Federal Reserve Archive
Fed “Prepared To Provide Additional Accomodation”
The Fed opened the door to QE2 in its statement today by describing inflation as "at levels somewhat below those the Committee judges most consistent with its mandate" and saying it is "prepared to provide ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: The Fed Downgrades The Economy; Cisco Corroborates
August 13, 2010 · Category: Federal Reserve, Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Stocks, Top Gun Financial Planning
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Fed Gives Market What It Wants; Will Reinvest Mortgage Proceeds In Treasuries
August 10, 2010 · Category: Federal Reserve, Market Commentary
To help support the economic recovery in a context of price stability, the Committee will keep constant the Federal Reserve's holdings of securities at their current level by reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Unusually Uncertain
August 4, 2010 · Category: Europe, Federal Reserve, Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Politics, Technical Analysis, Top Gun Financial Planning
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The economic outlook remains unusually uncertain.
- Ben Bernanke, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Inklings Of A Housing Double Dip
June 20, 2010 · Category: California, Federal Reserve, Macro Economics, Real Estate, Top Gun Financial Planning
In the three weeks since the start of our third quarter on May 1st, which coincided with the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit, our per community deposits and traffic were up 23% and 11%, ...
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Why The Fed Move Matters
Commentators seem to be split on the important of the Fed's 1/4 point hike in the discount rate yesterday after the close. Some say it's meaningless and not to worry about it. Others see it ...
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Taylor: The Fed and the Crisis: A Reply to Ben Bernanke
January 12, 2010 · Category: Federal Reserve, Macro Economics
These technical arguments are important, but one should not lose sight of the forest through the trees. You do not have to rely on the Taylor rule to see that monetary policy was too loose. ...
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Shelton: Chairman Bernanke’s Monetary Apologia
January 11, 2010 · Category: Federal Reserve, Macro Economics
This past Sunday, at the American Economic Association's annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered up a lengthy, professorial defense of U.S. monetary policy over the last decade, focusing on its ...
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Cassidy: Is Ben Bernanke Serious?
January 8, 2010 · Category: Federal Reserve, Macro Economics
Behind his white beard, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has a wry sense of humour. On reading his recent speech to the American Economic Association, in which he defended the Fed's actions during the housing bubble, ...
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John Taylor Responds To Bernanke
January 7, 2010 · Category: Federal Reserve, Macro Economics
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