Right now quantitative easing is masking the true cost of the deficit, and even worse puts the Fed in the political role of making fiscal policy.
If there's one thing we've learned this summer it's that the Brits are classy. From the Diamond Jubilee to the ongoing Olympic games, it's clear that Her Royal Majesty recognizes true luxury when she sees it.
Mitt Romney appeared on CNBC Friday afternoon to trumpet the need for a change in the White House, using the latest dismal jobs report as his rallying...
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.
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...
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...
With the debt-ceiling fight resolved, and discouraging economic reports piling up, the Federal Reserve is under close scrutiny for signs that it might...
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.
This post has been corrected. Thomas Lee, chief equity strategist at JPMorgan, would really, really like a tax repatriation holiday. Lee release...
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...
WASHINGTON — It would drop interest rates and lift stock prices. It would ignite inflation. It was useless. Opinions of the Federal Reserve's p...
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.
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...
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 ...
Today's data releases confirm that the US economy has undoubtedly hit another soft patch. It is not the only one. ...
WASHINGTON (By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa) - The Federal Reserve should begin to hike interest rates in coming months, the Organization for Economic ...
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...
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...
But most Americans are not feeling the difference, in part because those benefits have been surprisingly small. The latest estimates from economists, ...
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.
NEW YORK -- Recent fears of weakening economic growth have been tied to broad trends: falling home prices, the high unemployment rate and the tendency...
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...
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...
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...
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.
