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Stocks fall about 1% as investors digest Fed and Bernanke statements
NEW YORK -- Investors' early reaction to the Federal Reserve's statement: sell. After being essentially flat all day, stocks fell after the Fed announced it would keep interest rates low and continue its massive stimulus program -- for now. The Dow...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Stock Activities, Credit Ratings, Stock Market
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Live blog: Fed Chairman Bernanke's outlook for the economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke outlines what he expects for U.S. growth in the coming year as the central bank releases its policy statement. He'll also face TV cameras and reporters during a quarterly news conference. Reporters, editors and...Tags: Federal Reserve, Economic Policy, Career and Workplace, National Security Agency, Central Bank
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Three things to watch for from the Fed and Bernanke on Wednesday
WASHINGTON -- A difficult task awaits Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke when he faces the TV cameras Wednesday in his quarterly news conference. He has to try to reassure investors, analysts and politicians that the central bank has a plan for...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, International Monetary Fund, Alan Greenspan, National Security Agency
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Investors on edge before Fed meeting
NEW YORK -- The stock market could get a bit jumpy. Investors have been eagerly awaiting clearer signals from the Federal Reserve over when it will wind down its massive stimulus programs, known as quantitative easing. At the end of its two-day...
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA TO PUSH NUCLEAR CUTS A senior administration official says Obama will propose reduce the U.S. and Russian stockpiles by up to one-third at...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Stanley A. McChrystal, National Security Agency
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Fed holds steady on interest rates and stimulus, sees risks easing
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policymakers said Wednesday that they would continue the central bank’s controversial bond-buying stimulus program and leave short-term interest rates near zero to help boost the economic recovery, which they said was...
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MarksJarvis: All eyes on interest rate
The warnings have sounded. In a dress rehearsal for the drama that might lie ahead in bonds and stocks, investors are discovering that some of the investments they thought would be fairly safe for income can deliver sudden losses. Popular dividend-...
Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Federal Reserve, Personal Investing, Money and Monetary Policy, Mutual Funds
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Era of falling interest rates appears to be over
For all the mixed messages from the Fed and the uncertainty that has roiled financial markets recently, one thing looks very clear: The era of declining interest rates is over. After three decades in which borrowing costs for Americans have pretty...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve, Jamie Dimon, Money and Monetary Policy
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Stocks surge more than 1% ahead of Fed meeting
NEW YORK -- The main event for Wall Street this week may not yield any surprises -- or so investors seem to think. Stocks surged more than 1% early Monday ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting, a sign investors do not expect the central bank to...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Singapore Airlines, Charles Schwab, Credit Ratings
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Housing Starts in U.S. Increased in May to 914,000 Annual Rate
June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Beginning construction of new U.S. homes increased in May and permits to build single-family houses rose to a five-year high, extending a rebound that is helping shore up the expansion. Housing starts climbed 6.8 percent, less than...Tags: Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Real Estate, Money and Monetary Policy, Central Bank
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Clock ticking for Big Ben?
Of The Morning CallLots of speculation today about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's future ... Bethlehem Sands continues to rake in the cash from table games ... Get ready for sticker shock: Starbucks will post calorie counts at all its stores later this month ... The U.S....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Starbucks Corp., Land Price, Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Obama suggests he won't renominate Ben Bernanke as Fed chair
President Obama suggested he might not renominate Ben S. Bernanke for a third term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, saying the central bank chief has already stayed in the job longer than originally planned. In a PBS interview that aired late Monday,...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Politics, National Security Agency, U.S. Senate
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