Tag: Fed
Why the Fed can’t goose inflation
The Fed continues to be unable to manufacture inflation… The New York Times’ Fed Watcher Binyamin Appelbaum describes the conundrum: U.S. Inflation Remains Low, and That’s a Problem…
Fed focus is on inflation
Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street deconstructs the latest Fed minutes… Inflation continues to be too low, making the Fed nervous… Watch What They Say – Fed Gets Worried…
For Fed, it’s not if, but when
More details on the coming Fed taper… There is a debate within the Fed as to whether to start in September or December… But there is no debate about starting this year… Binyamin Appelbaum of the New York Times reports in Fed Officials Are Divided Over When to Reduce Its Debt Holdings…
Fed tips hand on taper timing
The Fed is signaling that its long-awaited taper will begin in the fall… Nick Timiraos of the Wall Street Journal has the story: Fed Eyes September Announcement on Balance-Sheet Reduction .
Traders hit snooze on central bank alarms
One of the oldest sayings in finance is very simple, “Don’t Fight the Fed”… As Bloomberg points out in today’s story Central Bankers Tell the World Borrowing Costs Are Headed Higher, the world’s central bankers (including the Fed) are signaling higher interest rates… The markets have not yet gotten the message, lulled to sleep by […]
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