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Daily economic update

... hoping to get more clues on the outlook for US monetary policy from speeches by Federal Reserve officials later today. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech entitled, 'Reflections on the Yield Curve and Monetary Policy,' at the Economic Club ...

Daily Economic Update

... resilience of US consumer spending as American's use their increased housing wealth as ATMs. Remember that former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan estimated that about half of MEWs are spent by the US consumer. With the continued lifting of interest rates ...

Weekly economic round-up

... the release of US CPI and the minutes of the January Federal Open Market Committee meeting, particularly after US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that future rate hikes would be dependent on incoming data.

Daily economic update

New US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his first public testimony before the House Financial Services Committee last night. In it, he noted that despite challenges, the US economy is growing at a solid pace. Mr. Bernanke indicated that 'some' additional ...

Daily economic update

... overstated while the weakness in December was likely understated. Ben Bernanke will make his first public appearance as Fed Chairman tomorrow with testimony on the economy and monetary policy to the House Financial Services Committee. He will testify ...

Weekly economic round-up

... rate hike, the FOMC removed the reference to a 'measured pace' in the conduct of monetary policy, giving the new Fed Chairman flexibility in adjusting interest rates in coming meetings. This means that further US interest rate movements will be dependent ...

Daily economic update

... this is the first decline since the fourth quarter of 2003, and should not be a cause for concern for the incoming Fed Chairman.

Daily Economic Update

... per cent. What ordinarily would have been a two-day meeting has been changed to a 1-day meeting in order to allow Fed Chairman Greenspan a vote (his term ends January 31). The wording of the accompanying statement will be carefully dissected but is expected ...

Weekly economic round-up

... deliberations by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) given that this will be Alan Greenspan's final meeting as Fed Chairman. He will be replaced by Ben Bernanke.

US lifts key interest rate

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2004
... interest rate by a quarter-point overnight as the central bank continued its campaign to keep inflation under control. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee, the panel that sets interest rates, boosted the ...