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BEN BERNANKE TAKES ON THE MARKET
businessinsider.com
3 mentions — 13 hours ago
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a press conference and Q&A with reporters, and stocks and bonds kept selling off as he spoke.Bernanke said in his opening remarks that if the Fed's updated economic forecasts out today are correct, the FOMC may moderate purchases later in 2013 and end ...
Missing Michael Hastings
buzzfeed.com
8 mentions — 1 day ago
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write.posted on June 19, 2013 at 12:12am EDT Michael Hastings was really only interested in writing stories someone didn’t want him to write — often ...
Brazilian Protests Succeed In Reversing Bus, Subway Fare Hike
Zero Hedge
2 mentions — 9 hours ago
I think the difference in relation to Obama is that our ruling leftwing party activelly supports radical fringe groups in order for them to put forward some claims, demand some 'rights', make some mess, and then the government comes in to expand their scope. Aparently they set them ...
A Woman Virtually Nobody Has Heard Of Is On The Verge Of Becoming The Most Powerful Woman In The World
businessinsider.com
3 mentions — 2 days ago
President Clinton is applauded by members of his White House staff engaged in budget negotiations in the White House Rose Garden (May 16, 1997).It's looking increasingly likely that Ben Bernanke will no longer be the Chairman of the Federal Reserve at this time next year.In an interview Monday,
When Does QE End? Bernanke Doesn't Know. Really.
The Market Now
2 mentions — 15 hours ago
Despite the roar of the Fed-watching crowd, Bernanke hasn’t said he’s letting the markets off the QE3 roller coaster.Ben Bernanke didn’t say “taper.” That’s the buzzword that’s taken investors and the media by storm since the Fed chief’s May 22 appearance before Congress, and he didn’t even utter ...
How to Understand What the Fed Says
Bloomberg
7 mentions — 2 days ago
The world will be paying close attention tomorrow when the Federal Reserve announces the results of its two-day policy-making meeting. The big question is what, if anything, the announcement will communicate. At its previous meeting, the Fed reaffirmed its promise to keep injecting $85 billion a month into ...
The Moment During The Press Conference When Bonds Started Melting Down, And Bernanke's Intentions Became Clear
businessinsider.com
3 mentions — 10 hours ago
The release of the statement from the Federal Reserve's latest FOMC monetary policy meeting today and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's subsequent press conference sent bonds tumbling.The chart below shows the exact moments that triggered the sell-off in 10-year Treasury futures that caused bond yields to soar today.The initial ...
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twitter.com
2 mentions — 11 hours ago
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Michael Hastings Dead at 33 | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
4 mentions — 1 day ago
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Michael Hastings, 'Rolling Stone' Contributor, Dead at 33The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los AngelesMichael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33.Hastings' ...
Christina Romer Calls For Regime Change
slate.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.WASHINGTON - JULY 14: Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer participates in an announcement about the Recovery Act in the ...
Is This The "Recovery" That Bernanke Believes In?
Zero Hedge
2 mentions — 11 hours ago
"His answer to every problem, every setback, was 'I will work harder!' - which he had adopted as his personal motto." Chapter 3, pg 28."'I have no wish to take life, not even human life,' repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears." Chapter 4, pg. 43"Boxer,
How Are These Times Different?
NYTimes.com
4 mentions — 19 hours ago
Ah, Paris! You walk for miles and miles — it’s still, after all these years, a spectacularly beautiful city. Then you have as traditional a meal as possible at an old-fashioned bistro, washed down with lots of wine.But I’m still thinking about the conference I was just at,
FOMC Decision Preview
pragcap.com
4 mentions — 1 day ago
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Medical Costs Register First Decline Since 1970s
WSJ
5 mentions — 2 days ago
U.S. health-care costs fell in May for the first time in almost four decades, the latest evidence that government policies and an expansion in generic drugs are constraining prices.The Labor Department’s price index for medical care — a figure that includes products, such as drugs and supplies, and ...
“What’s your outlook on the markets and the economy?”
The Big Picture
3 mentions — 2 days ago
I have a few conferences coming up later this summer, and as part of one event, I was asked a series of questions in advance. Its a pre- interview, and I figured I would work my way through the questions a little bit all week.But then I read ...
Bobby Jindal Is Confused About Tom Friedman and Economics
The Atlantic
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal thinks Republicans need to "stop being the stupid party", and he knows just how to do it: by changing nothing. Now, that isn't exactly how Jindal put it in his recent Politico op-ed, but close enough. Here's his blueprint for Republican revival, insofar as ...
Monetary Expansion Isn't Zero Sum
slate.com
2 mentions — 16 hours ago
MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.Here's some Abenomics news that shouldn't surprise people but probably will. The latest Ministry of Finance trade data is up, and ...
James Taranto: Gen. Helms and the Senator's 'Hold'
WSJ.com
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visitwww.djreprints.comLt. Gen. Susan Helms is a pioneering woman who finds her career ...
