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By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
May 9, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said unemployment will probably fall to 7% at the end of 2013 and he would favor reducing the Fed’s $85 billion monthly pace of bond purchases next month.
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By Sarah Jones and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
May 9, 2013
U.S. stocks were little changed, following five successive records for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, after data showed jobless claims declined.
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By Caroline Salas Gage and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
March 11, 2013
When Ben S. Bernanke asserted last month that the Federal Reserve doesn’t ever have to sell assets, he raised questions about how the central bank can withdraw its record monetary stimulus without stoking inflation.
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By Neal Armstrong and Wes Goodman, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
Economists cut their forecasts for Treasury yields in 2013 to the least since Bloomberg began compiling the predictions as notes were little changed after data showed the unemployment rate was higher than expected.
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By Steve Matthews and Caroline Salas Gage, Bloomberg |
November 20, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said he opposes a proposal to tie central bank stimulus to the U.S. unemployment rate because such a move may spur inflation.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke renewed a pledge to sustain record stimulus even after the U.S. expansion gains strength, while saying policy makers don’t expect the economy to remain weak through 2015.
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By Aki Ito and Joe Carroll, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said policy makers must not be passive in the face of high U.S. unemployment, firing back at critics of the Fed’s decision this month to step up record stimulus.
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By Susanne Walker and Anchalee Worrachate, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2012
Treasury 10-year notes rose for an eighth day, the longest run of gains since December 2008, as investors sought safety with Spanish debt yields climbing toward levels that prompted other European nations to seek bailouts.
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By Phil Flynn |
September 26, 2012
Spanish woes, along with rising risks of a conflicting nature, created some wild moves across the commodity complex. WTI crude plunged as Spanish protestors took to the streets.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2012
U.S. stock-index futures fell, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped the most since June yesterday, amid concern Europe’s debt crisis is worsening.
