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  Fed’s Bullard Emphasizes Inflation, Not Unemployment

  St. Louis Dispatch, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. St. Louis Fed President Jim Bullard said Wednesday the Federal Reserve should keep its focus on inflation instead of putting more weight on high unemployment. More emphasis on unemployment “may be highly counterproductive,” he said at a conference in New York. Bullard said he expects unemployment, which […]
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  Boston Fed Chief Rosengren Calls For Crackdown on Broker-Dealers

  Boston Herald, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren called for more regulation of broker-dealers and money market mutual funds in a speech at a New York conference today, but he began his remarks by acknowledging the victims of Monday’s Marathon attack. “I want to take a moment […]
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  Can Monetary Policy Create Jobs?

  Wonkblog, The Washington Post, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. How much power does monetary policy have to create jobs? That question is at the heart of the debate over the Federal Reserve’s recent policy decisions. A majority on the Fed’s policy committee has explicitly endorsed keeping low interest rate policies in place until the […]
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  The Fed’s Bullard Thinks Inflation Is Dangerously Low

  CNNMoney, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Cue the flashback to summer 2010. Ben Bernanke and other officials at the Federal Reserve were warning that inflation was approaching dangerous lows, perhaps even flirting with the dreaded "D" word — deflation. Bernanke gave a key speech in Jackson Hole that August hinting that more Fed stimulus might […]
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  Fed’s Rosengren: Broker-Dealers Are Potential Threat to Stability

  Fox Business, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The most recent reforms of the financial regulatory system have left Wall Street’s broker-dealers largely untouched and a continued threat to the financial stability, a Federal Reserve official said Wednesday. "Despite this history of failure and substantial government support, little has changed in the solvency requirements of […]
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  If U.S. Inflation Keeps Falling, Buy More Bonds – Fed’s Bullard

  Reuters, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should buy bonds if inflation continues to fall, a top Fed official said on Wednesday, stressing the U.S. central bank needs to prevent inflation from being too far below its target. Still, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard cautioned that more monetary policy […]
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  St Louis Fed’s Bullard: Ready to Up QE3 if Infl Conts to Fall

  MNI | Duetsche Börse Group, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – Many religiously monitor and analyze labor market data for clues on how long the Federal Reserve will maintain its aggressive measures to help the recovery, but one influential Fed official Wednesday said he would support increasing the bond buying program […]
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  Fed’s Bullard Says Low Inflation Could Require More Stimulus

  Bloomberg Businessweek, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said U.S. inflation has fallen too far below the central bank’s 2 percent goal and a further drop could prompt increased bond buying. “Inflation should be closer to target than it is and we should defend […]
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  Fed’s Bullard: Softer Inflation May Lead to Boosted Bond Buying

  Real Time Economics Blog, The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Wednesday inflationary pressures may be growing too weakly and if they soften further, the central bank may have to boost its asset buying to bring price pressures back up to more desirable levels. […]
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  Fed’s Bullard Says He’s Ready to Increase QE as Inflation Is “Too Low”

  Forbes, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard spoke in New York on Wednesday, warning that inflation remains too low and suggesting he’d be ready to increase the rate of asset purchases, or QE, to defend their target “from below.” Making sure to dispel any rumors of the Federal Reserve […]
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  Boston Fed’s Rosengren: Strongly Support Current Monetary Pol

  MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren Wednesday said the Fed has not yet hit its employment or inflation targets, and he remains a strong supporter of its aggressive measures to spur the economic recovery – which are starting to […]
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  Fed’s Bullard Concerned About Low Inflation

  MarketWatch, April 17, 2013. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Inflation might be too low and the Federal Reserve may need to respond, said James Bullard, the president of the St. Louis Fed Bank on Wednesday. “Inflation is running very low,” as measured by the personal consumption expenditures prices index, Bullard said in a question-and-answer […]