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Fed’s Mester says gradual rate hikes still appropriate after jobs report
June 5, 2016 by creative · Leave a Comment
The latest disappointing U.S. jobs number has not changed the overall economic picture and gradual rate hikes remain appropriate, Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said on Saturday. The Fed raised rates in December for the first time in nearly a decade. “I still believe that in order to achieve our monetary policy goals, a gradual upward pace
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Asian shares fall, while Japan’s gain as brakes applied to strong yen
April 8, 2016 by publisher · Leave a Comment
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Most Asian shares fell to three-week lows on Friday, but Japan bucked the trend after its finance minister pledged to guard against strong moves in the yen in either direction. While that led to a slight retreat in the yen from a 17-month high against the dollar, the Japanese currency is
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Fed’s Williams eyes two 2016 rate hikes: Fox Business Network
April 8, 2016 by creative · Leave a Comment
San Francisco Fed President John Williams said Thursday that at least two interest-rate hikes this year is the “right course” so long as the U.S. economy continues to grow, businesses add jobs, and inflation picks up as he expects. “If the …
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Yellen, alongside Fed alum, says rate hikes on track
April 8, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
The U.S. economy is on a solid course with some hints of inflation so the Federal Reserve is on track for further interest rate hikes, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday in a defense of her decision to tighten
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Fed’s Lacker says four rate hikes in 2016 would be ‘gradual’
December 20, 2015 by elegant · Leave a Comment
Federal Reserve forecasts pointing to four interest rate hikes in 2016 show what the U.S. central bank means when it says it anticipates raising rates at a “gradual pace,” Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said on Friday.
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