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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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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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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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Wall Street's stock market mania officially has gone full-throttle as JPMorgan raised its year-end price target for the Standard & Poor's 500 to 1,715.
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With housing now in recovery and apartment rents rising, there is new concern that tenants and investors alike will move out of the multi-family space.
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Early Boomers may be on track to retire with enough savings for their golden years, a new Pew study finds. But Gen-Xersare in for a world of hurt.
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Stocks head into Friday with a weekly gain of 1 percent, but traders are seeing signs of wear as a list of disappointing economic reports stacks up against the market's gains.
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Thursday's economic reports featured mostly bad news, with housing starts plunging and jobless claims rising while inflation remained under control.
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It would take a perfect storm, but there are worries the current economic boom for farmers could turn into a bust. The issue is how much debt farmers take on.
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"Things are better enough for the Fed to slow the pace of purchasing," Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser says.
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France's fall back into recession is likely to pile more pressure on the country's finance ministry, at a time when infighting has already led one senior politician to fuel rumors that Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici could be replaced.
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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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Worried about a possible economic bust in agriculture like that of the 1980s, farmers talk about their growing fears.
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More Americans say they are less frugal than they were a few years ago. Time to release that pent-up desire to eat out, a survey suggests.
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Some market watchers say they are starting to spot something that they haven't seen for a while: sellers moving back into stocks.
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The returns on real estate investment trusts (REITs) were more than three times those of the broader equity market in April, according to a new report.