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Federal Reserve ends bond-buying stimulus
October 30th, 2014
The Federal Reserve cited an improving economy Wednesday as it ended its landmark bond-buying program and pointed to gains in the job market – a key condition for an eventual interest rate increase. The Fed did reiterate its plan ...
Gold Prices Steady Ahead of Federal Reserve Minutes
August 20th, 2014
The US economy has been moving in the right direction, but inflation numbers in the US remain at very low levels. On Tuesday, CPI and Core CPI, the primary gauges of consumer inflation, both posted paltry gains of 0.1%. ...
Federal Reserve invites comment on proposed rule
May 9th, 2014
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board on Thursday invited comment on a proposed rulemaking that would implement section 622 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which prohibits a financial company from combining with another company if the ratio of the resulting financial ...
Stocks: Federal Reserve to the rescue?
April 28th, 2014
Janet Yellen and economic data are poised to steal the business spotlight from Corporate America this week. After a bonanza of corporate report cards dominated recent headlines, investors will likely refocus on the state of the U.S. economy and ...
Gold battered by dollar strength after Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike
December 17th, 2015
Commerzbank analysts say precious metal could see recovery in 2016 Losses for gold futures were building on Thursday, as the metal succumbed to some dollar strength in the wake of the first interest-rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve ...
US economy expanded between April and May says Federal Reserve
June 4th, 2015
The US Federal Reserve said the economy grew between April and May in its latest assessment of the economy, rebounding from a contraction in the first quarter. In the so-called Beige book, it said surveys from across the country ...
Deutsche Bank statement regarding the Federal Reserve’s 2015 DFAST and CCAR results
March 12th, 2015
Deutsche Bank Bank (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) today responded to the announcement by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the Fed) of the 2015 results of the Dodd Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST) and Comprehensive Capital ...
Euro, Dollar Slide in Global FX Reserves
June 8th, 2016
The currencies slumped to 15-year lows last year, according to European Central Bank The euro and dollar both lost ground as international currencies last year, slumping to 15-year lows in their share of global foreign-exchange reserves, according to an ...
The creator of digital currency service “Liberty Reserve” was sentenced to 20 years in prison
May 9th, 2016
Bitcoin was not the first type of online money to be ever created, as it was preceded by E-Gold and Liberty Reserve, to name a few. The creator of Liberty Reserve was sentenced to 20 years in prison on ...
China Foreign-Exchange Reserves Rise for First Time in Five Months
April 8th, 2016
Increase comes as the yuan has staged a recovery in recent weeks China’s foreign-currency reserves rose during March, the first increase in five months, a sign Beijing may have partially succeeded in stemming heavy capital outflows that destabilized global ...