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By Liz Capo McCormick and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund, says the Federal Reserve’s open-ended plan to flood the economy with $40 billion a month will ignite inflation. The options market is signaling that won’t happen anytime soon.
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By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
September 20, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said the central bank’s third round of quantitative easing will bolster the housing market and economy while helping to prevent lasting damage to the labor market.
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By Susanne Walker and Emma Charlton, Bloomberg |
September 19, 2012
Treasuries rose for a third day, the longest stretch this month, as investors sought haven on concern European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s plan to buy government debt may fail
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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 Alanna Byrne, Daniel P. Collins |
August 27, 2012
As we approach the four-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the current administration has done little to reduce the systemic risk inherent in our financial system.
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By Caroline Salas Gage |
August 9, 2012
It was ultimately up to the British to deal with the manipulation of Libor, as only three of the 18 banks that set the London interbank offered rate are based in the U.S.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
July 19, 2012
Barclays Plc’s admission that it rigged the London interbank offered rate shows regulators, central bankers and politicians weren’t paying attention when everyone from Citigroup Inc. to the Bank for International Settlements indicated that the measure was being manipulated.
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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 Cheyenne Hopkins and Caroline Salas Gage, Bloomberg |
July 13, 2012
Timothy F. Geithner sent Bank of England Governor Mervyn King recommendations in 2008 to revamp the London interbank offered rate
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By Rich Miller and Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
June 4, 2012
The U.S. economy looks set to deliver a repeat performance in 2012: For the third straight year, it may suffer a swoon yet not slip into a recession.
