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Federal Reserve System

Type: Organization

Name: Federal Reserve System

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Federal Reserve System

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 Documents

Fed vows to keep rates low for 'extended period'

Washington — The Federal Reserve on Tuesday repeated its pledge to hold interest rates at record lows to foster the economic recovery and ease high unemployment.But the Fed's assessment of the economy at its meeting Tuesday was a bit more upbeat. It said ... [Published 2 hours ago by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Thomas Hoenig, Mortgages

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 12 Documents

OPEC

Banks lead Europe shares to 17-month closing high

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - European shares hit a 17-month closing high on Wednesday, with banks, miners and energy stocks gaining from the U.S. Federal Reserve's pledge to keep interest rates near zero for an extended period.The pan-European FTSEurofirst ... [Published 2 hours ago by FinanzNachrichten.de]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, OPEC, Philippe Gijsels, Volatility

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 23 Documents

Charles Schwab Corporation

US stocks rally

US stocks advanced deeper into the green overnight, driven by the Federal Reserve's decision to hold near-zero interest rates for an extended period and a tame inflation report.The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 31.06 points (0.29 per cent) to 10,717.04 ... [Published 3 hours ago by NEWS.com.au]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Inflation, Consumer Price Index, Charles Schwab Corporation, Declination

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated 3 hours ago - 28 Documents

Federal Reserve System

Bernanke urges lawmakers not to slash Fed's regulatory authority

Reporting from Washington Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Wednesday made an aggressive case to lawmakers not to strip his agency of much of its role regulating small and mid-sized banks, arguing that, despite its failure to head off the financial ... [Published 3 hours ago by Los Angeles Times]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Christopher Dodd, Ben Bernanke

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 9 Documents

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

Pimco: End of Fed Mortgage Program Is Credit Tightening

The end of the Federal Reserve's program of purchasing $1.25 trillion of mortgage-backed securities at the end of March is a form of tightening monetary policy, the chief of the largest U.S. bond fund manager said on Tuesday.Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive ... [Published 4 hours ago by Moneynews]

Entities: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, Federal Reserve System, Mohamed El-Erian, Mortgages

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated 4 hours ago - 11 Documents

Christopher Dodd

The Fed’s Comeback

When Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) unveiled his long-awaited version of a Wall Street reform bill on Monday, two unlikely winners emerged: the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Ben Bernanke. The Fed, according to Dodd's plan, would retain some of its most ... [Published 4 hours ago by Mother Jones]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Christopher Dodd, Richard Shelby, Subprime Mortgages

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated 5 hours ago - 236 Documents

A Militantly Dovish Fed

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor economic recovery, nor rising gold and commodities, nor $2.2 trillion in money-creation will stop the Federal Reserve from remaining ultra-easy.This is what I call being militantly dovish. That?s how I?m reading ... [Published 5 hours ago by CNBC]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, China, Inflation, Milton Friedman

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated 6 hours ago - 19 Documents

Wednesday outlook: Stock markets head for positive open after U.S. Fed leaves rates unchanged

The Canadian PressNorth American stock markets headed for a positive start to the trading day Wednesday in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged "for an extended period."In New York, the Dow Jones industrial ... [Published 7 hours ago by Investment Executive]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Net Earnings, Government of Greece, United States

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated 8 hours ago - 19 Documents

On financial reforms, the 'bi'-party's over

Dems' unsuccessful try to corral GOP votes has created a weak billIF THE LONG national nightmare to pass a watered-down health-care-reform bill has taught us anything, it's this:A bill in Congress that enjoys "bipartisan support" is probably too weak ... [Published 8 hours ago by Philadelphia Inquirer]

Entities: Christopher Dodd, Elizabeth Warren, Federal Reserve System

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated 14 hours ago - 6 Documents

Federal Reserve to Withdraw its Support of U.S. Mortgage Market?

