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El-Erian: Markets front-run Fed in tightening financial conditions

By Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz SE , said on Thursday that with volatility rising, the markets effectively have served as front-runners to the Federal Reserve in tightening global financial conditions. “I doubt we will see the four rate hikes signaled a few weeks ago by Fed officials,” El-Erian said. “Two hikes are likely, if not less.” William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said on Wednesday that financial conditions have tightened considerably…

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Oil retreats after rising on hopes of Russia, OPEC cooperation

Crude oil futures fell around 1 percent in Asian trading on Thursday, eroding gains of nearly 3 percent made in the previous session after Russia held out the possibility of cooperating with OPEC to control global oversupply. Falls were curbed by a weaker dollar following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its overnight interest rate unchanged and the release of a statement suggesting concern…

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Fed keeps rates unchanged, wary eye on global markets

The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and said it was “closely monitoring” global economic and financial developments, signaling it had accounted for a stock market selloff but wasn't ready to abandon a plan to tighten monetary policy this year. Fed …

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U.S. consumer, housing data underscore economy’s resilience

There are, however, signs the malaise from manufacturing and export-oriented industries is starting to filter into the services sector, with data on Tuesday showing activity in that vast sector hit a one-year low in January. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index rose to 98.1 this month from 96.3 in December as …

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Raft of weak U.S. data points to sharply slower growth

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales fell in December as unseasonably warm weather undercut purchases of winter apparel and cheaper gasoline weighed on receipts at service stations, the latest indication that economic growth braked sharply in the fourth quarter. The growth picture was further darkened by other data on Friday showing industrial production fell in December, dragged down by cutbacks in utilities and mining output. Signs the economy …

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Prospects still slim for major global economic pickup

By Ross Finley, Silvio Cascione and Rahul Karunakar LONDON/BRASILIA/BENGALURU (Reuters) – The world economy may be set for another year like 2015, with modest growth in developed economies offsetting persistent weakness elsewhere but generating very little inflation and keeping interest rates low. The U.S. Federal Reserve's long-awaited rise in …

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Fed to raise rates again in March, follow up with fewer hikes: poll

The U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again in the next three months, according to two-thirds of economists polled by Reuters, although many say rates won't rise as quickly next year as policymakers have suggested. The Fed hiked rates for the first time in nearly a decade on Dec 16, confident the U.S. economy can …

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Fed begins two-day meeting to decide on interest rate hike

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top officials at the Federal Reserve on Tuesday began a two-day policy meeting that is expected to end with the first U.S. interest rate increase since 2006. The meeting began at 1 p.m. EST, a

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VW says only small group to blame for emissions scandal

Volkswagen said on Thursday only a small group of employees was responsible for cheating U.S. diesel emissions tests and there was no indication board members were involved in the biggest business crisis in the carmaker's history. Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said investigations into the affair were going well, but the scandal was the result of a “chain of errors” and it would still take months to …

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Fed to guide on rate hike path with fresh language, forecasts

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen next week has to decide not only whether to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade, but also how to assure markets on the likely path of future rate hikes. The central bank has held short-term borrowing costs near zero for seven years and the last thing policymakers want is for their first rate hike to trigger expectations for future increases that could knock economic growth off track. Traders currently expect…

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