Fed extends crisis lending programs three months to Dec. 31 – BNN Bloomberg
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Fed sticks to whatever it takes with no signs of virus easing – BNN Bloomberg
Fed sticks to whatever it takes with no signs of virus easing – BNN Bloomberg
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The Fed may not recognize inflation until it’s too late – BNN Bloomberg
The Fed may not recognize inflation until it’s too late – BNN Bloomberg
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The Fed will soon embrace yield-curve control – BNN Bloomberg
The Fed will soon embrace yield-curve control – BNN Bloomberg
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Treasury yields move higher ahead of Fed speeches
U.S. government debt prices were lower Friday morning as traders awaited speeches from the Fed and monitored the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis.
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The Fed says it is going to start buying individual corporate bonds
Those purchases will go along with the ETFs the Fed already has been buying, the central bank announced Monday.
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Fed sees interest rates staying near zero through 2022, GDP bouncing to 5% next year
The Fed also said it will continue to increase its bond holdings, targeting Treasury purchases at $80 billion a month and mortgage-backed securities at $40 billion.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/fed-meeting-decision-interest-rates.html
Fed Boldly Saves Markets and Now Frets for Main Street Business – Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve’s next front in the battle to support the U.S. economy is to prevent millions of American small businesses from becoming the Achilles heel of the recovery.Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told the Senate Banking Committee last week that he’s concerned about America’s “jobs machine” — its small and medium sized firms — tipping into bankruptcy and destroying the “work of many families and generations.” If that happens, there will be fewer jobs when state governors declare it’s safe
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Growth of Fed’s balance sheet slows, hitting new record of $6.70 trillion in latest week – MarketWatch
Fed’s balance sheet is growing at a slower pace as market functioning improves.
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Fed holds near-zero rate, Powell sees severe impact from pandemic – BNN Bloomberg
Fed holds near-zero rate, Powell sees severe impact from pandemic – BNN Bloomberg
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