- Copper up on Greek hopes, China stimulus Reuters - 37 minutes ago
- Shares in Spain's Bankia plunge on bailout plan AP - 57 minutes ago
- EURO GOVT-Spanish debt suffers as bank bailout costs weigh @ Reuters - 1 hour 37 minutes ago
* Spanish/German yield spread hits euro-era high 512 bps* Rising Bankia bailout costs weigh, yield hits 6.5 pct* Bunds steady as Greek polls give pro-bailout parties leadBy William James LONDON, May 28 ...
- Bankia shares open 26.75 percent down after bailout request Reuters - 3 hours ago
Shares in troubled Spanish lender Bankia fell 26.75 percent when trading resumed after stock market regulator CNMV suspended it on Friday, before the bank asked for a 23.5 billion euros bailout. The bank ...
- Bowles: Not interested in top U.S. Treasury job @ Reuters - 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - Former White House chief ofstaff Erskine Bowles, whose name has surfaced as a potentialsuccessor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, said onSunday he does not want ...
- Auto industry accelerates as Obama, Romney debate bailout @ Business Journals - Sat, May 26, 2012 10:37 AM EDT
Auto industry accelerates as Obama, Romney debate bailout
- [$$] Powell Sworn In As Member of Fed Board @ The Wall Street Journal - Fri, May 25, 2012 7:34 PM EDT
Powell Sworn In As Member of Fed Board
- Treasury bond market at a glance AP - Fri, May 25, 2012 5:10 PM EDT
Key barometers in the Treasury market late Friday, compared with late Thursday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 invested:___1. Bond Buyer index of 40 actively traded municipal ...
- Factbox: Spain's Bankia asks for $24 billion bailout Reuters - Fri, May 25, 2012 4:29 PM EDT
Troubled Spanish lender Bankia asked the government for a 19 billion euro bailout on Friday, more than double what the government said would be the minimum needed earlier this week. The new management ...
- Move Bankers off Regional Fed Board @ The Wall Street Journal - Fri, May 25, 2012 4:27 PM EDT
Move Bankers off Regional Fed Board
- Figures on government spending and debt AP - Fri, May 25, 2012 4:05 PM EDT
Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.
- Kansas City Fed President Steps Into Jamie Dimon Debate @ CNBC - Fri, May 25, 2012 2:24 PM EDT
When Esther George says "no individual" is more important than the Fed, is she talking about the CEO of JP Morgan Chase?
- Powell sworn in as Fed governor @ MarketWatch - Fri, May 25, 2012 1:12 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Former investment banker Jerome Powell was sworn Friday in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, the central bank announced. Powell, a former partner in the private equity ...
- SocGen: The Federal Reserve Is Underestimating The Impact Of The Fiscal Cliff Business Insider - Fri, May 25, 2012 12:48 PM EDT
And the Fed's job just got harder.
- Treasury says China isn’t currency manipulator @ MarketWatch - Fri, May 25, 2012 11:38 AM EDT
The Treasury Department on Friday again refused to label China a currency manipulator, citing positive discussions with Chinese officials and a decline in the country’s current account surplus.
- New Governor Powell Sworn In to Fed Board by Bernanke @ The Wall Street Journal - Fri, May 25, 2012 10:42 AM EDT
New Governor Powell Sworn In to Fed Board by Bernanke
- UPDATE 1-Dutch set to meet EU budget deficit target @ Reuters - Fri, May 25, 2012 10:18 AM EDT
* Dutch to cut 12 bln euros to meet EU deficit rules* FinMin sees Dutch govt budget deficit at 3 pct in 2013* EU and euro to be among key Dutch election themes (Adds finance minister, MP comment, context, ...
- Former banker Powell takes Fed board seat @ Reuters - Fri, May 25, 2012 10:00 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - Former investment banker andU.S. Treasury official Jerome Powell was sworn in as a member ofthe Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, the U.S. central banksaid on Friday.Powell ...
