What Congress has in store for the Federal Reserve
CNNMoney.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:23 am ETMore than a year after the financial meltdown of 2008, Congress is moving forward on plans to drastically curtail the power of the Federal Reserve.
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Dollar Weakens on Speculation Fed to Maintain Stimulus Measures
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 10:24 am ETNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell the most in two weeks against the euro after President James Bullard of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said policy makers should keep stimulus measures in place beyond March.
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Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment (Update3)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 10:09 am 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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Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment (Update2)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 10:00 am 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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Bullard Says Fed Should Keep Asset Program Past March (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 9:59 am ETNov. 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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Australian, N.Z. Dollars May Extend Gains on U.S. Rates Outlook
Bloomberg - 20 minutes agoNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian and New Zealand dollars were little changed, after yesterday rising by the most in a week as signs U.S. interest rates will stay near zero for an extended period spurred demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Dollar Slump Persisting as Top Analysts See No Bottom (Update2)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 9:20 am ETNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The most accurate dollar forecasters predict the world’s reserve currency will continue sliding even when the Federal Reserve begins to raise interest rates, which policy makers say is an “extended period” away.
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Dollar Slump Persisting as Top Analysts See No Bottom (Update2)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 9:15 am ETNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The most accurate dollar forecasters predict the world’s reserve currency will continue sliding even when the Federal Reserve begins to raise interest rates, which policy makers say is an “extended period” away.
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Treasuries Little Changed Before $42 Billion Five-Year Auction
Bloomberg - 40 minutes agoNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries were little changed, after five-year yields climbed from the lowest level in six months, as the U.S. prepared to sell a record $42 billion of the securities today.
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Dollar Slump Persisting as Top Analysts See No Bottom (Update2)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 9:09 am ETNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The most accurate dollar forecasters predict the world’s reserve currency will continue sliding even when the Federal Reserve begins to raise interest rates, which policy makers say is an “extended period” away.
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Dollar, Yen May Decline as Signs of Recovery Buoy Risk Trades
Bloomberg - 52 minutes agoNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar and yen may extend their decline against other major currencies as signs of a sustained economic recovery buoy demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Dollar, Yen May Decline as Signs of Recovery Buoy Risk Trades
Bloomberg - 53 minutes agoNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar and yen may extend their decline against other major currencies as signs of a sustained economic recovery buoy demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Fed's Bullard: Keep MBS program active longer
Washington Post - Sun Nov 22, 9:43 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters) - A 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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Dollar, Yen May Decline as Signs of Recovery Buoy Risk Trades
Bloomberg - 1 hour 56 minutes agoNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar and yen may extend their decline against other major currencies as signs of a sustained economic recovery buoy demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Dollar, Yen May Decline as Signs of Recovery Buoy Risk Trades
Bloomberg - 2 hours 1 minutes agoNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar and yen may extend their decline against other major currencies as signs of a sustained economic recovery buoy demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Dollar Weakens on Speculation Fed to Maintain Stimulus Measures
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 7:50 am ETNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell the most in two weeks against the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep its stimulus measures in place and ensure interest rates remain at virtually zero.
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