Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 8, 2012
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers are still divided on what contribution the ECB could make to a restructuring of Greece’s sovereign debt, two euro zone monetary policy sources said on Wednesday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 3, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A third round of large-scale asset purchases by the Federal Reserve is not needed and would compound the difficulties of tightening monetary policy when the time finally comes, a top Fed official said on Thursday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 26, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street rose modestly on Thursday on a combination of an extended easy monetary policy from the Federal Reserve, strong earnings from Caterpillar Inc and 3M Corp, as well as solid U.S. economic data.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 25, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of bond fund giant PIMCO, told CNBC on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve will continue to keep its monetary policy accommodative for the next 2-5 years, calling it “QE 2.5.”
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve looks set to keep monetary policy on hold on Wednesday, even as it releases forecasts expected to show interest rates will be near zero for at least two more years.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 24, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is expected to break new ground this week by providing a clearer window into official thinking on monetary policy and is expected to signal that interest rates will be held near zero into 2014.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 13, 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s official reserves slipped to $3.18 trillion in the final quarter of 2011, signaling that the days of rampant export-led accumulation of foreign currency are numbered and that new monetary policy steps may be needed to counter capital outflows.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 11, 2012
LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should stick to its super-easy monetary policy to fight unemployment and spur a “painstakingly slow” economic recovery, even if doing so pushes inflation temporarily higher, a top Fed official said on Wednesday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 10, 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exports and imports grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in December as foreign and domestic demand ebbed, data released on Tuesday showed, bolstering the case for Beijing to further relax monetary policy to foster economic growth.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 24, 2011
MILAN (Reuters) – European Central Bank Governing Council Member Ignazio Visco said in a newspaper interview on Saturday that the bank will be attentive to the economic cycle when setting monetary policy, suggesting rates could fall more if the euro zone economy worsens.
