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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Not Worried About Inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday (Wednesday) that he expects inflation to be “quite low for some time,” but that the Federal Open…
20Feb2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedGlobal Investing News
FOMC Meeting Offers No Solutions; First Wells Fargo Loss Since 2001; Total Buys Oil-Sands Explorer; AT&T Posts 4Q Decline; Boeing to Double Job Cuts; Time…
29Jan2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedFed’s Out of Control!
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to 1 percent, matching a half-century low, in…
30Oct2008 | Oxbury Research | Comments Off | ContinuedFed Holds Rate Steady in Face of Volatile Markets
Citing balanced threats from weak economic growth and inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve yesterday (Tuesday) voted to hold the benchmark Federal Funds rate at 2.0%,…
17Sep2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedFederal Reserve Policymakers Stand Up to Wall Street’s Easy-Money Crowd
The U.S. central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) yesterday (Tuesday) left the benchmark Federal Funds rate target at 2.0%, after many had expected the…
17Sep2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedFed Policymakers Forced to Balance Weak Growth and High Inflation at Tomorrow’s FOMC Meeting
Already forced to deal with the competing and contradictory challenges of a slowing economy and escalating inflation, U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers will now also have to…
15Sep2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedFed Signals Next Move Will be a Hike in Rates, But Timing Remains Uncertain
The next move from the U.S. Federal Reserve will be to increase the Federal Funds rate, although the timing of that hike remains to be…
27Aug2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | ContinuedFederal Reserve Holds Rates Steady at 2.00%, Says “Downside Risks†and Inflation Remain Concerns
Federal Reserve policymakers yesterday (Tuesday) kept the nation’s benchmark interest rate at 2.00% for the second consecutive meeting, although inflation accelerated and the U.S. economy…
6Aug2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | ContinuedDallas Fed President Lends Credibility to Money Morning’s Prediction That the Federal Reserve Will Soon be Boosting Interest Rates
Just one day after Money Morning predicted that the U.S. Federal Reserve would soon be forced to increase interest rates, Dallas Fed President Richard W. Fisher…
31May2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedWith Oil Speculators Blitzing, the Fed Needs to Call an Interest-Rate Reverse Play
The inflationary reality that we as consumers have been living for months may finally be starting to dawn on the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The minutes of…
28May2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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