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BusinessWeek December 3, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Looking Hard at Inflation--All of It The Fed has long made policy while averting its eyes from food and energy. But it may be impossible to turn away any longer.  |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Behind Bernanke's Picture Perfect Forecast The Fed still frets that inflation won't behave as policymakers expect.  |
The Motley Fool December 5, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Japan Today, Zimbabwe Tomorrow? Now that Uncle Sam has thrown some $8.6 trillion at the financial fiasco, why aren't we experiencing inflation?  |
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 Catherine Yang |
Inflation: What You Foresee Is What You Get Expectations of future price hikes may play a big role in how much and how fast the Fed raises rates.  |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Time To Wave Goodbye To A "Measured" Pace In an economy this strong, the Fed might need to hike rates faster  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 |
Mortgage-Rate Mojo Ever wonder what causes mortgage rates to rise and fall? Well, know that they fluctuate along with other interest rates.  |
BusinessWeek November 6, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: A Do-Nothing Fed Is Looking Less Likely The notion that the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest rates next year is rapidly losing support on Wall Street.  |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke's Out of Bullets Ben Bernanke has spent the past year and a half firing as many bullets as possible to prop up the economy. After lowering the target on the Fed funds rate to a range of zero to 0.25%, he's finally out of ammunition.  |
InternetNews December 11, 2006 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Stall Out Stocks turn choppy ahead of the Fed's interest rate decision.  |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 |
Explaining Stock Market Gyrations Learn how the folks at the Fed influence the stock market.  |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz |
Live Blog: Bernanke's First Press Conference The Fed speaks.  |
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Glenn Hubbard |
A Gold Medal For The Fed's Inflation Fighters The Federal Reserve's 20-year successful effort to rid the U.S. economic system of inflation is something Americans should value.  |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Rich Miller |
What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows.  |
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to Goldman's Jan Hatzius Goldman Sachs's chief U.S. economist offers his views on inflation and the budget deficit  |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2006 Mike Norman |
Deja Vu for Fed? Despite yesterday's announcement by the Fed, history says economy may wobble for a while.  |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Friday's ETF to Watch: Inflation Protected Bond (TIP) The iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund offers exposure to inflation protected Treasuries, one of the most popular options for protecting against inflation.  |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 |
Why Mortgage Rates Rise and Fall Remember that the money markets themselves (basic supply and demand for money at each price point) exert the biggest influence over interest rates, though the Fed is a big influence on market expectations.  |
InternetNews March 28, 2007 Paul Shread |
Bernanke Blasts Bulls Stocks fell Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made it clear that inflation remains a big concern for the Fed... Accenture gained on strong results... VocalTec fell on its outlook... etc.  |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
A Primer on Stagflation Take a look at a worst-case scenario for the markets. Slowing growth and rising interest rates make a bad combination.  |
Investment Advisor September 2009 |
Asset Allocation Outlook for inflation and the Fed, plus other predictions from a panel of strategists, and asset allocation recommendations.  |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Rich Miller |
Why Greenspan Will Just Let It Ride Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will wait till there's less economic slack to raise interest rates.  |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James Mehring |
Inflation Takes A Backseat--For Now The Federal Reserve has put its inflation concerns on the back burner as it focuses on the financial markets and the potential risks they pose to economic growth.  |
BusinessWeek November 25, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Danger in Tying the Fed's Hands Near term, inflation is under wraps. Down the road, however, the Fed's credibility as an inflation fighter could suffer if Congress exerts control over monetary policy - and that spells trouble.  |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Bernanke May Have His Work Cut Out For Him If the economy doesn't cool down, interest rates could go higher than investors expect.  |
U.S. Banker October 2001 Paul Muolo |
Monetarism Lives! Monetarists? They're barely heard from anymore. But monetarism was the rage for much of the 1980s, when inflation was soaring...  |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2005 |
Weird Economic Reactions Why does the stock market often tank when there's good economic news reported?  |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Patience At The Fed May No Longer Be A Virtue As economic growth accelerates, a 46-year-low fed funds rate of 1% is becoming impossible to maintain.  |
InternetNews August 28, 2007 Paul Shread |
Stocks Plunge as Fed Fuels Fears Falling home prices and consumer confidence sent stocks plunging on Tuesday, but the Federal Reserve did even more damage with the release of its meeting minutes.  |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2004 |
Understanding Stock Market Gyrations Sometimes Alan Greenspan is behind the curtain, moving the market.  |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 |
The Stock Market's Weird Ways It's odd, but the stock market often tanks when there's good economic news reported. That might not make sense to you, but there's an explanation.  |
BusinessWeek February 18, 2010 Rich Miller |
Interest Rate Tightening: It's All in the Timing Details are emerging on how the Fed will tighten credit. But Congress really wants to know whether it will happen before the fall elections.  |
BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Gray Area In The Fed's Blue-Sky Forecast Further rate increases may be needed to tame a spirited economy.  |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Chill Out: Inflation Is Still Pretty Tame Despite some concerns, Alan Greenspan expects interest rates to rise gradually.  |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James Mehring |
Inflation: Two Price Gauges That Hardly Look Tame The Federal Reserve continues to keep a hawkish eye on inflation.  |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Bernanke Changes Strategy The Fed chief has taken the fight to inflation.  |
BusinessWeek November 21, 2005 Coy & Miller |
Inflation: Shoppers vs. The Bond Market Consumers are spooked by high prices. Traders aren't. Who is right?  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Housing's Tentative Gains In a tricky balancing act meant to support the nascent housing recovery, the Fed suggests it might spend more to keep interest rates low, while trying to soothe investors' inflation fears.  |
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut.  |
InternetNews June 14, 2004 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Failed Breakouts Inflation fears are dictating market action.  |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2009 James Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Fed Should Be in No Rush to Raise Rates Trading in the futures market already shows investors are betting the Fed will begin to lift its target interest rate within the coming year. But time is on Bernanke's side, and he won't want to jump the gun.  |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
The Fed: Another Failure To Communicate? The Federal Reserve must convince the markets that higher interest rates can still accommodate growth  |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Chris Jones |
Will the Fed Make You Rich? Once money flows freely again through the capital markets, the liquidity injections that could cause inflation could be reversed, keeping the balance in price pressures evenly split between inflation and deflation.  |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Rich Miller |
Why Greenspan Isn't That Worried Some of his colleagues see looming inflation risks. But the Fed chairman isn't likely to shift gears.  |
BusinessWeek April 2, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Say Goodbye To High Growth And Low Inflation The economic Eden of the late 1990s and early 2000s is slowly fading.  |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 L. William Seidman |
Will the Fed's Medicine Work? Fed activity is unprecedented -- a new activism never seen before in the history of the United States.  |
InternetNews September 25, 2006 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: All News is Good News Another dip gets bought.  |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Michael Mandel |
Behind Bernanke's Charm Offensive The Fed's New Worry: Popularity. For a central bank dependent on Congress for bailout funds, approval ratings matter. And they're not good  |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Stop Listening to the Fed Trying to understand the Federal Reserve will just get you confused. If you have a solid long-term investment plan, you shouldn't use news about the Fed to guide your trading decisions. If the noise will distract you, it's best just to tune it out.  |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: The Bizarro Market If and when the Fed tightens rates to try and rein in the current whack-a-mole inflation, it won't make stocks any more attractive.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Mike Norman |
A Simple Guide to Creating Money The government's printing money like crazy. Or is it? If economic conditions provide for few business opportunities, the Fed can exert little influence over monetary growth.  |