Thrust into crisis, Bernanke tested bounds of Fed policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ben Bernanke spent his whole life training for the job of Fed chairman - even if he didn't know it at the time. One of the Great...
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Lacker says Fed can still cut stimulus despite U.S. shutdown
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could reduce the pace of its bond-buying stimulus despite a government shutdown that is preventing the release of key economic data, Richmond Fed President...
Lacker says Fed can still cut stimulus despite U.S. shutdown
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could reduce the pace of its bond-buying stimulus despite a government shutdown that is preventing the release of key economic data, Richmond Fed President...
Lacker says Fed’s guidance on rates could hurt U.S. growth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's effort to assure the public that interest rates will remain near zero for years could have the perverse effect of hurting confidence and damaging...
Emerging countries must be able to control capital flows: study
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Emerging market nations can be adversely affected by large swings in investment and, therefore, must develop tools to control credit flows or risk relinquishing any...
Fed should focus on mortgage buys, sell Treasuries: study
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should concentrate its unconventional monetary stimulus on mortgage asset purchases, according to a new study released on Friday, ditching Treasury bond buys...
Fed could begin reducing bond buys in September: Lockhart
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could begin reducing its bond-buying stimulus as early as its September meeting despite inflation being below target, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said on...
A failure to communicate: Fed ‘guidance’ fails early test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Watch what Federal Reserve officials do, not what they say. That was Wall Street's reaction to the U.S. central bank's hints that it could soon begin to...
Euro zone no longer faces existential threat: France’s Moscovici
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe's monetary union is no longer in question as it was last year, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Thursday, even though the continent's economic struggles...
Bernanke says stress tests make banks more stable
STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday the central bank's periodic bank stress tests have made the financial system more resilient. Contrasting the current...