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Fed Chair Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday the U.S. job market remains weak, and that it is too soon for the central bank to end its stimulus programs. Stocks spiked on his comments, then retreated from their highs.
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As the Federal Reserve mulls reducing asset purchases, the improved labor market is spurring debate between Fed "hawks" and "doves" over what the right policy decision should be.
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Rescuers desperately search for survivors in the rubble of flattened communities a day after a 2-mile-wide tornado carved a path of destruction in Oklahoma.
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Here's why more "hash crash" events, like the bogus AP tweet that caused the markets to tumble, are disasters waiting to happen. The Financial Times reports.
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Calls earlier in the year for a "great rotation" into stocks from fixed income may have been a little premature, but Goldman Sachs' replacement for Jim O'Neill says there will be a "gradual rotation".
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What Warren Buffett once called "financial weapons of mass destruction" are firing again, with securitization and shadow banking at post-crisis highs.
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Thanks to the brightening employment picture and an uptick in the housing market, Americans are packing up and relocating. And the pace is likely to pick up this summer.
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Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said the Fed has the appropriate level of monetary accommodation in place to let the reach "escape velocity" next year.
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The energy boom in the U.S. is providing a shock absorber of sorts for major oil companies, helping to hedge a strong dollar amid an the increase in domestic production.
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Whatever course it chooses, the Fed will have to grapple with the reality that while its policies have helped stocks, they've been less effective at growing the economy.
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Easy monetary policy by the Federal Reserve and other central banks is limiting supply of stocks, as well as fueling asset bubbles, one analyst warned on Monday.
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Worried about a possible economic bust in agriculture like that of the 1980s, farmers talk about their growing fears.
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Fed Chair Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday the U.S. job market remains weak, and that it is too soon for the central bank to end its stimulus programs. Stocks spiked on his comments, then retreated from their highs.
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U.S. home sales rise slightly to 4.97 million in April, highest in 3 1/2 years as inventories jump.
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Applications for home mortgages dropped last week for a second-straight week as a spike in interest rates stymied demand for refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association says.
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Market rallies have to end sometime for sure, but history suggests the current one, despite its seemingly bloated nature, doesn't have to end soon.
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Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists.
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The Federal Reserve should not go from "wild turkey" monetary policy to "cold turkey" overnight, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher told CNBC on Monday.
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The Obama administration on Friday said it was ready to free up about $260 billion so the nation could continue paying its bills as a temporary debt ceiling suspension lapses.
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US consumer sentiment rebounded in early May to the highest level in nearly six years as Americans felt better about their financial and economic prospects.
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Even as gold prices tumble a tug of war between physical buyers and institutional sellers will put a floor under the precious metal, said analysts.