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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields reached seven-week highs as speculation the Federal Reserve may consider tapering its record bond-purchase program crimped demand for the securities as equities indexes traded at record levels.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2013
The Federal Reserve said it will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion while standing ready to raise or lower purchases as economic conditions evolve.
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By Press Release |
May 1, 2013
Following its latest meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve moved to continue its quantitative easing program, but stressed the importance of watching the jobs market for growth.
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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 Phil Flynn |
April 18, 2013
Words like depression and deflation are again being talked about and it is possible that the commodity collapse in gold, copper and oil is sending an ominous warning about the direction of the global economy.
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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 Jeanna Smialek and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank probably will press on with its asset purchases as contained inflation expectations give it time to continue the quantitative easing.