Gatsby-Style U.S. Weddings Show Confidence to Spend: Economy
Bloomberg
6 mentions — 3 days ago
Actors Elizabeth Debicki and Tobey Maguire from The Great Gatsby. Photograph: Warner Bros. Pictures/Everett Collection Lauren O’Shaughnessy has boosted prices for her wedding-planning services by about 25 percent since 2009 as the economic expansion puts Americans in the mood for bigger parties and fancier locations. Spending on the ...
Mobile, Alabama, Is Desperate To Show Us That It's Not One Of The Most Miserable Cities In America
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
The post was based on the latest set of data from Gallup's annual Well-Being Index, which ranks cities in terms of emotional and physical health, work environment, and access to basic necessities, among other factors.In the post, I explained that the list was based on statistics published by ...
Markets Are Confused And Stupid, And Apparently People Don't Know How To Read
businessinsider.com
4 mentions — 2 days ago
Since around 2 PM ET, when the FT published a preview of this week's FOMC monetary policy meeting by the pink paper's Federal Reserve correspondent, Robin Harding, U.S. stocks have taken a sharp turn lower. The headline was "Fed likely to signal tapering move," and the knee-jerk reaction ...
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
June 19, 2013 FRB: Press Release
4 mentions — 13 hours ago
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing sector has strengthened further, but fiscal policy is restraining economic growth. Partly reflecting transitory influences, inflation has been running below the Committee's longer-run objective, but longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.Consistent with its statutory
The CBO vs. the Gang of Eight
National Review Online
2 mentions — 12 hours ago
Supporters of the immigration bill before the Senate, and the press, are treating the new CBO report on some of its effects as an advertisement for passing it. They are highlighting its conclusions that the legislation will likely increase the size of the economy and reduce the deficit ...
"What Part of 'Politico' Do You Not Understand?"
New Republic
5 mentions — 2 days ago
The dominant mode of Washington journalism tends to both reflect and entrench the values of its era. The eminent writers and editors of the immediate postwar age, such as James Reston and Ben Bradlee, were often comfortable with the powerful, and that coziness came just as America itself ...
Obama Says Bernanke at Fed `Longer Than He Wanted': Video
bloomberg.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
June 18 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has stayed in his post "longer than he wanted," one of the clearest signals the central bank chief will leave when his current term expires next year. Obama made the comments in an interview ...
11 Tapirs Who Are Worried About The Taper
businessinsider.com
5 mentions — 3 days ago
The big story of the week is the Federal Reserve. Everyone wants to know what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will indicate about "the taper" – the possible reduction of monthly bond purchases it's expected to make under its quantitative easing program later this year.At the moment, the Fed ...
What the CBO Says About Immigration
slate.com
2 mentions — 16 hours ago
MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.Yesterday afternoon's Congressional Budget Office score of the Senate immigration legislation is big news, but at the intersection of political controversy ...
Moody's may remove Brazil positive outlook as growth lags
Reuters
2 mentions — 1 day ago
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Moody's Investor Service says it will become more difficult to justify its "positive" outlook on Brazil's investment-grade credit rating if the country remains in the grip of weak economic growth and its debt burden fails to decline, a senior official from the ratings agency said.Moody's ...
Why low inflation may not prevent the Fed from reducing QE
MacroScope
2 mentions — 17 hours ago
Everybody knows U.S. unemployment, currently at 7.6%, is still too high – especially the millions of Americans struggling to find work. Less widely acknowledged is a recent dip in inflation that puts it well below the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target. Indeed, at 0.7 percent in April, the ...
VINCENT REINHART: There's A Fundamental Flaw In The Message The Fed Is Trying To Send
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
The gist was: Just because the Fed may signal a reduction in asset purchases doesn't mean that an interest rate hike is getting closer.Federal Reserve officials have been trying to convince investors for weeks not to overreact when the central bank starts pulling back on its $85 billion-per-month ...
Asset returns since Bernanke's speech to Congress 2013
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com
2 mentions — 17 hours ago
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Jon Hilsenrath Just Taught Rick Santelli A Lesson About Journalism During A Rowdy Segment On CNBC
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 15 hours ago
Santelli continued and asked Hilsenrath why reporters throw so many "softball questions" at these press conferences and why Hilsenrath thinks we need Quantitative Easing. "You're jumping to a whole bunch of conclusions here...Let's start with QE. I don't argue in any of my stories that we either do ...
ManpowerGroup CEO: What's Next for Hiring
WSJ.com
2 mentions — 18 hours ago
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China Securities Journal: China may cut rates if slowdown continues
ForexLive
2 mentions — 2 days ago
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The Worst Chart In The World
businessinsider.com
5 mentions — 3 days ago
The pie chart is easily the worst way to convey information ever developed in the history of data visualization. Sure, there are other more cumbersome ways to articulate data. But none have the credibility nor the widespread use that the pie chart has. Here, I'll explain exactly what's ...
Brazilians spend as much as 26% of their income to ride the bus
Quartz
4 mentions — 2 days ago
Shifted During FlightThe average destination of international flights from every country in the world twitter's heroCory Booker says Washington could use a small-town mayor with a big view bamboo curtainNorth Korea’s new rich love buying refrigerators, but not for what you’d think end gameHere’s what will really happen ...