- Jerome Powell Sworn In as Member of Federal Reserve Board @ Bloomberg - Fri, May 25, 2012 10:00 AM EDT
Jerome Powell Sworn In as Member of Federal Reserve Board
- UPDATE 1-Fed's Plosser warns on discretionary policy moves @ Reuters - Fri, May 25, 2012 9:34 AM EDT
By Eva Kuehnen ELTVILLE, Germany, May 25 (Reuters) - The debate over howthe U.S. Federal Reserve can best articulate its policy actionsintensified on Friday as a top Fed official warned against'discretionary' ...
- Fed's Plosser: Need to Rethink Rule-Driven Policy as Economy Evolves @ The Wall Street Journal - Fri, May 25, 2012 9:33 AM EDT
Fed's Plosser: Need to Rethink Rule-Driven Policy as Economy Evolves
- Secondary Sources: Government Spending, Potential Growth, Structural Change @ The Wall Street Journal - Fri, May 25, 2012 9:18 AM EDT
Secondary Sources: Government Spending, Potential Growth, Structural Change
- KC Fed’s George: bankers must uphold standards or leave @ Business Journals - Fri, May 25, 2012 9:11 AM EDT
KC Fed’s George: bankers must uphold standards or leave
- Treasury says China isn't a currency manipulator @ MarketWatch - Fri, May 25, 2012 9:00 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Treasury Department on Friday again refused to label China a currency manipulator. In a semi-annual report on exchange rate policies, Treasury said that China's currency ...
- KC Fed President Makes The Not-So-Subtle Hint That Jamie Dimon Should Resign From The Fed Board Business Insider - Fri, May 25, 2012 8:24 AM EDT
Tarnishing the bank's reputation.
- UPDATE 2-Record low rates help Denmark cut deficit estimate @ Reuters - Fri, May 25, 2012 6:15 AM EDT
* Denmark cuts 2012 deficit view to 3.8 pct of GDP* Cuts 2013 deficit view to 1.7 pct of GDP* Budget helped by record low interest rates, pension tax* Slightly trims 2012 GDP growth forecast, 2013 steadyBy ...
- Fed's Plosser warns on discretionary policy decisions Reuters - Fri, May 25, 2012 5:31 AM EDT
- [$$] Australia, China to Push for Europe Stimulus At G-20 @ The Wall Street Journal - Thu, May 24, 2012 11:30 PM EDT
Australia, China to Push for Europe Stimulus At G-20
- [$$] Treasury to Sell $52 Billion in Securities @ The Wall Street Journal - Thu, May 24, 2012 9:26 PM EDT
Treasury to Sell $52 Billion in Securities
- Treasury sells 7-year notes at record low rate AP - Thu, May 24, 2012 5:07 PM EDT
The U.S. Treasury department sold seven-year notes at a record low yield Thursday, the latest sign that demand for low-risk investments remains strong.The government sold $29 billion of the notes at a ...
- Fed's Dudley says for now, more easing not needed Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 4:58 PM EDT
Further action by the Federal Reserve to stimulate the U.S. recovery is not warranted for now because current growth is making a dent in "slack" in the economy, including in the labor market, ...
- TABLE-U.S. M-2 money supply up $7.3 bln May 14 week @ Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 4:29 PM EDT
May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. M-2 money supply rose by $7.3 billion in the May 14week to $9,875.5 billion, the Federal Reserve said on Thursday. The Fed said the four-week moving average of M-2 was $9,856.9 ...
- U.S. Fed balance sheet rose in latest week @ Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 4:29 PM EDT
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve'sbalance sheet rose in the latest week, Fed data released onThursday showed.The Fed's balance sheet - a broad gauge of its lending tothe financial ...
- Foreign central banks' US debt holdings rise - Fed @ Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 4:29 PM EDT
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Foreign central banks' overallholdings of U.S. marketable securities at the Federal Reserverose in the latest week, data from the U.S. central bank showedon Thursday.The Fed ...
