Articles About stimulus
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April 20, 2013Can We Learn From Margaret Thatcher’s Fiscal Squeeze Trick?
With the death of Margaret Thatcher and the ensuing profusion of commentary on her legacy, it is worth looking back at an overlooked chapter in her story.
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March 13, 2012Federal Reserve Holds Fast to Stimulus Programs
Federal Reserve policymakers voted to make no changes to the central bank's ongoing stimulus programs in a meeting on Tuesday, after which it announced a more upbeat outlook for the job market and the global economy...
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March 12, 2012Are Investors Still Bullish on Gold?
Investors continue to seek safety...
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March 08, 2012Gold and Silver Climb Higher After Jobless Data
Your daily recap on precious metals...
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March 01, 2012
Gold and Silver Bounce Higher After Sharp Pullback
Your daily recap on precious metals...
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January 18, 2012Will China Unleash More Stimulus and Boost Gold Prices?
Instead of speculating on Chinese stimulus programs, investors should take notice that other trends in the precious metal bull market are gaining strength...
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December 13, 2011Merkel Calls for International Efforts to Spur Growth
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a more unified drive to spur economic growth in the euro zone on Tuesday, saying countries should link energy grids and trade expertise in labor law...
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December 07, 2011ECB May Announce Measures to Stimulate Bank Lending
Officials say the ECB's options for stimulating lending range from loosening collateral criteria so that financial institutions have more access to ECB cash, to offering them longer-term loans to ease the flow of credit to the economy...
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November 22, 2011FOMC 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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October 04, 2011Bernanke: Fed Prepared to Take Further Steps to Boost Growth
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that the central bank is prepared to take additional steps to boost U.S. economic growth, while he cautioned lawmakers against making moves to balance the budget that would harm recovery efforts...
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September 08, 2011
Ben Bernanke Urges Congress to Enact its Own Economic Stimulus
Bernanke urged Congress and the White House not to focus so much on cutting spending in the long term as to ignore their obligations to the U.S. economy in the short term...
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September 07, 2011Obama: I Will Propose a New Stimulus to Create Jobs
President Obama's proposed job-creation package, which he will present before Congress on Thursday in a nationally televised event, will institute some $300 billion in tax cuts and government spending...
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August 26, 20113 Reasons Markets Were Up After Bernanke Spoke From Jackson Hole
Here's everything you need to know about today's trading action...
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August 26, 2011U.S. Consumer Confidence Hits New Low in August
U.S. consumer confidence declined in August to its lowest level since November 2008, while consumer expectations declined to their lowest level since May 1980 as fear for another recession takes root...
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August 26, 2011
Ben Bernanke: Fed Has No Plan for New Stimulus
Chairman Ben Bernanke proposed no new steps by the Federal Reserve to stimulate the economy in a speech Friday from an annual economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming...
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