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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
November 27, 2012
U.S. stocks fell for a second day and Treasuries rose as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said budget talks in Washington have made little progress.
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By Aki Ito |
November 13, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the U.S. central bank can’t act as a backstop for the economy if lawmakers don't avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
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By Aki Ito and Joe Carroll, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said policy makers must not be passive in the face of high U.S. unemployment, firing back at critics of the Fed’s decision this month to step up record stimulus.
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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 Daniel Kruger and Emma Charlton, Bloomberg |
September 20, 2012
Treasuries rose for a fourth day before a report that economists said will show manufacturing in the Philadelphia region shrank this month, underpinning demand for the safest assets.
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By Steve Matthews and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
September 19, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the central bank’s third round of large-scale asset purchases has led to an increase in market expectations for higher inflation without more job creation.
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By Alex Kowalski and Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
September 19, 2012
Sales of previously owned homes and work on single-family projects climbed in August to the highest levels in two years, signaling the residential real-estate market is contributing to the U.S. economic recovery.
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By John Detrixhe and Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
August 16, 2012
The euro strengthened against all of but one of its most-traded counterparts as German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her commitment to working with the European Central Bank to resolve the region’s financial turmoil.
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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.
