A divided Congress and now a fractured Fed?
In the crush of the market’s 600-point swing yesterday, the dissent within the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee got overlooked. Three members of the committee — Dallas Fed President Richard...
View ArticleNo matter what Bernanke says, investors aren’t going to like it
The Silence of the Beard? (Getty Images) U.S. stock futures are falling this morning in anticipation of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech later today from the central bank’s annual retreat...
View ArticleBernanke: no new plan
(Updates stock activity, adds oil prices and GDP numbers.) U.S. stocks rose in midday trading, paring earlier losses after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke articulated no new plan for reviving the...
View ArticleGOP and Fed agree, sort of
In an audacious move, a group of Republican congressional leaders — including House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — sent a letter to...
View ArticleWill more Fed forecasting help the economy?
The Federal Reserve is encouraging all of us to become its back seat driver. The central bank said on Tuesday that it would begin publishing its policymakers’ forecasts for interest rates — not just...
View ArticleAll eyes are on The Beard as markets await Fed decision (Updated)
Last week's dismal jobs report made action by the Fed almost certain.
View ArticleFed’s hawks are screeching louder these days
As the Fed reaches the limits of monetary policy, some central bankers disagree on what, if anything, should be done to stimulate the economy.
View ArticleIs the Fed preparing for the fiscal cliff?
Fiscal policy, not monetary policy, is killing us.
View ArticleThe fiscal cliff looms as president re-elected
Recent market gains may begin to fade as the economic reality of what still needs to be done begins to sink in with investors.
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