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WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, Feb 1- Two top Federal Reserve officials painted a picture of cautious optimism on Friday for the U.S. economy in 2013, helped by stronger global growth as the central bank aggressively prints money to curb the nation's lofty rate of unemployment. But New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley and St.
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WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, Feb 1- Two top Federal Reserve officials painted a picture of cautious optimism on Friday for the U.S. economy in 2013, helped by stronger global growth as the central bank aggressively prints money to curb the nation's lofty rate of unemployment. But New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley and St.
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With the economy creating 157,000 new jobs in January, why did Treasury prices tick higher? Trader Jim Iuorio has an idea.
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Stock prices may be rising, but so is the threat of inflation, hedge fund manager Kyle Bass told CNBC Friday. "One of the best performing equity markets in the last decade has been Zimbabwe, but now your entire equity portfolio only buys you three eggs."
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Deutsche Bank's Joe Lavorgnia anticipates broad "collateral financial damage" once interest rates eventually edge higher. And Art Hogan of Lazard Capital Markets sees the Fed trimming back on quantitative easing in 2013. Both appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Friday.
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Rob Subbaraman, chief Asia economist at Nomura, tells CNBC why a combination of rising debt and inflation will prevent China's recovery from becoming a lasting one.
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NEW YORK, Feb 1- Prices for U.S. The numbers were "quite encouraging for both output and employment prospects ahead," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist with Miller Tabak& Co. LLC.
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*Tokyo gold hits record of 4,944 yen a gram on weak yen. LONDON, Jan 31- Gold eased on Thursday as a retreat in European stocks and the euro prompted investors to cash in gains made the day before after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed its bond-buying programme and data showed a surprise dip in U.S. growth.
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The level of credit needed to spur economic growth has grown five-fold since the 1980 s, said Gross, who is a founder and co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. He likened the need for more and more government stimulus to produce ever-diminishing rates of growth to Japan's experience over the past decade.
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David Kuo, Director, The Motley Fool says it is hard to predict when markets will pullback and says he constantly adds money to his holdings. He explains why Burberry is one of his picks.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli reports the results of the 7-year note auction in the bond market.
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The cast of voting members on the Fed's policy committee is changing, but Ben Bernanke will likely retain a solid majority for his drive to keep interest rates low well into the future despite critics who worry about the risks.
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NEW YORK, Jan 29- U.S. consumer confidence dropped in January to its lowest level in more than a year as Americans were more pessimistic about the economic outlook and their financial prospects, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday.
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CNBC Fed Survey shows Wall Street pros divided on how and when quantitative easing will end.
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Michael Kurtz, Global Head of Equity Strategy, Nomura says inflation is good for equity markets right now. He further explains why he's excited about prospects in Japan.
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What to expect from the U.S. markets in 2013 in regards to spending cuts, and the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, with Robert McTeer, Former President of Dallas Fed and Joe Lavorgna, Deutsche Bank.
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If lawmakers don't act, the US Postal Service could run out of money "between six months and a year" and there could be a period of time when mail isn't delivered, policy and economics experts said.
