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Fed Minutes Preview: Hints For A Rate Increase?
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 9:17am | 192Read More...While Greece and China take center stage, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes from the June meeting will be released on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, with traders focusing on hints for the timing of an interest rate increase. With recent economic data largely uninspiring, and now with Greece...
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Why A Fed Rate Hike Could Continue As Scheduled Despite Greece
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 12:00pm | 346Read More...While the global economic world remains transfixed on the situation in Greece, Citi Research analyst William Lee believes that the FOMC will continue to focus on improvement in the U.S. economy when it comes to determining U.S interest rate policy. Following last week’s jobs report that...
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Economist: 2 Rate Hikes This Year, But Greece Is Wild Card
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 5:26pm | 401Read More...Two interest rate hikes would be appropriate this year and at least two more in early 2016, an economist said Wednesday, citing current economic conditions. Joe Brusuelas, chief economist for the New York tax and consulting service McGladrey LLP, said one thing that might derail a September...
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Fed Won't Raise Rates, Cuts 2015 GDP Forecast
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 2:23pm | 184Read More...The Federal Reserve has announced that it will keep interest rates near zero, saying that the current 0 to 0.25 percent target for the federal funds rate remains appropriate. This decision came as the Federal Open Market Committee slashed the GDP growth forecast for 2015 from 2.3-2.7 percent to 1.8...
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Tim Anderson: 'Virtually No One' Expects The Fed To Announce A Rate Hike Today
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 11:48am | 227Read More...Tim Anderson is a Managing Director at TJM Investments and a frequent Benzinga correspondent. According to Anderson, "virtually no one" expects the Fed to announce a rate increase today, but "their policy statement will be scrutinized for clues as to how comfortable they are raising rates in the...
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The Latest Fed Dot Plot Projections
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 11:18am | 376Read More...HSBC Global Research analyst Kevin Logan recently previewed this week’s FOMC meeting. In his report, Logan discussed HSBC’s expectations for the Federal Reserve and outlined what concerned investors should be watching for this week. Latest Fed Dot Plot Projections The most recent...
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Will The Fed Hike Interest Rates Tomorrow?
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 4:24pm | 502Read More...On Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m., the Federal Open Market Committee, a subgroup of the Federal Reserve, will release its economic projections for the next two years. The figures will include expected growth and inflation rates. In addition, the Fed will issue an official statement and address...
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Wunderlich Securities: June FOMC Rate Hike Not Off The Table
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 9:27am | 200Read More...Wunderlich Securities parsed the FOMC’s latest statement and their conclusion: the market is not adequately pricing in the probability of a June rate hike. Critically, Wunderlich notes that the voting members of the committee changed from December to January, making the FOMC a bit more...
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Bill Gross: Fed Will Raise Rates By 25 Basis Points Sometime In 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 6:22pm | 370Read More...Even though most market participants are still debating whether Fed will bite the bullet and raise rates this year. Bill Gross from Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE: JNS) firmly believes that Fed will raise rates, albeit only as a ‘symbolism.’ Gross spoke with CNBC following the FOMC...
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Goldman Sachs Comments On FOMC Decision: 'Touch More Dovish Than Expected'
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 4:00pm | 141Read More...Following the FOMC announcement on Wednesday, Goldman Sachs Jan Hatzius put out a note on how he views the statement. Hatzius views the FOMC decision to include the phrase "continues to monitor inflation developments closely," which wasn't used in the October statement, as dovish...
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Wunderlich Securities Offers 2015 Banking Outlook: Growth, M&A And Potentially Higher Rates
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 11:23am | 198Read More...Kevin Reynolds of Wunderlich Securities offered a 2015 outlook for the banking sector in a note on Friday. “Our outlook for 2015 calls for an operating environment that is very similar to 2014, with one exception: potentially higher short-term rates due to the start of FOMC tightening...
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Bank Of America's Top 10 Economic Themes Of The Week
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 2:53pm | 278Read More...As the trading week comes to an end, a group of analysts at Bank of America recapped the top 10 economic themes of the week. FOMC: Inflation on my mind. The October FOMC minutes revealed “more concern” over downside risks to growth an inflation than the actual statement itself...
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This Expert Just Broke Down The Fed Minutes, And He Has 1 Big 'Concern'
Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 9:50am | 457Read More...On Wednesday, Marketfy Maven and expert journalist Ron Insana shared his latest thoughts on a process he calls "Fed Fun" at the Federal Reserve. The central bank recently unveiled the minutes from its last Federal Open Market Committee meeting on October 28 and 29. The notes, in...
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Markets Little Changed After Release Of Fed Minutes
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 6:19pm | 1123Read More...U.S. stocks ended Wednesday's trading session little changed after Fed officials expressed an ongoing concern that inflation may remain at low levels for some time despite efforts to boost the economy, according to October's FOMC minutes. “The information reviewed for the October...
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QE Is Over; Bull Bond Market Likely Isn't
Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 10:30am | 582Read More...The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 9-1 on Wednesday to end QE3. The move was widely expected, and in its statement the Fed confirmed that it has no imminent plans to raise short-term interest rates. Both the equity and credit markets took the announcements in stride. The S...
