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Bernanke Tells Graduating Students to Adapt
May 19th, 2013
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Econintersect: Chairman Ben S. Bernanke at the Bard College at Simon's Rock (Great Barrington, Massachusetts) told graduates of the importance of innovation, creativity and critical thinking on their futures. This is a speech readers should absorb, and f… more »
Fed's Balance Sheet 15 May Continues Record Growth
May 17th, 2013
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QE3 PurchasesTotal Fed Balance SheetFed's Balance Sheet is a record $3.281 trillion (up from the last week's record $3.274 trillion). The complete balance sheet data and graphical breakdown of the cumulative and weekly changes follows the "read m… more »
Will Labor Force Participation Bounce Back?
May 15th, 2013
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by Leila Bengali, Mary Daly, and Rob Valletta - FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The most recent U.S. recession and recovery have been accompanied by a sharp decline in the labor force participation rate. The largest decline… more »
Philly Fed's Plosser: Using the Corridor When Exiting QE
May 14th, 2013
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Econintersect: In a wide ranging speech on the economy and monetary policy, Charles I. Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia stated:
In my preferred policy framework, the federal funds rate target woul… more »
Central Bank Tsunami
May 13th, 2013
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Monetary Policy Week in Review – May 11, 2013: 8 Banks Cut Rates by 550 BPS as BOJ Easing Ripples Through Worldby Peter Nielsen, Central Bank News Last week 16 central banks took policy decisions with a record eight banks cutting rates by a total of… more »
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