- Swaps with foreign central banks total $301 mln-NY Fed @ Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 4:09 PM EDT
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve provided$301 million of liquidity to the European Central Bank and Bankof Japan in the latest week via its swap lines for foreigncentral banks, the New ...
- Fed's Bernanke to testify on economy on June 7 Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 2:37 PM EDT
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will testify on the economic outlook to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on June 7, the panel said on Thursday. The committee said the hearing would be held ...
- Fed's Bernanke to testify on economy on June 7 @ Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 2:31 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve ChairmanBen Bernanke will testify on the economic outlook to thecongressional Joint Economic Committee on June 7, the panel saidon Thursday.The committee ...
- Citigroup Wins Fed Auction for Maiden Lane Bonds @ New York Times - Thu, May 24, 2012 2:27 PM EDT
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve Board of New York announced that Citigroup had won an auction for $1.6 billion of assets, beating out six other financial firms for the bonds.
- Aging, discouraged workers behind labor changes: Fed's Dudley Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 2:22 PM EDT
Demographic factors like an aging labor force, as well as more discouraged workers, are the likely behind the drop in the U.S. participation rate, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said ...
- Critics Say Dimon Should Quit The New York Fed @ Forbes - Thu, May 24, 2012 2:06 PM EDT
JPMorgan's James Dimon: Should he resign from the New York Fed? In the wake of the $2 billion-plus trading loss at JPMorgan Chase, revealed earlier this month, a debate has been heating up about whether JPMorgan’s chief, James Dimon, should step down from the New York Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. [...]
- Fed: Ready To Twist And Shout This Fall? @ Seeking Alpha - Thu, May 24, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Fed: Ready To Twist And Shout This Fall?
- Treasury to stick to cutting deficit @ Financial Times - Thu, May 24, 2012 1:54 PM EDT
The Treasury has insisted it is sticking to its deficit reduction plan in spite of data showing Britain is slipping further into recession than previously thought and demands from Labour that the government ...
- Bankers belong on Fed boards: KC Fed chief @ MarketWatch - Thu, May 24, 2012 1:51 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Bankers should be allowed to serve on the board of directors of the dozen Federal Reserve district banks because they provide critical in-depth information about current economic ...
- UPDATE 1-U.S. Fed's Dudley eyes costs of more policy easing @ Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 1:51 PM EDT
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would notwant to ease policy more - including another round ofquantitative easing (QE) - if U.S. economic growth continues toeat into "slack" ...
- [video] What Is On the Fed's Mind? @ CNBC - Thu, May 24, 2012 1:37 PM EDT
Markets are parsing every word out of Europe for signs the central banks might be ready to aid the markets. CNBC's Steve Liesman discusses the details of his interview with New York Federal Reserve president ...
- U.S. Fed's Dudley eyes costs of more policy easing @ Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 1:23 PM EDT
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would notwant to ease policy more - including another round ofquantitative easing - if U.S. economic growth continues to eatinto "slack" in the ...
- Fed's George: Board Members Should Resign if Undermining Confidence @ The Wall Street Journal - Thu, May 24, 2012 1:22 PM EDT
Fed's George: Board Members Should Resign if Undermining Confidence
- [video] Durable Goods & Jobless Claims Data @ CNBC - Thu, May 24, 2012 1:08 PM EDT
CNBC's Steve Liesman reports jobless claims are consistent with trend like job growth, but durable goods data does not suggest robust growth.
- Fed's Bullard says orderly Greek exit possible Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012 12:49 PM EDT
Greece could exit the euro zone without doing deep damage to the U.S. and European economies if the transition is handled properly, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Wednesday. Concerns about ...
- [$$] Bond Market Liberates Fed @ The Wall Street Journal - Thu, May 24, 2012 12:48 PM EDT
Bond Market Liberates Fed



