Articles About FOMC
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June 18, 2013Here’s Why Everybody Has One Eye on the FOMC Meeting
It seems like every market participant around the world has at least one eye on the meeting of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee this week, and for good reason.
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June 05, 2013How Taper Talk Has Cooled the Stock Market
Here's what investors need to know now.
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May 21, 2013Was Printing Money Really the Fed’s Best Option?
Finding the right monetary policy to use in a near-zero rate environment has been the key question in central banking since 2008.
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April 10, 2013Wednesday’s Mid-Day Movers: 3 Stories Driving Markets
The minutes from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting were released early, good times roll for real estate, and credit-card debt is on the rise...
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April 10, 2013FOMC Minutes: U.S. Economy Is Back On Track
Participants judged that the economy has returned to moderate growth after hitting a bump late last year...
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April 08, 2013Wall Street’s Wild Week Kicks Off with Big Earnings
Will this week's earnings reports put a major ding in Wall Street's recent gains? Answers will arrive as early as Monday, when Alcoa delivers its report and starts testing the resilience of U.S. markets...
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March 20, 2013FOMC: The Fed Keeps Pouring Liquidity for Mr. Market
The $85 billion in ongoing quantitative easing will still consist of agency mortgage-backed securities ($40 billion) and longer-term Treasury securities ($45 billion)...
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February 21, 2013
FOMC Minutes: Keep the Money-Printing Party Going
Playing devil’s advocate, several other members warned that reducing or ending asset purchases too soon could also have a significant impact...
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January 03, 2013Federal Reserve Members Question QE Beyond 2013
Several members want to ease off the monetary easing gas pedal by the end of this year, sooner than expected...
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May 16, 2012Market Recap: Bears Keep POUNDING, NAKED Shorts, FOMC Minutes
The ugly continues...
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January 26, 2012Federal Reserve Keeps Pressure on Banks
The banking sector receives another blow...
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January 26, 2012Stocks Move Within Shooting Distance of Previous Highs
The Fed places stock highs in sight...
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January 26, 2012
Bernanke’s New Inflation Target: What It’s Supposed to Do
By making this finite benchmark public, the Fed reveals the extent of inflation it will tolerate...
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January 25, 2012Market Recap: Stocks Rally as Fed Extends Record-Low Interest Rates
Here's everything you need to know about today's trading action...
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January 25, 2012Gold (GLD) and Silver (SLV) Surge After Fed Statement
Your daily recap on precious metals...
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January 25, 2012Fed Extends Record-Low Interest Rates Through Late 2014
The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it will not increase its benchmark interest rate until at least late 2014, saying that record-low rates are still needed to help boots the still sluggish economy...
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January 24, 2012Fed Expected to Set Inflation Target, Hold Interest Rates Near Zero Into 2014
The Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on Tuesday, after which it will release policymaker projections for the benchmark federal funds rates for the first time...
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January 23, 2012Market Recap: Stocks Flat as Investors Await Greek Debt Deal
Here's everything you need to know about today's trading action...
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January 23, 2012
Fed to Introduce Game Changing Communications Policies
The Federal Reserve plans to introduce changes to its communications policies to the public on Wednesday, making it easier for the central bank to move ahead with another round of asset purchases later this year by helping to explain the need for additional stimulus...
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January 09, 2012Mohamed El-Erian: Quantitative Easing Won’t Work
Either the euro fragments completely or you strengthen the euro zone but change its construct ...
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January 03, 2012Gold and Silver Surge in First Trading Session of 2012
It was the biggest jump for gold in 10 weeks...
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January 03, 2012
Market Recap: Manufacturing Reports Boost Stocks
Here's everything you need to know about today's trading action...
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January 03, 2012
FOMC Minutes: Fed to Publish Interest-Rate Forecasts
The Federal Reserve announced on Tuesday that it will begin to publish policymakers' projections for its benchmark interest rate on overnight loans, and when officials expect the first rise to occur.
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December 13, 2011
Market Recap: Stocks Reverse Rally After Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged
Here's everything you need to know about today's trading action...
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December 13, 2011FOMC: Global Financial Markets Pose Downside Risk to U.S. Economic Outlook
To fulfill its dual mandate to foster maximum employment and price stability, the Federal Open Market Committee has decided to continue Operation Twist and keep interest rates at record lows in an effort to promote a stronger economic recovery...
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December 13, 2011
Federal Reserve: Rates Remain the Same
Looks like the Fed will continue to subsidize the economy ...
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December 11, 2011The Week Ahead on Wall Street: FOMC Decision and FedEx Earnings
Looking at the Asian markets, once again China and Japan data will be at the forefront for this region's economic news...
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November 22, 2011
FOMC Minutes: Fed Won’t Set Inflation Target
The Federal Reserve does not yet have enough support to adopt a formal inflation target, even as the central bank moves toward providing more guidance on future interest rates, according to minutes of the last meeting released on Tuesday...
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November 03, 20115 Markets the Federal Reserve has Buoyed
Do you like goosed markets? The Fed does ...
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November 02, 2011
Federal Reserve: Here’s Our Plan
The Fed wants to promote the economic recovery ...
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