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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
November 15, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said he opposes additional purchases of securities by the central bank because they will complicate an eventual exit from record stimulus and risk a surge in inflation.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
November 14, 2012
A number of Federal Reserve officials said the central bank may need to expand its monthly purchases of bonds next year after the expiration of Operation Twist, according to minutes of their last meeting.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Treasury 10-year note yields traded at almost a three-week low as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said inflation would remain in check as he renewed a pledge to sustain stimulus after the U.S. expansion gains strength.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
September 12, 2012
The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a third round of bond purchases tomorrow, according to almost two-thirds of economists in a Bloomberg survey, while also extending the duration of its zero-interest-rate policy into 2015.
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By Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
August 29, 2012
The Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy continued to expand “gradually” in July and early August as improvement in housing and retail sales helped outweigh weakness in manufacturing.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Craig Torres, Bloomberg |
July 17, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said progress in reducing unemployment is likely to be “frustratingly slow” and repeated the Fed is ready to take further action to boost the recovery, while refraining from discussing specific steps.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
July 11, 2012
A few Federal Reserve policy makers said the central bank will probably need to take further action to boost the labor market and meet its inflation target, according to minutes of their June meeting.
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By Kathleen Hays and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
July 9, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said the U.S. may already be close to maximum employment from a monetary policy standpoint and that policy makers can’t do much more to cut the jobless rate.
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By Steven K. Beckner |
June 22, 2012
Nearly five years after entering a kind of monetary wilderness, there remains no obvious way out for the Federal Reserve. Indeed, at times, the Fed seems to be stumbling deeper into the jungle.
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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.
