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PODCAST: Veteran unemployment
Mar 20, 2014
Interest rates are up after the new Federal Reserve chair's briefing yesterday. And the Washington monument is reopening, thanks to private money.
Is Puerto Rico the new Greece?
Mar 3, 2014
Puerto Rico is issuing $3.5 billion worth of bonds this month and investors are hungry to buy.
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The Fed: Cash cow or sitting duck?
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Allan Sloan
Jan 15, 2014
When the Fed sends less money to the Capitol, it also loses some political capital.
The Fed's new tools
Jan 13, 2014
Economists say the Fed's massive balance sheet isn't a concern, thanks to new tools.
Detroit's bankruptcy: The national implications
Jul 19, 2013
Chris Low, chief economist with FTN Financial, explains why Detroit's bankruptcy will impact each and every state around the country.
Worried by bond market fluctuations? Here's what to do
Jul 5, 2013
Older Americans, whose retirement portfolios include a lot of bonds, might be concerned about fluctuations in the bond market right now. We've got some advice on what to do.
Why rising interest rates make the bond market crazy
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Adriene Hill
Jul 2, 2013
You hear it again and again as if it's a natural law: "bond prices decline inversely as interest rates rise." Here's why they do.
For public good, not for profit.
Top central banker calls investors 'feral hogs'
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Juli Niemann
Jun 25, 2013
A Federal Reserve banker in Texas has warned the so-called 'feral hogs' of the financial markets to stop overreacting to the Federal Reserve's plans to wind down quantitative easing. What does it all mean?
Will the Fed keep feeding investors?
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David Gura
Jun 18, 2013
The Federal Reserve kicks off a two-day meeting today. The big question: Is the Fed going to scale back its bond-buying program?
F, E, D, spells what for stimulus policy?
Jun 17, 2013
As uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's stimulus policy continues, financial markets prolong their bumpy ride.