Tag Archives: Fed
Monthly Economic Outlook
Fear Not, Economic Growth Has Not Been Tapered This past month’s disappointing economic news and pullback in the stock market have raised
Fed Fisher: Not Much Efficacy In Additional Asset Purchases
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher Tuesday night said additional asset purchases by the central bank are unlikely to boost job creation,
Yellen: Would Take Worse Outlook For FOMC To Pause Tapering
New Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen Tuesday reemphasized the Fed’s commitment to continued reduction of large-scale asset purchases, provided the economy performs as the Fed hopes,
Yellen Says Market Far From Recovered Low Rates to Remain
US interest rates are set to remain low, the new chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, has signalled.
Yellen Expected to Face Tough Questions
Janet Yellen, who on Tuesday faces her first grilling by Congress since she became the Federal Reserve chair this month, is expected to reiterate central bank plans to taper its stimulus despite recent weakness in the economy.
FX Daily
Quiet start to the week with no tier-1 data released. Italian industrial production and the euro sentix survey are the only releases and are unlikely to have a market impact.
FI Eye-Opener: More clarity about forward guidance?
Asian markets shrugged off disappointing US jobs report. 10-year Treasury yields up over the week, Bunds flat. “Some banks have no future”.
Central Banks’ Communication Strategies are Vital
Janet Yellen has some rewriting to do. As she prepares to deliver her first testimony to Congress as Federal Reserve chairman, the central bank’s tactics for guiding the recently more turbulent financial markets need reworking.
Fed Watchers See Feb as Key Month After Disappointing Jan Jobs
The second month of disappointing employment data is not expected to interrupt the Federal Reserve’s tapering of monthly asset purchases,
Fed Lockhart: Sees Steady Taper Pace, End QE By Q4
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart said Wednesday he expects tapering of the Fed’s asset purchase program to continue at the $10 billion-per-meeting pace, and ending by the fourth quarter of this year.
Fed Plosser: Good Case For Ending Asset Buys Sooner
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser Wednesday argued that there are grounds for the central bank to wind down its asset purchase program at a faster rate than the current measured pace,
FX: When music stops…
With stock markets at crucial trend support levels, risk sentiment is at risk. Will good news be bad news for the USD?