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Reuters, November 27, 2012. ©2012 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. (Reuters) — Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, a top Federal Reserve official, said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank could get into trouble if it doesn’t set a limit on the amount of assets it is willing to buy. But Fisher, a critic of easy […]

MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, November 27, 2012. BERLIN (MNI) – Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said Tuesday that the main problem in the U.S. economy at the moment is unemployment, not inflation. “I believe inflation is under control in the United States,” Fisher said at a conference of the Levy Economics Institute […]

Terra.com, 27 de Noviembre de 2012. © Copyright 2012, Terra Networks, S.A. BERLIN (Reuters) — El presidente de la Fed de Dallas, Richard Fisher, un funcionario de alto rango de la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos, dijo el martes que no estaba preocupado por la inflación en Estados Unidos, sino por el desempleo y sostuvo […]

NASDAQ, November 27, 2012. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK—A rising wave of cyberattacks on banks and underfunded pensions represent potential threats to financial stability, a key Federal Reserve official said Tuesday. The central banker, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart, didn’t address monetary policy or the economic outlook in remarks prepared for delivery […]

4-Traders.com, November 27, 2012. Copyright © 2012 Surperformance. All Rights Reserved.     BERLIN—The U.S. Federal Reserve should end its program aimed at lowering long-term interest rates, known as Operation Twist, next month, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said Tuesday.   Under the program, the Fed buys long-term Treasury bonds and […]

MarketWatch, November 27, 2012. Copyright © 2012 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved.   WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. financial system and its regulators need to “update our thinking” about the threat of cyber-attacks given the spike and magnitude of recent events, said Dennis Lockhart, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, on Tuesday. “What was […]

TradingCharts.com, November 26, 2012. © TradingCharts.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. BERLIN—European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio expects Spain to apply for the ECB’s new bond-buying program, known as "Outright Monetary Transactions," he said after a speech in Berlin on Tuesday. In his speech at a conference held by the Levy Economics Institute, he said […]

Märkische Allgemeine, 26.11.2012, 16:00 BERLIN—Finanz-Staatssekretär Steffen Kampeter sieht “sehr gute Chancen”, dass die Euro-Finanzminister bei ihrem Treffen am Montag in Brüssel eine Einigung über Hilfen für Griechenland erreichen werden. Wie zuvor bereits Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert machte er aber klar, dass Deutschland weiterhin keinen öffentlichen Schuldenschnitt mittragen werde. “Wir glauben nicht an die vertrauensbildende Wirkung eines […]