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• FOREX-Dollar/yen hits 4-1/2-year high as U.S. data fuels bullish bets Friday, 17 May 2013 | 12:23 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 17- The dollar rose against a swath of currencies on Friday, rocketing to 4-1/ 2- year high against Japan's yen as data showing a robust rebound in U.S. consumer sentiment prompted investors to pile on bullish bets.

• FOREX-Dollar index hits nearly 3-year high, euro hits 6-week low Friday, 17 May 2013 | 9:35 AM ET

  NEW YORK, May 17- The dollar soared against a basket of currencies on Friday, reaching a nearly three-year peak as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying program later this year gathered pace.

• FOREX-Dlr index near 10-month high, ECB deposit rate cut talk hits euro Friday, 17 May 2013 | 7:26 AM ET

  LONDON, May 17- The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday, trading near a 10- month high as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying programme later this year gathered pace.

• FOREX-Dollar near 10-mo high as Fed asset buying debate in focus Friday, 17 May 2013 | 4:16 AM ET

  LONDON, May 17- The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday, hovering near a 10- month high as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying programme later this year gathered pace.

• FOREX-Dollar approaches 10-mth high as markets reassess Fed outlook Friday, 17 May 2013 | 2:21 AM ET

  Currency markets took their cue from comments by John Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, who said the Fed could completely exit its easing by the end of the year. Investors see Williams' thinking as close to that of the Fed's top officials such as Chairman Ben Bernanke and Vice Chair Janet Yellen.

• CORRECTED-FOREX-Dollar near 10-mth high as Fed dove hints at QE wind-down Friday, 17 May 2013 | 1:21 AM ET

  TOKYO, May 17- The U.S. dollar held firm near a 10- month high against a basket of currencies on Friday after a regional Fed chief said the U.S. central bank could begin easing up on stimulus this summer, sharpening the high-yielding Aussie's fall.

• FOREX-Dollar near 10-mth high as Fed dove foreshadows QE wind-down Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 8:35 PM ET

  TOKYO, May 17- The U.S. dollar held firm near a 10- month high against a basket of major currencies on Friday after a regional Fed chief, long seen as a policy dove, said the Fed could begin easing up on stimulus this summer and end it late this year.

• S&P Nears 1600  Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 3:50 PM ET

  

  Insight on the markets as they set to close, with Kyle Harrington, Harrington Capital Management, and Phil Noftsinger, CBIZ Payroll Services.

• Who Should Replace Bernanke? Kudlow Makes His Pick Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 7:34 PM ET

  

  CNBC's Larry Kudlow lists his choices who should replace Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman.

• Bernanke Watch: Is He Eyeing the Exit? Monday, 29 Apr 2013 | 7:03 PM ET

  

  As the Fed meets this week, all eyes are on Bernanke as Wall Street is buzzing that he will be leaving soon. Who will take his seat? Here's the one name that keeps coming up.

• This Possible Fed Successor Has Admirers...And Foes Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 6:40 AM ET

  

  Janet Yellen is seen as a logical candidate to succeed the Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke, but critics remain wary of her stance on inflation.

• TREASURIES-Prices retreat as stocks rebound damps safety bid Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 | 10:43 AM ET

  *Gold recovers after 8 percent plunge on Monday. NEW YORK, April 16- Prices for U.S. Investors got sticker shock when yields went below 1.70 percent, "said Chris Rupkey, managing director and chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York."

• TREASURIES-Prices retreat as Wall St rebound shrinks safety bid Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 | 12:40 AM ET

  *Gold recovers partially after 8 percent plunge on Monday. NEW YORK, April 16- Prices for U.S. Investors got sticker shock when yields went below 1.70 percent, "said Chris Rupkey, managing director and chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York."

• UPDATE 1-Yellen: Fed should focus on jobs, even if inflation edges past target Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 5:24 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, April 4- The Federal Reserve should focus its energies on bringing down an elevated U.S. unemployment rate even if inflation "slightly" exceeds the central bank's target, Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday.

• UPDATE 1-Fed's Dudley stands by 'very accommodative' US policies Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 12:56 AM ET

  NEW YORK, March 25- The Federal Reserve must remain very accommodative because the labor market remains "far from healthy" despite some recent overall economic improvement, an influential U.S. central bank official said on Monday.

• FED FOCUS-Unfazed by hawks, Bernanke refreshes easy-money message Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 1:10 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK, March 21- A crescendo of public warnings from hawkish Federal Reserve officials about the dangers of having a $3 trillion- plus balance sheet appears to have done little to sway the Fed's top ranks.

• GLOBAL ECONOMY-Shafts of sunshine try to pierce thick clouds Sunday, 10 Mar 2013 | 3:00 PM ET

  LONDON, March 10- Global economic news is improving here and there, but a batch of data due this week is unlikely to shake financial markets' conviction that major central banks are not about to take away the punch bowl. A minority of policymakers at the Bank of England wants to expand its bond buying.

• UPDATE 1-POLL-Wall St sees Fed continuing asset purchases through 2013 Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 3:06 PM ET

  NEW YORK, March 8- Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to continue its program of debt purchases through 2013 in an effort to prop up the economy despite evidence of an improved job market, according to a Reuters poll conducted on Friday.

• FED FOCUS-Traders see early 2015 Fed rate hike, QE3 stays for now Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 1:52 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO, March 8- A surprise pick-up in U.S. jobs growth has boosted the chances of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates sooner than had been expected, but it is likely to take several more months of strong employment data for the Fed to trim its bond purchases and rates won't rise for at least a year after that.

• Just Who Really Moves the Markets at the Fed? Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 10:29 AM ET

  

  Based on the number of monetary policy speeches last year and their impact on the 10-year Treasury yield, the winner is...