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Fed's Kaplan scours for signs of economy overheating, finds nothing

EghtesadOnline: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said on Friday that while he has scoured the data, he sees no evidence the U.S. economy is overheating, so the central bank can continue to be patient in raising interest rates.
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Publish Date:01/October/2016 | 05:34

Atlanta Fed trims U.S. third-quarter growth forecast to 2.4 percent

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. economy is on track to grow at a 2.4 percent annualized rate in the third quarter, the Atlanta Federal Reserve's GDP Now forecast model showed on Friday, following the latest data on inventories, trade and consumer spending this week.
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Publish Date:01/October/2016 | 05:32

Icahn says Trump better for U.S. economy than Clinton

EghtesadOnline: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn continued to throw his support behind the Republican U.S. presidential candidate on Tuesday, saying Donald Trump would reduce the regulation of U.S. companies.
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Publish Date:14/September/2016 | 04:33

Fed looks unlikely to hike next week after Brainard warning

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve should avoid removing support for the U.S. economy too quickly, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Monday in comments that solidified the view the central bank would leave interest rates unchanged next week.
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Publish Date:13/September/2016 | 06:28

Fed could use reserves payments to stimulate U.S. economy : paper

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve could push banks to lend more by paying Wall Street smaller returns on money stashed at the U.S. central bank when inflation is low, according to an academic paper presented on Saturday.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 07:23

Fed policymakers closer to rate hike, but inflation doubts remain: minutes

EghtesadOnline: Several voting Federal Reserve policymakers judged a rate hike would be warranted "relatively soon" if the U.S. economy continued to strengthen but doubts on inflation remained, according to the minutes of the Fed's September policy meeting released on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:13/October/2016 | 07:34

IMF chief economist sees no danger of U.S. economy overheating

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. economy is not in danger of overheating, and the Federal Reserve should continue its data-dependent approach to another interest rate hike, the International Monetary Fund chief economist Maurice Obstfeld said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:05/October/2016 | 08:49

Fed's Williams says U.S. economy can handle rate hike

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve can raise interest rates without threatening the U.S. economic recovery, a top Federal Reserve policymaker said on Tuesday, saying the central bank risks doing more harm by continued inaction.
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Publish Date:28/September/2016 | 05:13

Fed's Williams says U.S. economy in good shape, wants rate hike

EghtesadOnline: A top Federal Reserve official on Tuesday repeated his call for gradual interest rate hikes, evidently unfazed by a slowdown in U.S. job gains and sluggishness in the services sector that now has traders betting against any rate hike at all this year.
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 07:45
Everyone's pricing in political gridlock.

Strategist: I Can't Remember the Last Time the Election Meant This Much for Markets

EghtesadOnline: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. That's what financial markets are predicting for the world's largest economy ahead of the November election, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch Head of Global Rates and Currencies Research David Woo. If those predictions turn out to be wrong, however, the fallout could be extraordinary.
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Publish Date:30/August/2016 | 11:51

Dollar Advances as Treasuries Drop on Rate Outlook; Stocks Rise

EghtesadOnline: The dollar strengthened and Treasuries fell as Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said the U.S. economy was close to full employment, reinforcing speculation that policy makers are moving toward raising interest rates.
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Publish Date:30/August/2016 | 11:33

Dollar starts the week with Fed-inspired gains

EghtesadOnline: The dollar stood tall in Asian trading on Monday, after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's upbeat comments on the U.S. economy prompted traders to raise their expectations of an interest rate increase.
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Publish Date:29/August/2016 | 07:06

Central bankers eye public spending to plug $1 trillion investment gap

EghtesadOnline: While markets wait for Janet Yellen's latest message about the direction of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve chief and her colleagues already have one for politicians: the U.S. economy needs more public spending to shift into higher gear.
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Publish Date:25/August/2016 | 10:31

U.S. inflation tame despite economy gaining momentum

EghtesadOnline: U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July but a rise in industrial output and home building suggested a pickup in economic activity that could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.
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Publish Date:17/August/2016 | 09:32