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May 16, 2012           11:30 AM CT Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said fiscal policies are needed to reduce the 8.1 percent U.S. unemployment rate and additional asset purchases by the Fed, or quantitative easing, would risk a surge in inflation. “It may be better to focus on labor [...]

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August 10, 2011: 1:43 PM ET Is the Federal Reserve waving the white surrender flag? It sure looks that way. The Fed made the unusual (and unprecedented) move on Tuesday to tell the market in plain English that it intends to keep rates near zero for the next two years! That is disappointing on many [...]

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April 27, 2011  Westminster Abbey and the Royal Wedding are so overhyped; the historic story of the week will take place on C Street in Washington, D.C. today. At 2:15 p.m. ET, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, will make waves in the world of economists and Wall Streeters. For the first time in [...]

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