In today's Daily Reckoning we'll look at why the current placid market conditions are the calm before another credit storm. At issue is whether the Federal Reserve really intends to withdraw its support of the U.S. mortgage market. At stake is what happens ... [Published 14 hours ago by Daily Reckoning Australia]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Mortgages, National Australia Bank Ltd, United States

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 73 Documents

In time for spring house-hunting, an end to Fed's role

As spring real estate season kicks in and the tax-credit deadline for sale agreements approaches, the government is ending a program that has kept interest rates low and housing-affordability levels high for months.On March 31, the Federal Reserve will ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by TradingMarkets]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Fannie Mae, Brian Bethune, REAL ESTATE, Mortgage-Backed Securities

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 102 Documents

Dodd Unveils Reform Bill, Financials Yawn

Michael Johnston submits: Legislation overhauling regulation of the U.S. financial system, some 18 months in the making, took another step towards becoming a reality on Monday when Senator Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by ETFs News and Commentary from Seeking Alpha]

Entities: Christopher Dodd, Federal Reserve System, Comptroller of the Currency, Michael Johnston

Quotes

...showing policymakers voted unanimously to keep monetary policy unchanged this month, with some pointing to an increase in upside inflation risks. "With the prospect of cheap money lying around for longer, investors are happy to hold equities and even increase their exposure to them" said Angus Campbell, head of sales at Capital Spreads

FTSE hits 21-month closing high [Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 2 hours ago]

"Lehman failed because it was unable to retain the confidence of its lenders and counterparties and because it did not have sufficient liquidity to meet its current obligations. Lehman was unable to maintain confidence because a series of business decisions had left it with heavy concentrations of illiquid assets with deteriorating values such as residential and commercial real estate. Confidence was further eroded when it became public that attempts to form strategic partnerships to bolster its stability had failed. And confidence plummeted on two consecutive quarters with huge reported losses, $2.8 billion in second quarter 2008 and $3.9 billion in third quarter 2008, without news of any definitive survival plan."

Differences Between Lehman Brothers and the U.S. Government [Market Oracle - 2 hours ago]

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Crude oil futures add to gains as dollar slumps [MarketWatch - 2 hours ago]
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Stock Market Run Run Away [Market Oracle - 2 hours ago]
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OPEC leaves the dirty work to the dollar [MarketWatch - 3 hours ago]
Lehman's Bankruptcy Report, Evidence of a Finan... [Market Oracle - 3 hours ago]
Still In Love With Last Year's Winner [Forbes.com via MSN Money - 3 hours ago]

Blogs

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Jonathan B. Mintz: AND SO IT BEGINS: Text Messa... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 1 hour ago] Consumers won a major victory last November when the Federal Reserve Board released rules about overdraft protection. The rules gave consumers an actual ...
The Fine Print on Financial Reform. [TAPPED - 2 hours ago] Tim Fernholz says that regulatory reforms need to be a lot tougher if Democrats intend to campaign on them: On Monday, President Barack Obama released a complimentary ...
Dow Keeps Rallying, S&P Closing in on 1200 [WSJ.com: MarketBeat - 3 hours ago] Stocks have been more or less range-bound this since late this morning, but it’s a range that’s taken the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a fresh 52-week high and ...
Fed bank supervision: the case for the defence [FT Alphaville - 3 hours ago] Ben Bernanke’s prepared testimony for his appearance before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday makes a case for the continued independence of the ...
Secondary Sources: Home Construction, Regulatio... [WSJ.com: Real Time Economics - 4 hours ago] A roundup of economic news from around the Web. Home Construction: On his blog, Donald Marron looks at whether home construction is bottoming. “Not surprisingly, ...

Audio/Video

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AIG Draws $2.2 Billion More From Treasury to He... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 8 hours ago]
Bernanke, Volcker to Comment on Fed's Supervisi... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 9 hours ago]
stanchart's Hewin Sees Fed Rate Increase in Lat... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 10 hours ago]
WSJ's What's News Early Edition, March 17, 2010 [Wall Street Journal What's News - 11 hours ago]
Interest rates stay close to zero [Reuters - YouTube - 20 hours ago]