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By Kristin Fox |
April 24, 2013
Swapping his career at PIMCO to start his own firm, John Brynjolfsson talks with us about trading, the economy and launching a global macro hedge fund firm in 2009, arguably one of the most difficult times to start a fund.
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By Justin Pugsley |
April 22, 2013
Quantitative easing does not equal competitive currency devaluations – at least that's the message the Group of 20 tried to convey at its April 18-19 gathering.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
April 10, 2013
Several Federal Reserve officials said the central bank should begin tapering its quantitative easing program later this year and stop it by year end, minutes of their March meeting showed.
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By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
April 8, 2013
During the past three years, the Fed planned to cut accommodation early in the year only to boost it after economic growth lagged behind its forecasts. This time, Federal Reserve policy makers are prepared for the summertime slump.
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By Brendan Murray and Scott Lanman, Bloomberg |
April 5, 2013
After watching Ben S. Bernanke take unprecedented steps for four years to rebound from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the Bank of Japan is signaling that the Federal Reserve’s full-throttle approach to stimulus is the way to end 15 years of deflation.
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By Jeff Kearns, Kathleen Hays and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
April 4, 2013
Two Federal Reserve officials said they need to see stronger job growth before backing a slower pace of bond purchases as they sought to clarify the level of improvement in the labor market they are seeking.
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
April 3, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the Fed is in no hurry to reduce its record bond buying with inflation running below its 2 percent target.
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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 Steve Matthews and Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said he wants to continue the central bank’s bond purchases through year’s end and raise or lower the pace in response to economic data.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
March 25, 2013
The monthly figures for the U.S. dollar components of Austrian, or True Money Supply, for February are now in. TMS plus excess reserves amount to the quantity of money that can be drawn down without notice only foregoing interest.
