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By Jon Nadler |
April 27, 2012
The US dollar and stock index futures frowned upon the GDP estimate and headed lower. The development may give gold players another chance at trying to go for the assault on the $1,660-$1,675 resistance area.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
April 24, 2012
The Federal Reserve tried to bring more clarity to policy making in January by releasing Fed officials’ forecasts for interest rates. Instead, it may be creating confusion.
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By David J. Lynch, Bloomberg |
April 16, 2012
Two years after President Barack Obama vowed to eliminate the danger of financial institutions becoming “too big to fail,” the nation’s largest banks are bigger than they were before the nation’s credit markets seized up.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
April 5, 2012
Four Federal Reserve regional bank presidents who vote on monetary policy this year see less of a need for the Fed to spur the economy with new accommodation.
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By Jody Shenn and Kathleen M. Howley, Bloomberg |
April 5, 2012
Ben S. Bernanke’s Federal Reserve signaled this week it isn’t ready to buy more bonds to stimulate the economy. Mortgage investors aren’t convinced.
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By Craig Torres and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg |
April 5, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said a U.S. law restricting proprietary trading at banks and scheduled for enactment in July may be “impossible” to implement.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
April 3, 2012
The Federal Reserve is holding off on increasing monetary accommodation unless the U.S. economic expansion falters or prices rise at a rate slower than its 2% target.
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By Steve Matthews and Kathleen Hays, Bloomberg |
April 3, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said he doesn’t see the need for additional asset purchases with the U.S. economy picking up and inflation close to the central bank’s 2% target.
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By Steven K. Beckner |
April 1, 2012
The recovery remains subpar but
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 16, 2012
Money-market derivative traders expect the U.S. central bank will lift its target rate for overnight loans a year earlier than Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s pledge of late 2014.
