Fed has not lowered interest rates enough: Kocherlakota
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has not done enough to lower U.S. borrowing costs to boost economic growth, a top Fed official said on Friday, citing his outlook for...
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Fed’s Williams: MBS purchases give bigger ‘bang for the buck’
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's purchases of mortgage-backed securities are delivering a bigger kick to the U.S. economy than the central bank's purchases of Treasuries, a top Fed...
CBOE first-quarter profit beats Street; defers start to longer day
(Reuters) - CBOE Holdings Inc , which runs the oldest U.S. stock-options trading venue, said on Friday that quarterly earnings rose on a trading surge of its lucrative contracts for...
CBOE outage won’t limit listing of stock-index options: new CEO
(Reuters) - The Chicago Board Options Exchange outage that blocked access to contracts on two of the U.S. stock market's most-watched indexes for a half day last week will not...
CBOE blames software bug for Thursday’s trading disruption
(Reuters) - A software bug that cropped up when CBOE Holdings Inc was making initial preparations to lengthen the trading day was the 'root cause' of the problems that kept...
Fed officials at odds over when to cut bond buys
EL PASO, Tex./STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should start cutting back on purchases of housing bonds as soon as its next meeting, one top Fed official said...
Fed should cut back on MBS buys soon, wait on Treasuries -Fisher
EL PASO, Tex. (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should cut back on purchases of housing bonds as soon as its next policy-setting meeting, but it should wait to see what...
Fed could start to pare bond buying this summer: Williams
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve could begin to cut back on its massive bond-buying program this summer if the economy continues to pick up steam, a top...
Unfazed by hawks, Bernanke refreshes easy-money message
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A crescendo of public warnings from hawkish Federal Reserve officials about the dangers of having a $3 trillion-plus balance sheet appears to have done little...
If Fed tapers bond buying, is end in sight? Maybe not
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With the jobs market showing signs of healing, economists think they know what's next for monetary policy: the Federal Reserve will at some point taper its...