FEDERAL RESERVE

IBTimes Logo

Fed officials push more help for housing

Three top Federal Reserve officials aggressively pushed on Friday for more stimulus for the U.S. housing market, saying that other government policymakers as well as the central bank should be looking at ways to help the sector in order to speed the economic recovery.
Dudley speaks at the Bretton Woods Committee International Council conference in Washington

Fed Officials Push More Stimulus for Housing

Two top Federal Reserve officials on Friday pushed the case for more stimulus from the U.S. central bank to help the economic recovery, each zeroing in on the country's weak housing market.
More news
IBTimes Logo

Gold Could Go to $1,200 - Jim Rogers

The euro could rebound in the near-term despite the problems affecting continental Europe, as investors are overly bearish on the currency, investor Jim Rogers said on Tuesday.
U.S. Federal Reserve

Fed to Publish Interest Rate Forecasts Starting This Month

The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it will began to release policymaker forecasts of future monetary policy later this month. The decision to move towards more transparency was made in December, but wasn't known to the public until Tuesday afternoon, when the Fed polished its Dec. 13 meeting minutes.
The U.S. Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington

Fed to Publish Rate Path Forecasts

The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it will begin issuing later this month policymaker forecasts for its benchmark interest rate and when officials expect the first rate rise to occur.
U.S. Federal Reserve

Obama Taps Stein, Powell for Fed Board of Governors

President Barack Obama will nominate Harvard economist Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell, an investment banker and former Treasury official, to the two empty seats on the Federal Reserve's policy-setting board of governors.
Dollar, Inflation

Ron Paul - Is He Right About the U.S. Dollar, Inflation?

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has predicted rising inflation and a collapse of the dollar due to the U.S.’s fiscal and monetary policies, but roughly three years into the economic recovery, inflation remains moderate. And the dollar? It’s holding its own and may strengthen in 2012.
IBTimes Logo

Asian Stocks, U.S. Futures Rise

Asian stocks rose more than 1 percent and U.S. index futures also gained on Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a year-end bounce for riskier assets.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.