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By Press Release |
May 1, 2013
Following its latest meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve moved to continue its quantitative easing program, but stressed the importance of watching the jobs market for growth.
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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.
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By Press Release |
January 30, 2013
The Federal Open Market Committee announced it will maintain its current stimulus plan as economic activity has paused in recent months.
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By Press Release |
December 12, 2012
The Federal Reserve set an unemployment target of 6.5% and pledged to continue buying longer-term Treasuries to "maintain downward pressure on longer-term interest rates, support mortgage markets, and help to make broader financial conditions more accommodative."
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By Press Release |
October 24, 2012
The Federal Reserve opted to maintain its QE3 program despite indications that inflation has risen slightly.
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By Press Release |
September 13, 2012
To support a stronger economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at the rate most consistent with its dual mandate, the Committee agreed today to increase policy accommodation by purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month.
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By Press Release |
August 1, 2012
In it's release following the July 31-August 1 meeting, the FOMC characterized economic growth as slowing. In response, it kept rates at historic lows, but there was no mention of QE3.
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By Press Release |
June 20, 2012
Statement from Federal Open Market Committee saying it has decided to extend "Operation Twist" until the end of the year.
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By Press Release |
April 25, 2012
In the statement following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting, the Fed said it is keeping rates at record lows and maintained its expectation to keep them low until late 2014.
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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.
