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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year note yields above 2 percent for the first time since March, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told Congress the Fed may cut the pace of bond purchases at the next few meetings if policy makers see indications of sustained economic growth.
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By Craig Torres, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. economy remains hampered by high unemployment and government spending cuts, and tightening policy too soon would endanger the recovery.
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By Sholom Sanik |
May 20, 2013
The month of May started out on a strong economic footing, and the Treasury market began what would be a multi-week selloff. On May 15, the first of the bad headlines hit the wires. Now what for U.S. 30-year bonds?
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
April 29, 2013
Federal Reserve policy makers may shift discussion away from when to reduce monetary stimulus, given data showing the economy is weakening, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Mohamed A. El-Erian.
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By Steve Matthews and Jeff Kearns |
April 25, 2013
Debate among Federal Reserve policy makers is shifting away from the timing of a reduction in bond buying to the need to extend record stimulus as inflation cools and 11.7 million Americans remain jobless.
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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 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 Craig Torres, Josh Zumbrun and Caroline Salas Gage, Bloomberg |
February 26, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s efforts to rescue the economy could result in more than a half trillion dollars of paper losses on the central bank’s books if interest rates rise abruptly from recent levels.
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By Joshua Zumbrun, Jeff Kearns and Catarina Saraiva, Bloomberg |
January 29, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s latest round of bond buying will reach $1.14 trillion before he ends the program in the first quarter of 2014, according to median estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists.