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Bernanke's Q&A testimony to congressional panel
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Below are highlights of the question and answer session of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. BERNANKE ON WHETHER HE WOULD SERVE A THIRD...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance
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Dollar hits four-and-a-half-year high vs yen, nine-month high vs Swiss franc
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rallied to trade at a fresh 4-1/2-year high against the yen on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that holding interest rates too low for too long has its risks and raised the possibility the Fed...Tags: Nikkei, UBS AG, Charles Schwab, Industrial Production, Giorgio Napolitano
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Too soon to dial back Fed stimulus: Dudley
Reuters(Reuters) - It is too soon to determine whether to dial down the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program, and the economic picture may not be clear enough to make that decision for another three or four months, an influential U.S. central bank...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Government Debt, Money and Monetary Policy
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Bernanke's prepared testimony to Joint Economic Committee
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Below is the text of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's prepared testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. Chairman Brady, Vice Chair Klobuchar, and other members of the...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Local Government, Employment Opportunities, Consumer Confidence, Consumers
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WRAPUP 2-Bernanke offers no hint of pullback in Fed stimulus
ReutersBy Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed Chairman Ben...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Labor Markets
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Fed's Bullard recommends euro zone consider QE
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official urged the European Central Bank on Tuesday to consider employing a U.S.-style quantitative easing program to counter slowing inflation and recession in the euro zone. The ECB has engaged in bond...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, European Debt Crisis, Market and Exchange, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance
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COLUMN-Bernanke's dangerous optimism: James Saft
Reuters(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By James Saft May 21 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an optimist about economic growth in the coming decades, rejecting "depressing" views about a slowdown to...Tags: Apple iTunes, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Invention and Innovation, Labor Markets
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WRAPUP 2-Fed officials dampen talk of imminent bond buying cutback
Reuters(Updates with more market reaction) * New York Fed's Dudley says bond buying could increase or decrease * St. Louis Fed's Bullard says inflation too low to taper bond buying By Jonathan Spicer and Paul Carrel NEW YORK/FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters) - Two...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Government Debt, Economy, Business and Finance
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Japan exports disappoint, full benefits of weak yen yet to show
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose less than expected in April from a year earlier due to weak demand from Europe and China, highlighting the challenges confronting the world's third-biggest economy as policymakers try to engineer a sustained revival....Tags: Energy Resources, China, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Weather Reports
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Awaiting rebound in Europe, Poland stifles growth at home
ReutersWARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has turned its back on policies that once made it Europe's growth leader and is flirting with the recession that it alone among its emerging European Union peers has evaded through years of crisis. It weathered the global...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Warsaw (Poland), Government Debt, Donald Tusk, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Unclear whether Fed's bond buying has helped economy: Fisher
Reuters(Reuters) - While the Federal Reserve's accommodative policies have boosted stocks and helped the rich, it is unclear whether they are doing enough for the broader U.S. economy, a top central bank official said on Monday. "We've made rich people richer.....Tags: Inflation and Deflation, CNBC (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Bonds
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Japan upgrades economic outlook as Abe's policies take hold
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government upgraded its assessment of the economy on Monday, as emerging signs of an upturn in exports and factory output added to growing evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive polices are beginning to...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Government Debt, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Financial Markets
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