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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 |
September 21, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said the central bank may ease beyond its current plan to buy mortgage-backed securities if the labor market doesn’t show signs of greater strength.
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By Steve Matthews and Sara Eisen, Bloomberg |
August 31, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said policy makers should wait for more data before deciding on “big action” to boost the economy.
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By Steve Matthews and Eleni Himaras, Bloomberg |
August 27, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans urged the central bank to begin a third round of bond purchases and to persist with the buying until U.S. unemployment declines for at least six months.
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
August 23, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said recent signs of improvement in the economy would prompt him to oppose any new program by the Fed to buy bonds to reduce borrowing costs.
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By Rita Nazareth and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
August 21, 2012
Stocks rose, sending U.S. benchmark indexes above their highest closing levels in more than four years
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
July 18, 2012
The Federal Reserve said the economy expanded at a “modest to moderate” pace in June and early July, as retail sales and manufacturing cooled in some regions.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Mark Drajem, Bloomberg |
July 16, 2012
A worst-in-a-generation drought from Indiana to Arkansas to California is damaging crops and rural economies and threatening to drive food prices to record levels.
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By Craig Torres and Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
July 9, 2012
Federal Reserve officials are discussing whether to start a quarterly monetary policy report to provide a clearer guide to their economic outlook and the likely course for policy.
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By Jeff Kearns and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
June 14, 2012
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers last week the “central question” confronting the Federal Reserve at its next meeting is whether growth is fast enough to make “material progress” reducing unemployment.
