QE3

The bi-winning Fed opened its mouth and now committed to two years of record low interests rates, and continued to say that they would act, i.e. QE3 or other tools, if necessary. The stock market reacted positively and reversed a 180 points loss in the Dow to a 430 points gain in ~90 minutes...

Jan Hatzius, the prestigious economist at Government, err Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) came out with a report this morning and told us to expect some kind of QE3 announcement when the Federal Reserve meets next week. This is from his note this morning, thanks to ZeroHedge: "We have lowered our...

You don't need to worry whether QE3 is coming, the Federal Reserve essentially just told you it was. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, former Fed officials Donald Kohn, Vincent Reinhart and Brian Madigan said they would support the Fed doing more easing if the economy started to...

U.S. Treasuries have always been seen as a "safe" investment, backed by the full faith, and credit of the U.S. government." Yet with worries about the debt ceiling, and the possibility of a downgrade of U.S. debt, we have seen the continued move down in yields on U.S. Treasury debt. Many market...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking in front of Congress, and the prepared remarks basically said that QE3 is going to happen if the economy continues to worsen. Make no mistake readers, it does not look like the economy is going to get better anytime soon, and that a third round of...

Well, that was short lived. All the gains from the "QE3 rally" earlier today are gone, although gold is continuing to hold onto the gains it made after the FOMC released its minutes from the June 22 meeting. In the June 22 meeting, the FOMC discussed the potential for additional easing, should...

The markets have turned solidly positive on release of the FOMC minutes saying that the Federal Reserve has discussed the potential for QE3, should economic conditions continue to weaken. At last check, the Dow was up 50 points, the NASDAQ was up 1 point, and the S&P 500 was up 5 points.

The FOMC released its minutes from its June 22 meeting, and the Fed talked about a third round of quantitative easing. The Fed openly discussed the potential for a third round of quantitative easing, and all agreed on the need to keep interest rates low. The Fed talked about exit strategies, and...

Set your alarms for August because QE3 is coming. So, are us simpletons really expected to believe that Helicopter Ben is about to be grounded? Even after the Fed said Wednesday that it had trimmed its 2011 and 2012 growth estimates for the U.S. economy, that it projects unemployment to be...

On Wednesday, the Bank of England's minutes showed that policy makers were considering additional bond purchases as the British economy continues to struggle. The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to maintain the bond-purchase program at 200 billion pounds, Bloomberg reported...

PIMCO's Bill Gross just tweeted the big news of the day. Gross said that the next Jackson Hole meeting, which is scheduled for August, will likely hint at a third round of quantitative easing, as well as interest rate caps. Yesterday, I discussed a possibility of a third round of quantitative...

All eyes and ears will be on Ben Bernanke tomorrow, and everyone will be listening and analyzing every single words, dissecting it a million different ways. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is holding its two-day meeting which starts today, and the decision will be released tomorrow at 12:...

On Tuesday and Wednesday the Federal Open Market Committee will meet to discuss future monetary policy. The decision the FOMC reaches may dictate the flow of the U.S. economy for the remainder of the year. According to The Wall Street Journal, the general consensus from economic commentators is...

On Friday, The University of Michigan's report on consumer confidence was released. According to the report, inflation expectations rose to 3.0% from 2.9%, the second highest figure in 2011. Silver jumped nearly $0.30 in seconds to approach $36, while gold rose roughly $10. Historically,...

The United States of America may potentially be on the precipice of a Greek-style debt crisis within a few years, and our economy is increasingly looking like it may be at risk of entering another recession - and the Financial Crisis 2.0 could make the Great Recession look tame. Simply put, the Fed...