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By Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
The Federal Reserve says it will keep buying bonds until the labor market has “improved substantially,” without defining the phrase. Officials may have adopted a threshold nevertheless, say two former Fed economists.
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By Rich Miller, Bloomberg |
June 5, 2013
The Federal Reserve probably will refrain from selling assets from its balance sheet over the next three to five years as the U.S. falls short of a return to full employment, according to Pimco.
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By Austin Kiddle |
June 5, 2013
Gold prices jumped on Monday in reaction to the unexpected contraction in the U.S. May ISM manufacturing data to 49 from last month's 50.7, giving the market hopes that the Fed will continue its stimulus.
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By Phil Flynn |
June 5, 2013
Goldman Sachs says that the Fed will say goodbye to easing and start to tapper bond buys in September. The so called taper is sending stocks lower but oil is hanging tough.
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By Gary Kamen |
June 4, 2013
The Federal Reserve knows how a weaker U.S. dollar helps U.S. exports. Any threat to U.S. exports — a strengthening U.S. dollar — could hurt exports, in turn hurting the U.S. economy, which could hurt jobs.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
June 4, 2013
The stock market is in a conundrum now, because even if the economic numbers are very strong in the near future, that could mean the Fed will taper stimulus and thus potentially temporarily hurt the stock market.
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By John Brynjolfsson |
June 4, 2013
"Taper" is certainly the buzzword of the month for May. With yields showing signs of strengthening amid poor economic reports, the question becomes, "Can the Fed taper up?"
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By Bill Gross |
June 4, 2013
Our global financial system at the zero-bound is beginning to resemble a leukemia patient with New Age chemotherapy, desperately attempting to cure an economy that requires structural as opposed to monetary solutions.
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By Michael P. Regan and Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
June 3, 2013
The Dollar Index fell for the third time in four days while stocks and commodities advanced as an unexpected contraction in American manufacturing fueled bets the Federal Reserve will maintain its pace of stimulus.
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By Steve Matthews and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
June 3, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said Fed officials are committed to record stimulus even as divergent views on when to start paring back bond purchases create a “mixed message” to investors.
