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Last week’s release of the October Federal Open Market Committee Minutes included a brief, but important discussion that, if acted on, could significantly change the way U.S. banks operate. The main focus of the meeting had to do with the possibility of the Federal Reserve tapering the $85...

Investors and traders welcomed news of lower than expected inflation. The U.S. Labor Department monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for October fell 0.10 percent, compared to an estimated flat reading. Year over year, the index is up 1.00 percent, in line with expectations. The Fed's target...

Tuesday, Chicago Fed boss Charles Evans said that 2013 growth will likely fall short of expectations. In what is clearly a growing sign of Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) ability to deliver news, the Chicago Fed live-tweeted Evan's speech which was given to Illinois bankers. Most notable was: @...

After much anticipation, Janet Yellen was officially nominated as Federal Reserve Chairperson this morning. Yellen offered no surprises during her testimony, which was prepared in advance and made public last night. U.S. markets, as expected, edged slightly higher to continue the rally that was...

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein discussed a variety of timely topics on CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday morning, including the best person to replace Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve and the impending accommodation reductions. With everyone's attention drawing...

IHS Chief Economist Dr. Nariman Behravesh and Federated Investors' Chief Equity Strategist Phil Orlando went over the possible market reactions to Larry Summers removing his name for chair of the Federal Reserve, just before the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week, on CNBC's Squawk Box...

J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) Funds Chief Global Strategist David Kelly spent an hour on CNBC's Squawk Box as a guest host on Wednesday morning. His final thoughts were on finding balance in Fed policy by looking at both supply and demand. "I want us to focus on what the Fed can and can't do. it's more...

Pre-open movers US stock futures were mostly flat in early pre-market trade, ahead of FOMC minutes due this week. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2 points to 15,004.00, while the Standard &...

Nathan Sheets, Global Head of International Economics at Citigroup (NYSE: C), thinks that after this week's round of testimony, Ben Bernanke will retire as chairman of the Federal Reserve. He discussed this view on Tuesday morning as a guest on CNBC's Squawk Box. "It's been eight, long,...

The Economist's Greg Ip appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Thursday morning where he discussed the ups and downs of the Fed maintaining low interest rates while tapering down bond buying. "I'm puzzling over why the market is so excited over [tapering]," Said Ip. "If you go back to May when [...

Jay Sidhu, Customers Bank CEO and Chairman, drew points to why the economy isn't going to get better while addressing the Fed's strategies for tackling the growing situation. The Fed has eased the stress of a tough economy with lower interest rates, which translates into soon-to-be retirees...

Rafferty Capital analyst Dick Bove sees new banking regulation as a battle between the Fed and the FDIC. Bove also weighed in on Europe's growing interest in jailing bankers and talked about what we're going to be seeing from bank earnings on CNBC's Squawk Box on Tuesday morning. First Bove...

Tim Holland, portfolio manager and partner at TAMRO Capital (MUTF: ATASX), gave CNBC Squawk Box he thoughts on Friday's upcoming employment report and how it'll effect the markets, on Tuesday morning. During the discussion, the effect of Fed policy on the markets was also connected. "I think...

Dennis Gartman, founder and editor of The Gartman Letter, talked about gold's plummet, tapering and stocks on CNBC's Squawk Box on Friday morning. "I've been very fortunately short of gold, long of stocks, and long of crude oil, a rather complicated trade that worked out reasonably well, and I...

Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning to discuss Fed policy, including keeping the federal funds rate low so that unemployment can drop to under 6.5 percent. The market has taken a hit since the Fed's May 22...