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Kashkari Says Fed Concerns Over Inflation Based on ‘Ghost Story’

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said his colleagues at the U.S. central bank have voted to raise interest rates because they are worried about accelerating inflation in the future, a concern he likened to a “ghost story.”
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:12

The Wait for a U.S. Inflation Pickup Drags On, Clouding the Fed Outlook

EghtesadOnline: It’s becoming an endless wait for U.S. inflation to pick up. And the fifth straight miss on core-price forecasts adds to the burden on Federal Reserve policy makers to explain why they’re moving toward a December interest-rate increase.
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:08

Fed's Williams still sees rate hike, asset unwinding this year

EghtesadOnline: A top U.S. central banker on Tuesday said he still expected one more rise in interest rates from the Federal Reserve this year and for it to start unwinding its massive balance sheet in the next few months.
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Publish Date:11/July/2017 | 05:26

U.S. job growth rebounds sharply, unemployment rate falls to 4.4 percent

EghtesadOnline: U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in April and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent, near a 10-year low, pointing to a tightening labor market that likely seals the case for an interest rate increase next month despite moderate wage growth.
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Publish Date:07/May/2017 | 04:40

Dudley Says a Couple More Hikes Seem Reasonable

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said three interest-rate hikes in 2017 is a “reasonable” projection and that the central bank may also begin shrinking its balance sheet later this year or in 2018, possibly pausing rate increases in the process.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 09:03

Gold Set to Soar to $1,500 as Inflation Makes a Comeback

EghtesadOnline: Gold is poised to rally to levels last seen four years ago as rising inflation and negative real interest rates combine to boost demand, according to Incrementum AG, which says that the precious metal may be in the early stages of a bull market.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 13:19

Fed Has Room for More Rate Increases in 2017, Lockhart Says

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve has room for two more rate increases this year, as the economy seems “reasonably close” to full employment and is likely to gather pace, former Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 24:42

Treasury Bears on Reflation Train Face Peaking Price Pressures

EghtesadOnline: Bond bears in the U.S. are feeling the squeeze. Investors need to contend with the waning impact of energy base effects on inflation and a terminal rate that lacks momentum before they can aspire to push interest rates higher.
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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 24:37

Fed on track to raise U.S. rates twice more this year: Evans

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates twice more this year after a policy tightening last week, and it could be more or less aggressive depending on inflation and fiscal policies from the Trump administration, a Fed rate-setter said on Monday.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 22:54

Post-Fed boost for small-cap stocks may be limited

EghtesadOnline: Small-cap stocks benefited from a dovish lining to the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates this past week, but strategists warn it will take more to make these pricey stocks outperform their larger brethren in the long haul.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 15:42

Wall Street drifts with eyes on Fed; Intel drops

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks ended little changed in light volume on Monday, with traders eyeing a Federal Reserve meeting expected to result in an interest rate increase later this week.
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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 06:29

Fed, in shift, may move to faster pace of rate hikes

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve, which has struggled to stoke inflation since the financial crisis and up until now raised rates less frequently than it and markets expected, may be about to hit the accelerator on rate hikes.
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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 06:24

Fed to make sequential hikes until 'something breaks': Gundlach

EghtesadOnline: Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer at DoubleLine Capital, said on Tuesday he expects the Federal Reserve to begin a campaign this month of "old school" sequential interest rate hikes until "something breaks," such as a U.S. recession.
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Publish Date:08/March/2017 | 06:08