Monday, April 2, 2012

Federal reserve

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  • (CNBC)
  • In the first quarter of 2012, the Federal Reserve was very quiet. The reserve balances that commercial banks held at the Fed actually declined by about $4.0 billion during the quarter to total $1.563 trillion on March 28.
  • (Seekingalpha.com)
  • Business banking is back – well, mostly. Commercial lending has been growing, according to Federal Reserve data.
  • (Forbes)
  • WASHINGTON -- Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. job market remains weak despite three months of strong hiring and that the Federal Reserves existing policies will help boost economic growth.
  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • The U.S. economy is gaining momentum, but it is too soon to talk about raising interest rates, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Monday.
  • (NewsMax.com)
  • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank's aggressive response to the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession helped prevent a deeper slump.
  • (Financial Post)
  • More and more people are using mobile devices for financial purposes, but the effects of that trend are not clear yet, a Federal Reserve official said at a Senate committee hearing on Thursday.
  • (NationalJournal.com)
  • Dividend returns for Mortgage REITs are partially dependent on interest rate spreads. Higher interest rates make borrowing more expensive for REITs.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets rose Tuesday, shaking off a mixed day on Wall Street and slowing growth in China as investors looked ahead to meetings of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • Last week, a senior Federal Reserve official recommended fines for these additional financial institutions, raising questions about how deep foreclosure problems run through the banking industry.
  • (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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