Fed Policy

Why Republicans Can't Say Yes to Obama

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 09.18.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

So it's not about the deficit after all.

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Federal Reserve Unlikely To Extend Quantitative Easing, Top Officials Say

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK, March 25 - With the economy on firmer footing the Federal Reserve Bank is unlikely to extend its bond-buying stimulus program beyond a p...

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What Should the Fed Do to Move the Economy Ahead?

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laurence J. Kotlikoff

if the Fed is ultimately going to need to print money to pay the government's bills, this is the time to do it or, at least, more of it.

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Ryan Grim

Fed Needs To 'Start Giving A Red Hot Damn About The American Public,' Says Sen. Whitehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two days before Ben Bernanke's confirmation hearing, most Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are withholding judgment, waiting to hear directly...

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