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Who might succeed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke? Former Fed Governor Larry Meyer of MacroEconomic Advisers says Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen is the most likely.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Based on the number of monetary policy speeches last year and their impact on the 10-year Treasury yield, the winner is...
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*U.S. private sector adds 198,000 jobs in February. *10- year yields at highest in more than a week. NEW YORK, March 6- U.S.
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LONDON, March 6- As western economies hit another pothole in their stuttering post-crisis recoveries, pressure to step up economic policy intervention to tackle entrenched unemployment may be building. Few have lost sight of the fact that the country with the best growth performance so far, the United States, has some of the loosest policy settings.
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*U.S. private sector adds 198,000 jobs in February. *10- year yields at highest in more than a week. NEW YORK, March 6- U.S.
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*U.S. private sector adds 198,000 jobs in February. NEW YORK, March 6- Prices for U.S. "I would not say we're headed toward a robust pace anytime soon, but I do think it's encouraging that the economy seems to be gathering a little more steam," said Russell T. Price, senior economist with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc in Troy, Michigan.
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*Vodafone surges on Verizon tie-up talk. The market's rally was also fuelled by merger and acquisition hopes, with UK telecom major Vodafone Group surging 6.5 percent on reports of tie-up talks with U.S. peer Verizon Communications.
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*Vodafone surges on Verizon tie-up talk. The market's rally was also fuelled by merger and acquisition hopes, with UK telecom major Vodafone Group surging 6.5 percent on reports of tie-up talks with U.S. peer Verizon Communications.
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*Vodafone surges on Verizon tie-up talk. Vodafone Group surged in early trade on reports of tie-up talks with Verizon Communications, adding momentum to markets which look to have regained steam after a pause around Italian elections last week.
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*Copper gains as China pledges to maintain growth. NEW YORK, March 5- The Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high on Tuesday as major world stock markets rallied after China pledged more government spending to boost economic growth and data showed the U.S. service sector expanding at its fastest pace in a year in February.
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NEW YORK, March 5- The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday hit a record high to lead global equity markets higher on bets on global growth after China announced record spending this year, while commodity prices also advanced.
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*China announces record spending for 2013. NEW YORK, March 5- Wall Street was set to rise at the start of trading on Tuesday as the Dow stood within reach of a record closing high and investors were cheered by China's record spending plans.
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"Central banks are protecting the downside for now but the question is for how long," said Lex van Dam, hedge fund manager at Hampstead Capital.
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NEW YORK, March 5- U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, with the Dow within reach of a record closing high, as investors awaited data on the U.S. services sector. *Also boosting equities was China's announcement of its 2013 government spending plans, with outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao announcing record spending that will sustain growth in the country.
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Successive rounds of quantitative easing and similar monetary stimulus measures have kept liquidity high and interest rates low in the United States, the euro zone and Japan in recent years, fuelling a rally in gold prices.
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