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US: Fed policymakers see rebound ahead, even if no Covid herd immunity
Analysts have long predicted economic activity will pick up as more people are vaccinated, but hopes for a quick path to a fully immunized populace have faded amid vaccine shortages
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Fed's Powell calls for broad national drive to full employment
The United States remains about 9 million jobs short of where it was a year ago
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Why dividing central bankers into hawks and doves misses the big picture
Reducing central bankers to caricatures risks missing the big picture. These days, policy makers have to be more nimble
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US economy to hit pre-pandemic size by the middle of this year, says CBO
The new projections from the office, which is nonpartisan and issues regular budgetary and economic forecasts, are an improvement from the office's forecasts last summer
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US: Fed policy makers, like lawmakers, split on need for more fiscal aid
The United States has been devastated by COVID-19, with more than 26 million Americans infected so far, and more than 441,000 dying in total
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Fed remains in crisis-fighting mode as recovery appears to moderate
Monetary policy likely on hold for foreseeable future; Fed chief Powell says vaccination program key to economy
Wall Street opens lower with earnings underway, eyes on Federal Reserve
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 43.3 points, or 0.14%, at the open to 30893.78
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US Treasury yields fall to 3-week lows, dollar firms on stimulus worries
Mounting coronavirus cases and caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting this week also dulled appetite for risk
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Gripped by greed, emerging markets turn to the US Fed for next spur
Bloomberg's Fear-Greed indicator for the MSCI developing-nation stock gauge climbed to its highest in almost a decade, a sign that gains may have been excessive
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Janet Yellen says Biden's focus now is providing relief, not raising taxes
Yellen said she agreed that the 2017 corporate tax cut had improved the competitiveness of American businesses, and Biden was not proposing to raising corporate taxes to the pre-2017 level
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No high inflation or fiscal crisis in the US but …
Monetary base issued by the Fed had jumped from less than $1 trn before the GFC to more than $3 trn by early 2020 and then to about $5 trn by end of the year. But inflation has hardly gone up. Why?
Easy money = higher stocks? Think again
It seems intuitively obvious that easy money would find its way into stocks, but evidence on the ground is too thin
Federal Reserve to stick to super-easy policy amid economic 'lull'
Analysts are penciling in faster economic growth now that vaccines are rolling out and with a Congress now controlled by Democrats more open to big government spending than Republicans typically are
'Not the time' to discuss any change to bond purchases, says Fed's Powell
With the US economy still far from its inflation and employment goals it is too early for the Federal Reserve to discuss changing its monthly bond purchases, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said
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'Not the time' to discuss any change to bond purchases: Fed's Powell
Powell promised that would be the case with the current purchases as well.
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US Federal Reserve sees possible economic boom if vaccine gets on track
One US Federal official says there is now a "clearer focus" about the economy's path forward and a horizon for a fuller recovery. Another says the pandemic's "endgame" is here
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Jabs equal jobs? Fed sees possible economic boom if vaccine gets on track
After a catastrophic spell when economic conditions were so confounded by the coronavirus that the Fed stopped making projections altogether, U.S. central bankers now like what they see
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Will the bull keep running?
The global setting is perfect for equities, but investors should have one eye on factors that could rattle the markets
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US Fed says bond-buying changes hinge on 'qualitative' call on economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve was nearly unanimous in its decision last month to leave its bond-buying program unchanged, but left a wide berth for officials to decide in the future if and when changes should be made, according to minutes of the U.S. central bank's December policy meeting.
US Fed orders Credit Suisse to strengthen anti-money laundering policies
The order directs the bank to adopt a formal plan to overhaul its policies within 90 days to ensure it is appropriately monitoring for illicit activity
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