Thursday, October 4, 2012

The fed

  • Inside the Fed: Why you should expect an unemployment target

    The Fed minutes from the Sept. 12-13 meeting, in which the Federal Open Market Committee agreed to a third round of purchases of mortgage-backed securities for an indefinite period (a policy known as "QE3″), are out, and they signal that if anything ...

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Fed Members in Accord on Bond-Buying, Minutes Show

    WASHINGTON - Policy makers at the Federal Reserve were nearly united last month in their belief that the economic recovery needed additional help and that the central bank had the ability to provide it, according to an official account of the meeting ...

    www.nytimes.com

  • The Fed Plays All Its Cards

    The details of the Fed's new plan (which I christened Operation Screw in last month's commentary) are not nearly as important as the philosophy it reveals.

    www.resourceinvestor.com

  • SATIRE: Federal Reserve Announces 'Operation Zero Deficit'

    The securities that the Fed purchases in the conduct of monetary policy are held in our portfolio and earn interest. The great bulk of these interest earnings is sent to the Treasury, thereby helping reduce the government deficit.

    www.forbes.com

  • Did The Fed Just Announce Plans For QE4?

    Because of weakness in economic data and furthering decline in European fiscal conditions, Parker believes the Fed will have to do more than the previously announced $40 billion per month MBS purchases to offset the flagging economy.

    seekingalpha.com

  • Dow Jones Industrial Average Looks North Ahead of the Fed

    Central banks should also be a hot topic, with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) scheduled to release the minutes from its September meeting, in which the Fed approved a third round of quantitative easing (QE3). Elsewhere, "Looking to today and ...

    www.schaeffersresearch.com

  • FOMC Minutes: Fed Beginning To See The Limits Of Its Power

    The release of the Fed's FOMC minutes for their September meeting revealed a divided Fed, forcing Chairman Ben Bernanke to work hard in order to keep its active stance.

    www.forbes.com

  • Treasuries Snap Four-Day Rally on Fed Minutes, Jobless Report

    Treasury 10-year notes extended losses as Federal Reserve policy makers said they could change the size of the central bank's monthly asset purchases to reduce risks associated with the program, according to minutes of the bank's most recent meeting.

    www.businessweek.com

  • 30-Year Mortgage Rates Drop To 3.36 Percent

    The declines suggest the Federal Reserve's stimulus efforts are having an impact. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan dropped to 3.36 percent.

    www.npr.org

  • See a $10000 bill in Dallas at the "Economy in Action" exhibit at the Federal ...

    'The Regional Economy' display, part of the 'Economy in Action' exhibit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Thursday, September 27, 2012.

    www.dallasnews.com

  • Roach Says Fed Is Playing 'Dangerous Game' on Stimulus: Keene

    Yale University professor Stephen Roach said the Federal Reserve is playing a "dangerous game" in promising to sustain record levels of stimulus until the labor market improves markedly.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Fed minutes of Sept. meeting: 5 things to watch

    With the sharp new turn in Fed policy agreed to at the September meeting of Fed policy makers, economists will be looking for clues of any new rules of the road in the minutes of the Fed's Sept. 12 and 13 meeting. The Fed will release the summary of ...

    articles.marketwatch.com

  • Oil Prices Pare Gains After Fed Minutes

    Brent crude was up $3.50 at $111.67 a barrel at 2:11 p.m. EDT (1811 GMT), having reached $112. Prices were up $3.65 ahead of the Fed minutes. U.S. crude was up $3.22 at $91.36, having reached $91.76. Prices were up $3.25 ahead of the Fed news.

    www.foxbusiness.com

  • Fed's QE3 should soften g-fee's impact

    loading. With an eye to leveling the playing field between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the private mortgage market, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has directed the GSEs to hike their guarantee fee, or "g-fee," beginning in November 2012.

    community.nasdaq.com

  • Commercial Paper Market Contracts for Fifth Week, Fed Says

    The seasonally adjusted amount of U.S. commercial paper dropped $15 billion to $975.1 billion outstanding in the week ended yesterday, the Federal Reserve said today on its website. It's the longest stretch of declines since the period ended Jan. 4 and ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • Professor Woodford and the Fed

    Professor Michael Woodford of Columbia University is an extremely renowned macro-economist, and rightly so, but only recently has he occupied a central place in market thinking.

    blogs.ft.com

  • Fed stacking the deck for Obama

    Here's where the Fed comes in. Traditionally, lending depends on savings. The saver deposits into the lending institution, which lends that money to a borrower and takes the spread as a profit.

    www.lasvegassun.com

  • Fed Risks Credibility Loss With 2015 Rate Pledge, CFS Says

    Fed policy makers began a third round of debt purchases last month and said it will probably hold the federal funds rate close to zero "at least through mid-2015.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Fed Funds Projected to Open at 0.14% to 0.18%, ICAP Says

    Fed funds, the U.S. overnight inter- bank lending rate, is projected to open at 0.14 percent to 0.18 percent, within the Federal Reserve's target of zero to 0.25 percent. Fed funds closed at 0.12 percent yesterday after trading from 0.12 percent to 0 ...

    www.bloomberg.com

  • Fed Seen Rethinking How Insurance Companies Face Bank Stress Tests

    He made his comments through an investor's note prompted by the MetLife securities filing indicating that the Fed has granted its request for an extension through Jan. 5, 2013 of its need to refile data related to the 2012 stress test that MetLife ...

    www.cutimes.com

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