Is the Fed Smart, Dumb, or Both?
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Stocks plummet, soar, and plummet again, but it all evens out in the end.
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'Are you nutso?' That was a question one reader posed to me recently. He thought I was wrong to advise a young woman not to transfer $13,000 of student loan debt to a credit card offering a very low interest rate.
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On Wall Street, investment bankers disdainfully refer to two types of investors, &quot;smart money&quot; and &quot;dumb money.&quot; In their snooty lexicon, smart money belongs to elite investors that run hedge funds and venture capital catering to the wealthy.
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The Federal Reserve may be fairly confident the economy&#39;s soft patch is fading away, but the bond market is stubbornly betting the central bank is off the mark.
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WASHINGTON -- The unusual strategy adopted by the Federal Reserve in the summer of 2003 for stoking the US economy without cutting interest rates was a clear success, researchers at the US central bank have concluded in a new study.
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Ben S. Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve will decide today whether to cut interest rates for the second time in a week -- and find themselves in the difficult position of having either to risk cutting rates too much or risk disappointing financial markets and spurring more panic.
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The Federal Reserve uses interest rates to help manage the economy, lowering them when the economy needs a boost and raising them when the economy is growing at a pace that may
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Not everyone handles their money badly. In fact, most people manage to make smart financial decisions, even if they aren't always buying low, selling high, and getting the best deal ever.
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WALL Street is said to be a bit rattled at the Federal Reserveâs latest quarter-point rise in American interest rates. Yesterdayâs one-third drop in quarterly profit announced by investment bank Morgan Stanleyâs will not help the jitters.
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NEW YORK -- Wall Street opinion is split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates tomorrow, with conventional wisdom siding with a rate increase. But either way, the decision probably won't have as much impact on what happens to stock prices this week as will news of corporate earnings surprises.
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The Federal Reserve disappointed Wall Street yesterday with its measly quarter-point reduction in interest rates. Yes, the Fed said, credit conditions have deteriorated and a recession is possible, but with consumer prices likely to end the year up nearly 4 percent, we're not exactly in the target...
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Corporate pessimism seems to be growing. Would a Fed rate cut help?
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The Federal Reserve is likely to make one of three moves on interest rates.
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WASHINGTON -- With the economy shifting into a slower gear and inflation apparently retreating, Federal Reserve officials are likely to pat themselves on the back for engineering a soft landing and leave interest rates alone.
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Wall Street opinion is split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its meeting Tuesday, with conventional wisdom siding with a rate hike.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, under first-year Chairman Ben Bernanke, appears close to achieving the tricky maneuver of steering the U.S. economy to a soft landing.
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