James Bullard

EU Crisis Could Infect U.S., Fed Official Warns

Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: James Bullard, Greece, Federal Reserve, Ireland, Imf, Spain, EU Debt Crisis, Portugal, Moody's, Austerity, Business News

FARMINGTON, Missouri (By Mark Felsenthal) - Turmoil over sovereign debt problems in Europe could weigh on the U.S. economic recovery, St. Louis Fe...

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INFLATION: Prices Rise At Fastest Level Since Financial Crisis

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: UK, Rorary Club of Atlanta, Dennis Lockhart, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, Low Income Households, France, Lynn Reaser, Monetary Policy, Italy, Fuel Prices, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Consumer Spending, Oecd, Canada, James Bullard, Point Nazerene University, Germany, Inflation, Jaan, Slideshow, Food Prices, Slidepollajax, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Business News

Inflation is back, and it's not limited to America. Prices in developed countries are rising at the highest rate since the financial crisis first ...

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Fed Officials Can't Agree On How To Fix The Economy

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, St. Louis, Charles Plosser, Minnesota, Eric Rosengren, Federal Reserve, Economic Stimulus Package, Government Debt, James Bullard, Fed, Economic Recovery, Ben Bernanke, Philadelphia, Federal Open Market Committee, Narayana-Kocherlakota, Business News

WASHINGTON — Divisions within the Federal Reserve over how to pump up the economy and lower unemployment came into sharper view Wednesday. Thre...

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Is Deflation Now "The Peril?" And What Do You Do if It Is?

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Schurenberg, Mohammed El Erian, Paul Krugman, James Bullard, Deflation, Bill Gross, Jeremy Grantham, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

The Seven Faces of The Peril may never outsell Twilight, but as economic papers go, it's pretty Gothic. The author is James Bullard, the president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, and it caused ripples on Wall Street when it was published last week.

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EconomiCon 2010

Dylan Brody | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Tobin, Robert Reich, James Bullard, James McGill Buchanan, Economics, Claudia Goldin, Comic Con, Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Comedy News
Dylan Brody

I got to spend three full days at Economicon 2010 and all I can say is, "Wow!" This thing has really grown since the first year that I went. Adam Smith costumes and Geithner masks abounded.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Banks Keep Derivatives Units, Volcker Rules Softened

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 06.25.2010

Read More: The Financial Fix, Derivatives, Derivatives Reform, Swaps, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Collin Peterson, Volcker Rule, Paul Volcker, Blanche Lincoln, James Bullard, Financial Crisis, Richard Fisher, Timothy Geithner, Thomas Hoenig, Financial Regulation, Business News

This report was updated Friday at 10:25 a.m. ET and on Monday at 2:45 p.m. ET (see below). After nearly 20 hours over two final days filled with back...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Another Fed Official Supports Plan Forcing Banks To Spin Off Derivatives Units; Obama's Treasury STILL Opposed

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, The Financial Fix, Financial Reform, Derivatives, Swaps, Main Street, Federal Reserve, Wall Street Banks, Financial Regulatory Reform, Megabanks, Blanche Lincoln, James Bullard, St. Louis Fed, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Financial Regulation, Business News

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis supports a Senate plan that would force Wall Street megabanks to spin off their derivatives uni...

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Shahien Nasiripour

St. Louis Fed Chief Calls For Megabanks To Be Broken Up, Joins Other Top Fed Officials

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, The Financial Fix, Federal Reserve, St. Louis Fed, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, Fomc, Megabanks, Too Big to Fail, Tbtf, Thomas Hoenig, Richard Fisher, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, Wall Street Reform, Business News

A third top Fed official is calling for megabanks to be broken up. James Bullard, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Lo...

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