When the economic gurus at the Fed move the levers of U.S. monetary policy, they do so with two often-conflicting goals in mind: promoting maximum employment and keeping prices stable. Many critics are now arguing that that Fed…
Among Thursday’s top stories for investors, read why managing money is hard, Mexico isn’t rich, and we shouldn’t fear QE2.
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Republican members of Congress on Wednesday sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke criticizing QE2, the qualitative-easing program to buy $600 billion in bonds in an effort to spur the U.S. economy.
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Among today’s top stories for investors, read about China Media Express: a Wall Street drama; a retail surprise to the upside; and Warren Buffett’s latest holdings.
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When QE2 is complete, the Fed’s bond purchases will have injected $1.7 trillion in liquidity into the markets since 2008 in an effort to boost corporate investment in new production and new jobs in the U.S. Instead, companies …