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The Fed's Jelly Donut Policy

David Einhorn | Posted 05.03.2012

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David Einhorn

I believe that stocks are depressed because there is a pervasive feeling that something awful is going to happen. What is this enormous tail-risk? It's the intersection of reckless fiscal policy with overindulgent "Jelly Donut" monetary policy.

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As Economy Slows, Recession Fears Grow Louder

Reuters | Leah Schnurr | Posted 11.14.2011

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Chances the United States will lapse into another recession rose over the past month to nearly one in three as the economy faces a number of road bloc...

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Alexander Eichler

QE3 Not Guaranteed To Happen, And Not Guaranteed To Help If It Does

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Qe2, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve, Fed Asset Purchases, Stimulus, Recession, Treasury Bonds, qe3, Drew Matus, Double-Dip Recession, Fed, Quantitative Easing, Ben Bernanke, David Jones, Business News

With the economy growing at a snail's pace and the job market still disconcertingly weak, economists are wondering whether the Federal Reserve will un...

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Fed Remains Noncommittal About New Stimulus, Despite Sluggish Economy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.03.2011

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With the debt-ceiling fight resolved, and discouraging economic reports piling up, the Federal Reserve is under close scrutiny for signs that it might...

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Why QE2 Failed: The Money All Went Overseas

Ellen Brown | Posted 09.10.2011

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Ellen Brown

The Fed's second round of "quantitative easing" involved $600 billion for the purchase of long-term government bonds. But the government never actually got the money; it went straight into the reserve accounts of foreign banks.

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JPMorgan Report: Tax Holiday Would Pack 'Bigger Punch' Than Fed Policies

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 08.30.2011

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This post has been corrected. Thomas Lee, chief equity strategist at JPMorgan, would really, really like a tax repatriation holiday. Lee release...

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Two-Fifths Of Americans Believe Economy Is In 'Permanent Decline': Survey

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 08.30.2011

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As QE2 comes to an end Thursday, and experts try to predict what’s next for the U.S. economy, a new poll suggests a significant percentage of Americ...

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In The End, Fed's Bond-Buying Likely Helped Economy

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Mark Zandi, Qe2, Bond Buying, Federal Policies, Bond Purchases, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Stimulus, Treasury Bonds, Business News

WASHINGTON — It would drop interest rates and lift stock prices. It would ignite inflation. It was useless. Opinions of the Federal Reserve's p...

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Please, Stop Stimulating the Stock Market and Start Stimulating the Economy

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Qe2, Hedge Funds, Stock Market, Larry Summers, Ben Bernanke, Robert Shiller, Business News
Eben Esterhuizen

On the surface, quantitative easing sounds like a great idea. This is a flawed policy based on the misguided belief that a rising stock market will boost economic activity.

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Fed Prepares For Life After Quantitative Easing

Posted 08.10.2011

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NEW YORK- (Burton Frierson, Richard Leong and Chris Reese) - The flood of Federal Reserve money that has supported Wall Street and the rest of the...

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PIMCO CEO: U.S. Quantitative Easing 'Overinflated' Brazil, China

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.09.2011

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Forget the United States, maybe it should be called the Federal Reserve of the world economy. El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, the largest bond ...

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El-Erian: Why The Fed Won't Have A Third Round Of Easing

CNBC | Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 08.01.2011

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Today's data releases confirm that the US economy has undoubtedly hit another soft patch. It is not the only one. ...

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U.S. Should Raise Interest Rates, OECD Says

Posted 07.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa) - The Federal Reserve should begin to hike interest rates in coming months, the Organization for Economic ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Federal Reserve's Actions May Increase Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 06.28.2011

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The Federal Reserve's purchases of more than $2 trillion in mortgage and U.S. government debt may cause an upswing in unemployment, a top regional Fed...

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William Alden

When Fed's Stimulus Ends, What Next?

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 06.26.2011

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NEW YORK -- When Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke holds his first-ever press conference on Wednesday, he will have some explaining to do. Two mon...

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Economists: Fed's Stimulus Has Been A Disappointment

nytimes.com | BINYAMIN APPELBAUM | Posted 06.24.2011

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But most Americans are not feeling the difference, in part because those benefits have been surprisingly small. The latest estimates from economists, ...

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Black Swans, QE2 and the Market

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 06.12.2011

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Jerry Jasinowski

In short, the extremely easy monetary policy from the Fed is encouraging excessive speculation in a broad range of commodities, encouraging a rise in inflationary expectations and setting the market up for a correction when the easy money disappears.

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William Alden

Weak Economy Will Be Tested As Policy Supports Fall Away

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 06.12.2011

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NEW YORK -- Recent fears of weakening economic growth have been tied to broad trends: falling home prices, the high unemployment rate and the tendency...

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PIMCO Bets Against The Future Value Of U.S. Government Debt

Posted 06.11.2011

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PIMCO has shifted to a short position in U.S. government-related debt in the world's largest bond fund, while also raising cash holdings in a sign...

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Fed's Balance Sheet Hits Record High

Posted 05.31.2011

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The Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew to another record size in the latest week as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the...

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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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While Washington Turns to 2012, Ben Bernanke Is Still Focused on 2008

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Paul

Each time Ben Bernanke testifies before Congress, his job gets more difficult. Firmly ensconced between a rock and a hard place, Bernanke must defend the drastic measures he is taking while denying any extreme concerns that he might have.

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Fed Governor Casts Doubt On QE2

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A veteran Federal Reserve official has again expressed doubts that the central bank's $600 billion bond-buying program will do...

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Fed Officials Clashed Over Massive $600 Billion Program

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers clashed over the benefits and risks of launching a $600 billion program to rejuvenate the economy, but vot...

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Bernanke's QE1 and QE2 Pushed Stocks Skyward

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Lenzner

No doubt about it, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's use of well over $2 trillion in Fed funds did help push higher the price of many securities, especially those in natural resource or commodity businesses.

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