Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday he does not believe the United States will experience the out-of-control prices seen with 1970s oil shocks.
Bernanke’s remarks come just...
Stronger than expected GDP figures as well as continued inflation readings have led the market to believe that the Fed will begin raising rates in October. Based on the Federal Funds predictor...
Timothy F. Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is Wall Street's banker of last resort - In more ways than one. Geithner is playing an increasingly critical role in setting...
In a move co-ordinated with three European central banks and the Bank of Canada, the Federal Reserve expanded its securities lending to enable bond dealers to brrow upto $200 billion of treasurys...
The benefit of using rate cuts to stem the rot vs. extended rate cuts heralding stagflation.... What we end up with is that the FED's rate cuts devalue the dollar and fuel inflation, with virtually...
The Fed today decided to cut the Federal Funds rate and the Discount rate by .25%. This is less than what many on the Street hoped and wanted but the Fed understands that inflation pressure is...
The Fed just minutes ago cut the federal-fund rate by half a percentage point to 4.75% and the discount rate by half a percentage point to 5.25%. While the market had been anticipating a cut, most...
Before the onslaught of the credit crunch, it was widely believed that the Fed would raise rates to cool inflation fears. I remember on BestCashCow reading quite a few articles discussing fears of...
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