In its latest meeting minutes, the Fed said it now expects the U.S. economy to grow more weakly in both 2010 and 2011, with as many as six years needed to return unemployment to normal levels of 5% to 6%.
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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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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 …
ING Investment Management forecasts that stock markets will rise between 8% and 12% in 2011, thanks to a low-inflation, low-interest environment supported by the Fed, despite weak GDP growth. And for those looking for to incre…