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Hellenic Shipping News, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard on Wednesday said he is concerned inflationary pressures may be growing too weakly and the central bank may have to do something about it. "Inflation is running very low" as measured by the personal consumption expenditures price […]

St. Louis Dispatch, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. St. Louis Fed President Jim Bullard said Wednesday the Federal Reserve should keep its focus on inflation instead of putting more weight on high unemployment. More emphasis on unemployment “may be highly counterproductive,” he said at a conference in New York. Bullard said he expects unemployment, which […]

Boston Herald, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren called for more regulation of broker-dealers and money market mutual funds in a speech at a New York conference today, but he began his remarks by acknowledging the victims of Monday’s Marathon attack. “I want to take a moment […]

Wonkblog, The Washington Post, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. How much power does monetary policy have to create jobs? That question is at the heart of the debate over the Federal Reserve’s recent policy decisions. A majority on the Fed’s policy committee has explicitly endorsed keeping low interest rate policies in place until the […]

CNNMoney, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Cue the flashback to summer 2010. Ben Bernanke and other officials at the Federal Reserve were warning that inflation was approaching dangerous lows, perhaps even flirting with the dreaded "D" word — deflation. Bernanke gave a key speech in Jackson Hole that August hinting that more Fed stimulus might […]

Fox Business, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The most recent reforms of the financial regulatory system have left Wall Street’s broker-dealers largely untouched and a continued threat to the financial stability, a Federal Reserve official said Wednesday. "Despite this history of failure and substantial government support, little has changed in the solvency requirements of […]

Reuters, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should buy bonds if inflation continues to fall, a top Fed official said on Wednesday, stressing the U.S. central bank needs to prevent inflation from being too far below its target. Still, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard cautioned that more monetary policy […]

MNI | Duetsche Börse Group, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – Many religiously monitor and analyze labor market data for clues on how long the Federal Reserve will maintain its aggressive measures to help the recovery, but one influential Fed official Wednesday said he would support increasing the bond buying program […]