Traders see early 2015 Fed rate hike, QE3 stays for now
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A surprise pick-up in U.S. jobs growth has boosted the chances of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates sooner than had been expected, but it is...
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Tapering Fed’s bond buys could help housing: Fed’s Fisher
(Reuters) - Slowing the Federal Reserve's current pace of monthly asset purchases could paradoxically help the U.S. housing market, a top Fed official said on Thursday. "The housing market is...
Kocherlakota: Fed should keep rates low until “full employment”
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve need not raise interest rates before the economy reaches full employment, according to remarks from a top Fed official released on Monday. "I think...
Fed’s Evans: hiking rates too soon would send U.S. into tailspin
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The best way to set the stage for an eventual return to higher interest rates is, paradoxically, to keep rates low for now, a top...
Fed likely needs to keep up bond buys through 2013: Evans
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will likely need to keep buying bonds to boost employment through the end of the year, and longer if the drag from...
Fed’s Evans sees economy achieving “escape velocity” by 2014
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The U.S. economy should emerge from the doldrums next year if the Federal Reserve sticks to its super-easy monetary policies, a top Fed official said...
Fed’s Fisher calls for tapering bond buys this year
DALLAS (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should cut back on its bond-buying program "sooner rather than later" and probably before the end of the year, a top Fed policymaker said...
Fed should begin to wean markets off QE3 this year: Plosser
STANFORD, California (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate will probably fall quickly enough for the Federal Reserve to start trimming its asset purchases before the end of 2013, a top...
Plosser: Fed too vague with guidance on future path of rates
STANFORD, California (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should be more explicit about the likely future path of interest rates, a top Fed official said on Tuesday, saying that while the...
Fed’s Fisher says don’t go “cold turkey” on QE3
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official who once called a new round of bond-buying stimulus a "Wall Sreet fantasy" on Monday said that he would rather cut...