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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, oil fall after Bernanke; dollar gains
Reuters* Investors focus on possible tapering of Fed's bond buying * Dollar index up, Treasuries fall * U.S. stocks turn lower, S&P 500 comes off high * Crude oil tumbles after jump in supplies By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Stocks, bonds...Tags: U.S. Congress, Stock Market, Japan, Wilmington Trust Company, Foreign Exchange Market
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COMMODITIES-Oil down on high gasoline stocks, gold slips on Fed
Reuters* Brent crude slips below $103 as gasoline inventories surge * Gold falls as Bernanke cautions about low US rates * Copper hits 6-week high after no word on Grasberg restart By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices slumped on...Tags: Inventories, Casino and Gambling Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Thomson Corporation, Metal and Mineral
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WRAPUP 3-U.S. home sales close in on 3-1/2-year high
Reuters* Existing home sales rise 0.6 percent in April * Sales level highest since November 2009 * Tight inventories remain constraint to faster sales pace * Median home price highest since August 2008 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S....Tags: Banking, Stamford, Homes, Real Estate, Inventories
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Home sales close in on three-and-a-half year high
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years and prices surged, offering the economy a buffer from the stiff headwinds posed by belt-tightening by Washington. The National Association of Realtors said on...Tags: House Building, Banking, Homes, Stamford, Politics
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Stocks fall after Fed minutes show policymakers had weighed a pullback on its stimulus program
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing lower on news that several Federal Reserve policymakers favored cutting back on stimulus programs as early as June if the economy continues to improve. The release of minutes of the Fed's April 30-May 1 meeting...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Stock Activities, NASDAQ, Financial Markets, S&P 500
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PIMCO's Gross says Fed likely to ease stimulus in September: CNBC
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of bond giant PIMCO, said on Wednesday the U.S. Federal Reserve will likely begin tapering its monetary stimulus in September and that bond investors might have already anticipated the move. "I...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Television Networks, Television Industry, S&P 500, U.S. Congress
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Bernanke warns that premature ending of Fed's stimulus efforts would carry substantial risks
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs. Reducing the Fed's efforts to keep borrowing rates...Tags: U.S. Congress, Stock Market, Employment Opportunities, Mortgages, Ben Bernanke
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Fed minutes showed some officials willing to consider trimming bond purchases as early as June
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June — if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials...Tags: U.S. Congress, Central Bank, Employment Opportunities, Mortgages, Labor Day
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WRAPUP 5-Bernanke says more progress needed before stimulus pullback
Reuters* Bernanke touts benefits of Fed bond buying * Says end to purchases will depend on economy * Could trim bond buys at one of the "next few meetings" * If anything, "inflation is too low," Bernanke says By Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull WASHINGTON,...Tags: European Debt Crisis, Mortgages, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Day, Employment
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Bernanke says more progress needed before stimulus pullback
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas pedal, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday. A decision to...Tags: European Debt Crisis, U.S. Congress, Central Bank, Mortgages, Labor Day
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Bernanke spurs stock volatility, dollar gains
Reuters* Dollar index up after Bernanke comments on stimulus * U.S. stocks turn lower, S&P 500 comes off high * Treasuries fall on comments on possible tapering * Crude oil tumbles after jump in supplies By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Stocks,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Stock Market, Japan, Wilmington Trust Company, Foreign Exchange Market
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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St at session lows after Fed minutes
ReutersNEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell in choppy trading Wednesday, giving up earlier gains following remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke which suggested the central bank was not ready to pull back on its economic stimulus efforts, but...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Stock Activities, Financial Markets, S&P 500, Stock Market
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