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Summers the odds-on favorite in bets for Fed chair; Yellen lags

May 23, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has the inside track in the race to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, betting at a...

Drop in jobless rate puts Fed closer to end of QE3: Fed’s Fisher

August 24, 2021 at 1:58 p.m.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is nearer to dialing back its massive bond-buying program after the unemployment rate dropped last month, a top Fed official said on Monday,...

CME Group profit beats Wall St. estimate as trading climbs

August 24, 2021 at 1:54 p.m.

(Reuters) - CME Group Inc, the world's biggest futures exchange operator, on Thursday reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly profit, beating expectations, as trading jumped both at home and...

Fed’s Williams downplays divergence of views among policy-makers

August 24, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Divergent views among policymakers at the Federal Reserve is "healthy," the president of the San Francisco Fed, John Williams, said on Friday, even as he downplayed the...

Newedge fined $9.5 million for failing to police high-speed clients

August 24, 2021 at 1:03 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Brokerage Newedge USA LLC has agreed to pay a $9.5 million fine to settle allegations by FINRA and U.S. stock exchanges that it failed to adequately...

Fed’s Williams: ‘still too early’ to reduce QE3

August 24, 2021 at 12:34 p.m.

ROHNERT PARK, California (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should not yet cut back on its massive bond-buying stimulus program, a top Fed official said on Friday, despite a stronger-than expected...

Traders see late 2014 Fed rate hike; most Fed officials don’t

August 24, 2021 at 12:13 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates as soon as September 2014, bets by futures traders suggested on Friday. That's months before most Fed officials...

Fed’s Rosengren: ‘Modest’ QE3 cut may make sense in a few months

August 24, 2021 at 10:51 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The job market and the economy as a whole may be strong enough in a few months' time to allow the Federal Reserve to pare its bond...

U.S. options clearer moves to end trade type dominated by Nasdaq

August 24, 2021 at 10:26 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The clearinghouse for all stock options said Thursday it will adopt a policy aimed at abolishing a dividend-linked trading strategy that critics say could destabilize markets...

Fed could end bond buys in autumn if jobs outlook sure: Evans

August 24, 2021 at 10:06 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could continue full-speed ahead on its bond-buying program through the summer, but end it abruptly in the autumn if by then it is confident...

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