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IMF warns U.S. not to scale back stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON — Amid speculation that the Federal Reserve soon might start scaling back its stimulus efforts, the International Monetary Fund cautioned that a pullback before next year could hurt economies worldwide. Highlighting its concern Friday,...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, International Monetary Fund, Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Congress, Productivity
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Greenspan says Federal Reserve should start tapering stimulus
WASHINGTON -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the central bank should start tapering its stimulus program and begin reducing its dramatically swelled balance sheet -- whether the economy is ready for it or not. "My view is the sooner...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Central Bank, Financial Markets, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Is Lawrence Summers the most qualified to succeed Fed's Bernanke?
WASHINGTON -- With the Federal Reserve playing an over-sized role in the U.S. economy, Wall Street investors are keenly interested in who will be the central bank's next chairman when Ben S. Bernanke's term expires in January. The Fed's No. 2 official,...
Tags: Elections, Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Scott P. Brown, Finance, Elections, Hillary Clinton
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Letters: Sen. Warren speaks up
Re "Warren upends bankers, tradition," May 11 As the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is a breath of fresh air. Finally, there's a voice in Washington for the people and a staunch advocate for consumers....Tags: Federal Reserve, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Elizabeth Warren
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Sen. Warren goads Fed, SEC, DOJ to explain no-fault bank deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, having chastised bank regulators for failing to put Wall Street giants on trial, is demanding to see any analyses that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission have conducted...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Parties and Movements, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Department of Justice, Mary Jo White
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates higher, 30-year fixed averages 3.59%
Mortgage rates have risen for the third week in a row, with Freddie Mac's survey of lenders pegging the average 30-year fixed-rate home loan at 3.59%, up from 3.51% last week. Fixed-rate 15-year mortgages -- popular during a recent boom in homeowners...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Real Estate Sales, Labor Markets, Freddie Mac, Mortgages
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Initial jobless claims drop to 340,000 after one-week spike
WASHINGTON -- Initial unemployment claims dropped back to a level indicating moderate job growth last week after a spike the previous week raised alarms about the labor market recovery. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Economic Indicator, Career and Workplace
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Japan market plunge sparks global sell-off; U.S. stocks dip, rebound
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Wall Street followed Europe in a broad sell-off following a 7.3% overnight plunge in Japan's stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 107.1 points, or 0.7%, to 15,200.07 shortly after the opening bell in New York. The broader Standard &...Tags: NASDAQ, Japan, Federal Reserve, China Earthquake (2010), Labor Markets
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Some Fed officials open to start tapering stimulus as soon as June
WASHINGTON -- Some Federal Reserve officials said they were willing to start ratcheting back the central bank's stimulus program as early as June if the economic recovery strengthened further, according to minutes from their policy meeting three week ago....
Tags: Federal Reserve, Labor Markets, Jamie Dimon, Central Bank, Financial Markets
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Stocks close down on news that Fed considered cutting stimulus
Stocks closed lower on news that several Federal Reserve policymakers favored cutting back on stimulus programs as early as June if the economy continues to improve. The release of minutes of the Fed's April 30-May 1 meeting reversed a surge earlier...
Tags: NASDAQ, Federal Reserve, Stock Activities, Financial Markets, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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Fed's mixed messages roil markets
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve's unprecedented stimulus efforts are starting to box in the nation's central banker. Its bond purchases have helped fuel economic growth since the financial crisis. But Fed policymakers now must figure out how...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Congress, Central Bank, Financial Markets, Dwayne Johnson
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