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Tear up the textbooks? Economists say bold Fed challenges models

August 23, 2021 at 8:44 p.m.

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Economists have got a problem. Dramatic action by central banks to counter a global financial crisis cannot be explained by traditional models of how monetary policy...

Fed to launch fresh bond buying to help economy

August 23, 2021 at 6:50 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is set to announce a fresh round of Treasury bond purchases when it meets next week, avoiding monetary policy tightening to maintain support for...

Fed to launch fresh bond buying to help economy

December 25, 2018 at 7:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is set to announce a fresh round of Treasury bond purchases when it meets next week, avoiding monetary policy tightening to maintain support for...

Fed sticks to stimulus plan, says economy a bit firmer

December 24, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its plan to keep stimulating U.S. growth until the job market improves even as it acknowledged some parts of the...

Fed risks disaster if ignores harm done by housing bust: Bullard

August 23, 2021 at 2:36 p.m.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Reuters) - The U.S. central bank would be courting disaster if it pursued a so-called nominal growth target that did not take into account the economic damage...

Fed risks disaster if ignores harm done by housing bust: Bullard

August 22, 2019 at 5:54 a.m.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Reuters) - The U.S. central bank would be courting disaster if it pursued a so-called nominal growth target that did not take into account the economic damage...

Fed bets big in new push to rescue U.S. economy

August 23, 2021 at 2:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve launched another aggressive stimulus program on Thursday, saying it would pump $40 billion into the U.S. economy each month until it saw a sustained...

Bernanke says Fed ready to act but short on specifics

December 24, 2018 at 2:16 p.m.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday left the door wide open to a further easing of monetary policy, saying the stagnation in the U.S....

Central banks debate limits of power at Jackson Hole

August 23, 2021 at 1:22 p.m.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Central bankers who traveled to the wilds of Wyoming to figure out if more policy action was needed to curb stubbornly high unemployment heard powerful...

Central banks debate limits of power at Jackson Hole

December 24, 2018 at 2:25 p.m.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Central bankers who traveled to the wilds of Wyoming to figure out if more policy action was needed to curb stubbornly high unemployment heard powerful...

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