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Fed turns to Trump agenda with rate hike nearly in the bag

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve inaugurates the Trump era this week with a near-certain interest rate increase and new economic forecasts providing a first glimpse into whether the U.S. election has reshaped the central bank's growth and inflation outlook.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 14:31

Fed's Mester says devil will be in details on U.S. fiscal policy changes

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. economy needs higher interest rates although the Federal Reserve will closely scrutinize the expected changes in America's fiscal, trade and immigration policies, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 20:12

U.S. private jobs, consumer spending data support Fed rate hike

EghtesadOnline: U.S. private employers stepped up hiring in November and consumer spending increased last month, the latest signs of economic strength that could further cement the case for an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve next month.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 20:10

Fed says U.S. wage and price gains still modest; activity mixed

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. economy continued to expand in October and November, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, but there were only modest gains in wages and prices and the strong dollar was weighing on manufacturers.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 19:58

Trump to be held to his word on Fed independence: Bullard

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Federal Reserve will hold U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to his word on preserving the central bank's independence, policymaker James Bullard told a German newspaper on Sunday.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 07:19

Fed's Powell says Asian economies should boost domestic demand

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell on Friday said export-oriented Asian economies should respond to the sharp slowdown in global trade in the last few years by boosting demand for goods and services within their own borders.
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 05:57

Trade is important, binds world together: Fed's Dudley

EghtesadOnline: International trade binds economies together and has become more important over the years, and developments in one country can spill over into the stability of others, an influential Federal Reserve policymaker said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 16:25

U.S. needs higher rates; banks need more capital: FDIC's Hoenig

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve should demand more capital from Wall Street while the central bank slowly increases interest rates, a leading U.S. regulator said on Thursday as he outlined a formula for future economic growth.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 16:19

U.S. inflation, labor market data bolster Fed December rate hike

EghtesadOnline: U.S. consumer prices recorded their biggest increase in six months in October on rising gasoline costs and rents, suggesting a pickup in inflation that potentially clears the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 15:43

Wall St. opens flat ahead of Yellen's testimony

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks opened little changed on Thursday, a day after the Dow broke a seven-day rally, as investors await a testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 15:39

Barclays CEO sees 'political pressure' on Fed following election

EghtesadOnline: The election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president could signal a period of heightened pressure on the Federal Reserve to ease its accommodative stance, Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley told a banking conference in London on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:16/November/2016 | 10:42

Case 'quite strong' for gradual rate rises, Fed monitoring markets: Fischer

EghtesadOnline: U.S. economic growth prospects appear strong enough for the Federal Reserve to proceed with gradual interest rate rises but the central bank is monitoring an increase in long-term U.S. government borrowing costs, Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said on Friday.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 06:32

Fed is nerdy, geeky, and politically neutral: policymaker

EghtesadOnline: A day after Republican Donald Trump was elected as the next U.S. president, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said that the U.S. central bank is nerdy, geeky, but above all apolitical, and will remain so.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 07:57

Fed’s Lockhart Says Bar High for Not Hiking Rates Next Month

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart signaled the U.S. central bank was on track to raise interest rates next month, provided nothing intervened to give policy makers “pause.”
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 06:38

Fed's Fischer says labor market strong, Fed could overshoot goals

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. labor market is close to full strength and the economy could at some point overshoot the Federal Reserve 's goals for employment and inflation, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said on Friday.
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 05:27

U.S. Stocks Fall to July Low as Election Anxiety Rises Amid Fed

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks fell to the lowest since July, breaking below chart levels that have held for four months, as concern over everything from presidential politics to Federal Reserve rate hikes and coming data on the labor market sent gauges of anxiety surging.
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Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 06:06

Warmup begins for the Great U.S. Rate Hike of 2016

EghtesadOnline: Several of the world's top central banks will meet in the coming week, but only one, the U.S. Federal Reserve , is set to start a final countdown on the second most anticipated event of the year after the Presidential Election.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 05:32