Chicago Fed region gets Super Bowl, but will economy win?
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Urban legends have circulated for years  about the predictive power of the Super Bowl result for the  U.S. stock market.
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Currency traders have become convinced over the past two weeks that something big is afoot in the global economy. They are not convinced by the sanguine noises coming from the Federal Reserve and think the risks of a "hard landing" in the US economy have risen. But, in a departure from the old wisdom, they do not seem worried about the effects of a US downturn on European economies - rejecting the old adage that "when the US sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold".
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The U.S. economy will pick up steam  this year as inflation fades and current interest rates are not  obstructing this recovery, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank  President Thomas Hoenig said on Wednesday.
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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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In the betting world, the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, easily covering the one-touchdown point spread to put a few bucks in their fans' pockets. In the real world, they drove those fans nuts with turnovers and mindless clock management in the fourth quarter of a game they had a chance to win.
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By Debbie Arrington, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 3--By the time the coin is flipped for Sunday's Super Bowl XLI between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts, the game's first record will have already been broken.   In Las Vegas.
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WASHINGTON : US Federal Reserve policymakers, widely expected to hike interest rates, struggled to find words to reassure financial markets that the economy is strong enough to withstand the higher rates.
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Investor's Business Daily - Chicago Fed chief Michael Moskow said the unexpectedly tight labor market could fuel inflation and the central bank has &quot;a way to go&quot; to bring inflation down to satisfactory levels. Inflation expectations appear to be contained for now, and interest rates, currently at 5.25%, are &quot;appropriate,&quot; said Moskow, who is a voting member of the Fed&#39;s policy-setting committee this year.
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The Chicago Blackhawks provide a sharp contrast to the cityâs beloved Bears, who will play in the Super Bowl for the first time in 21 years on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON - Going against conventional wisdom, the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in an election year. And it is Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, a Republican, who is leading the charge even though an incumbent Republican in the White House is facing voter unrest about the state of the economy...
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When the New England Patriots and New York Giants face off in Sunday's Super Bowl American football championship, the mayors of their home towns will have an edible wager on the line.
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The US economy should grow about 4 percent next year, giving the Federal Reserve room to continue raising interest rates at a measured pace, Philadelphia
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Philly Fed president sees no need for central bank to halt rate hikes; employment set to rise. PHILADELPHIA  - The US economy is on course for sustainable expansion with little danger of inflationary
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U.S. economic growth should return to  trend levels this year, and with the job market still  surprisingly strong the biggest risk is still that inflation  will not fall as expected, Chicago Fed President Michael Moskow  said on Friday.
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TORONTO (CP) - There&#39;s still optimism for an end-of-year stock market rally - but whether it comes off could be up to the US Federal Reserve, which meets this week to set interest rates and give its latest assessment of the US economy.
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Although economists have mixed opinions whether the economy has emerged, most believe it is in good enough shape for the Fed to boost rates.
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Investor's Business Daily - Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said last Tue.&#39;s surprise 50-basis- point cut in the fed funds rate should help the U.S. economy grow faster than it was before the decision. &quot;There was room to cut, the question was by how much. We decided by 50 basis points . . . that was to provide a little more oomph to economic growth,&quot; he said. Markets had expected a quarter-point cut. Fisher said future rate moves could go in either direction.