to the rising dollar after homebuilder confidence hit the highest level in seven years.
