Amid the economic downturn, Federal Reserve becomes favorite punching bag
Denver Post - 23 minutes agoSuddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding.
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Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts
AP via Yahoo! News - 4 minutes agoSuddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.
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Fed's Bullard: Keep MBS program active longer
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 9:43 pm ETA senior Federal Reserve official said on Sunday the central bank should keep alive its mortgage-related assets purchase program beyond a planned end-date to give policy-makers more flexibility as they help the economy recover from a painful recession.
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Fed's Bullard: Keep MBS program active
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 9:00 pm ETThe Federal Reserve should keep alive its asset purchase programs beyond the first quarter of 2010 to give policy-makers more flexibility if the economy took another turn for the worse, a senior Fed official said on Sunday.
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Fed's Bullard: Keep MBS program alive
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 8:37 pm ETA senior Federal Reserve official said on Sunday the central bank should keep alive a mortgage-backed securities buying program beyond a planned end-date to give policy-makers more flexibility as they help the economy recover from a painful recession.
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Dollar still seen as world's reserve currency: Bullard
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 7:56 pm ETThe dollar's appreciation at the height of the financial crisis shows that markets still view the dollar as a safe haven and the world's main reserve currency, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Sunday.
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Protesters March Outside Federal Reserve Bank
KSHB-TV Kansas City - Sun Nov 22, 3:15 pm ETAbout 25 people turned out on Sunday afternoon in a protest outside the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Fed independence doubts could hurt recovery: report
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 6:17 pm ETThe independence of the Federal Reserve is essential for credible monetary policy and doubts about the U.S. central bank's ability to do its job without political interference could hurt the nascent economic recovery, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Sunday.
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Dollar Weakens on Speculation Fed to Maintain Stimulus Measures
Bloomberg - 1 hour 29 minutes agoNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell for the first time in three days against the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep its stimulus measures in place and ensure interest rates remain low.
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Bullard Says Fed Should Keep Asset Purchase Program Past March
Bloomberg - 1 hour 51 minutes agoNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank should retain the flexibility to respond to any weakening in the economy by extending beyond March its authority to buy mortgage-backed securities and agency bonds.
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Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government
New York Times - 2 hours 17 minutes agoThe ultralow interest rates the U.S. has been paying on its colossal debt may not last much longer as the government faces payment shock down the road.
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U.S. business economists raise 2010 growth outlook
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 12:22 am ETA group of U.S. business economists boosted their forecast for economic growth over the next year, but said the jobless rate will remain stubbornly high, a survey released on Monday showed.
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Revisiting a Fed Waltz With A.I.G.
New York Times - Mon Nov 23, 12:11 am ETA ray of sunlight broke through the Washington fog last week when Neil M. Barofsky (pictured), special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, published his office’s report on the government bailout last year of the American International Group , The New York Times’s Gretchen Morgenson writes in her latest Fair Game column.
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This Week, Nov. 23-27
Washington Post - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 am ETA week's worth of economic headlines will be crammed into three days in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment (Update1)
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 11:28 pm ETNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- For the first time in seven decades, Treasury bills are paying no interest while stocks continue to appreciate -- a divergence in U.S. financial markets that might be perilous if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke didn’t know all about 1938.
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Tag: RON PAUL
New York Times - Sun Nov 22, 11:56 am ETDefending himself against critics, Representative Ron Paul of Texas played down continuing concerns on Friday that his amendment to give Congress sweeping new oversight powers over the Federal Reserve would compromise the central bank’s political independence.
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