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Fed's Plosser Says Criticizes Unclear Guidelines on Lending Programs

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March 31 2009, 1:13 PM

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser criticized the Fed's lending programs on Monday for failing to establish clear guidelines. Speaking in Chicago, Plosser said the Fed also neglected to designate to whom it would lend,

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Policy-Makers Ignored Systemic Risks, Says Fed's Stern

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March 31 2009, 9:30 AM

Policy-makers ignored warnings of systemic risks in the United States thereby aggravating the impact of the financial crisis on the real economy, Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern said on Tuesday. "Policy-makers did not prepare for the 'too

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Tuesdays Events: Consumer Confidence, Case-Shiller Home Prices, Fed Speak

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March 30 2009, 6:11 PM

U.S. consumer confidence and Canadian GDP results will be released on Tuesday. U.S. consumer confidence is expected to climb to 28.0 in March from its record low level of 25.0 in February. "Any lift from the March stock market rally will be offset

Filed under: consumer confidence, home prices, case shiller

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The Week Ahead: U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls, G20 Meeting

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March 27 2009, 5:50 PM

The main events in North America next week will be the release of U.S. consumer confidence data, the ISM Manufacturing Index and the nonfarm payrolls report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Currency strategists will also pay close attention to

Filed under: non-farm payrolls, g20

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Friday's Events: Obama to Woo Banking System; Release of U.S. Core PCE

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March 27 2009, 6:59 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with the heads of the U.S. banking system to discuss the administration's recent initiatives to support the financial system, while traders will receive the Personal Income and Spending Report from the U.S. Commerce

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Fed's Stern Says Excessive Regulation Should be Avoided

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March 26 2009, 1:56 PM

While tighter regulation of financial institutions is needed, Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern on Thursday warned against the pitfalls of over-regulation . Stern said the Fed must avoid "excessive reliance" on conventional regulation, asking

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Fed's Lacker Says Avoiding Inflation Will be Challenging

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March 26 2009, 11:03 AM

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said Thursday it will be challenging for the Fed to withdraw fiscal stimulus and avoid inflation in the United States. Lacker warned that the Federal Reserve's balance sheet will have to be

Filed under: inflation, jeffrey lacker, talf

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Thursdays Events: Final Q4 GDP, Jobless Claims and Fed Speakers

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March 25 2009, 6:03 PM

A combination of final fourth quarter GDP statistics for the United States, alongside weekly jobless claims data and some Fed speakers are the day's main economic events for the North American session on Thursday. Economists expect fourth quarter

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U.S. Must Continue Efforts to Revive Economy, Says Fed's Yellen

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March 25 2009, 1:13 PM

The U.S. must continue efforts to revive the U.S. economy as the Fed unleashes all available tools to fight the crisis, San Francisco Fed President Janet Yellen (voter) said in a speech in New York on Wednesday. "We face an extraordinarily uncertain

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Confusion Whips Through Foreign Exchange Market After Geithner Comments

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March 25 2009, 12:33 PM

A report that the U.S. Treasury Secretary is "open" to rethinking the U.S.-dollar-based global reserve currency system sent the U.S. dollar into a tailspin on Wednesday, but the moves were wiped out when the comment was revealed to be out of

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Wednesday's Events: U.S. Durable Goods, New Home Sales; Fed & Gov't Speak

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March 25 2009, 7:12 AM

Some top tier macroeconomic data for the United States, including durable goods and new home sales , coupled with some high profile Fed and government speakers will make for a busy day in terms of economic events. The 8:30 a.m. EDT release of the U.S

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Fed's Evans Says Facilities Can be Expanded "As Conditions Warrant"

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March 24 2009, 7:39 AM

The U.S. Federal Reserve will continue providing support to the U.S. economy by expanding its credit facilities "as conditions warrant" , Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said on Tuesday. Speaking at a conference organized by the Czech National

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Tuesday's Events: Fed's Bernanke & Treasury's Geithner Face the House

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March 24 2009, 7:03 AM

Testimony from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be the main focus of the day in the aftermath of unprecedented actions taken by both the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government over the last week. At 10 a.m.

Filed under: timothy geithner, ben bernanke

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Fed's Lockhart Happy With Treasury's Toxic Asset Plan

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March 23 2009, 3:53 PM

Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said Monday the U.S. government's public/private partnership to tackle the toxic asset problem is sufficient. The plan introduced this morning proposes a private and public partnership that will buy toxic assets

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Mondays Events: Toxic Asset Plan, Existing Home Sales

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March 23 2009, 7:00 AM

The main highlight of the day will be the U.S. Treasury's release of details of its highly anticipated Public-Private Investment Program . Markets will also await the release of U.S. existing home sales and comments from Boston Fed President Eric

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