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Monetary and fiscal policy
Trends to watch in 2021
Jan 1, 2021
A leading European investor and a business analyst in Asia share their predictions for a post-coronavirus world.
Power shifts in the 'think-tank-ocracy'
Jan 20, 2017
Conservative think tanks are ascendant as the Trump administration plans wave of legislation and policy changes.
A transatlantic central banking policy disparity
Mar 10, 2016
While Europeans ease, Americans ponder another rate hike
Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke takes the stand
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David Gura
Feb 26, 2013
In his semi-annual report to Congress, Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the Federal Reserves bond buying policy, but said monetary policy alone cannot prop up the economy.
Should the Fed coordinate with Congress?
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Jeff Horwich
Oct 12, 2012
With the Federal Reserve's interest rate near zero and the recovery still slow, some economists are speculating on what you might call a "nuclear option".
Markets down on jobs report, uncertainty
Jul 6, 2012
U.S. markets are down slightly this morning on the latest jobs data from the Labor Department which said that just 80,000 jobs were added in the U.S. last month and unemployment remained at 8.2 percent.