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The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2014. All Rights Reserved. ECB’s Constancio: “We Will Do Something” About Low Inflation.  The ECB is poised to take action to tackle the problem of low inflation that continues to consistently undershoot its official target, ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said Thursday. He said policy makers are still trying to […]

Washington Examiner, April 11, 2014. All Rights Reserved. The so-called "Great Moderation" of low economic volatility between the mid-1980s and the financial crisis of 2008 was not as great as it seemed, and the future likely won’t be as pleasant, according to President Obama’s top economic adviser. Jason Furman, the chairman of the Council of Economic […]

NDTV, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Washington (Reuters | Update): The Federal Reserve will likely wait at least six months after ending a bond-buying program before raising interest rates, and will only act that quickly "if things really go well," a top US central banker said on Wednesday. "It could be six, it could […]

Manorama Online, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will likely wait at least six months after ending a bond-buying program before raising interest rates, and will only act that quickly "if things really go well," a top U.S. central banker said on Wednesday. "It could be six, it could […]

By Todd Buell and Christopher Lawton The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. The euro zone faces problems that are more profound than just weakness in the banking sector and that are harder to address, European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio said Thursday. In remarks prepared for delivery in Washington, Mr. […]

Morningstar Advisor, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. economy, aided by the Federal Reserve’s easy monetary-policy stance, is beginning to look healthier, Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo said Wednesday. "While we’ve not had certainly the pace and pervasiveness of the recovery that we wanted, the unconventional monetary policy have been […]

The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON—The euro zone economy will see economic slack persist until 2017 at least, European Central Bank executive board member  Peter Praet  said Thursday, suggesting that the ECB will maintain its easy-money policies well into the future. Still, Mr. Praet signaled that the ECB is in […]

The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. The European Central Bank is poised to take action to tackle the problem of low inflation that continues to consistently undershoot its official target, ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said Thursday. Mr. Constancio said policy makers are still trying to figure out which measures to take, adding […]