Market News International

• Jobs trump bubbles at the Fed

  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.

• QE3 still on table, though doubtful

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  April 1, 2012

  The recovery remains subpar but

• Fed to do more, unsure of what and when

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  January 1, 2012

  Fed officials’ conditions for further credit easing vary widely

• A divided Fed sails into the fog

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  October 1, 2011

  With the economy teetering on the edge of another recession, the Federal Reserve’s policymaking Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is riven with dissension, agnosticism and uncertainty about its own potency

• Fed tightening: What’s the rush?

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  July 1, 2011

  A tightening of the Federal Reserve’s ultra-easy monetary policy is drawing nearer, but that doesn’t mean it is close

• Accommodative policy exit still on hold

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  April 1, 2011

  The economy, and hence the Federal Reserve, are beset by uncertainty, forcing monetary policymakers to keep their options open

• Is the Fed playing with fire?

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  January 1, 2011

  Now that the Federal Reserve has embarked on a new round of quantitative easing (QE2), what can we expect

• As the monetary policy pendulum swings...

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  October 1, 2010

  My, how things have changed on the monetary policy front

• Interest rates: No Fed tightening in sight

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  June 24, 2010

  There's still no end in sight for the ultra-easy monetary policy.

• Interest rates: When will the Fed tighten?

  By Steven K. Beckner  |  April 1, 2010

  The Fed is far from tightening its monetary policy.