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Fed to Devalue Dollar by 33%?

Feb 8, 2012, 3:14 PM

The currencies began to get some wind in their sails yesterday midmorning, and soon an all-out rally was taking place. The currency rally was led by the euro (EUR),... Read »

Why BoE is Expected to Ease and ECB is Not

Feb 8, 2012, 10:14 AM

Both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank will be making monetary policy announcements on Thursday. The market expects the ECB to remain on hold and... Read »

PCE and CPI

Feb 8, 2012, 8:29 AM

“The Committee judges that inflation at the rate of 2 percent, as measured by the annual change in the price index for personal consumption expenditures, is most... Read »

Job Openings On The Rise

Feb 8, 2012, 7:59 AM

Job openings in the U.S. rose to 3.4 million on the last business day of December, up from 3.1 million a month earlier, the Labor Department reports. “Although... Read »

Can Raising Interest Rates Spark a Robust Recovery?

Feb 8, 2012, 7:53 AM

Could the Fed spark a robust recovery by raising its federal funds rate target? For Bill Gross the answer is yes. He believes a key reason holding back the recovery... Read »

Banks Paying Cash to Homeowners to Avoid Foreclosures

Feb 7, 2012, 10:44 AM

Banks, accelerating efforts to move troubled mortgages off their books, are offering as much as $35,000 or more in cash to delinquent homeowners to sell their properties... Read »

U.S. Debt Will Explode Without Changes – John Taylor

Feb 6, 2012, 6:40 PM

John Taylor, economics professor at Stanford University, spoke to Bloomberg Television’s Trish Regan today and said that the U.S. “could get into a situation... Read »

Another Financial Market Experiment?

Feb 6, 2012, 9:21 AM

In the fall of 2008, US authorities conducted a financial market experiment.  They allowed a large and heavily interconnected firm, Lehman Brothers, to file for... Read »

The Seasonal Factor & January’s Encouraging Employment Report

Feb 6, 2012, 8:17 AM

January’s payrolls report looks convincingly strong to many economists, but some skeptics warn that the seasonal adjustment in first month of the year is usually... Read »

Private Payrolls Post A Surprisingly Strong Gain In January

Feb 3, 2012, 10:04 AM

Today’s employment report from the U.S. Labor Department delivered a hefty blow against the idea that recession risk is high for the immediate future. Private... Read »

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