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Jobs Data, Fed Speeches Top Thursday's Economic Calendar

In Seeking Alpha - Posted 2 hours ago

By Bryan McCormick Today presents us with a full calendar and a full-court press from Federal Reserve officials. Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke and FDIC...

Tags: fed federal reserve

Wednesday ETF Wrap-Up: FXI Rises, VXX Continues Slide

In Seeking Alpha - Posted 2 hours ago

After starting the day strong, most equity markets slumped in afternoon trading before finishing the day with a surge. This stretch of positive retu...

Tags: etf fed federal reserve markets taxes the fed trading

China, Iran and Fair Trade

In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 10 hours ago

China looks to be the next hurdle on President Obama's busy schedule.Concerns about China started the market lower this week, before the Fed relief ra...

Tags: china fed the fed

China, Iran and Fair Trade

In Seeking Alpha - Posted 10 hours ago

China looks to be the next hurdle on President Obama's busy schedule.Concerns about China started the market lower this week, before the Fed relief ra...

Tags: fed the fed

Econo-limericks

In The Mess That Greenspan Made - Posted 10 hours ago

A few economics-themed limericks spotted over at the WSJ economic blog this afternoon beginning with Fed chief Ben Bernanke: I m afraid, said B...

Tags: bernanke economics fed

On Tonight's Kudlow Report

In Kudlow's Money Politic$ - Posted 11 hours ago

This evening at 7pm ET:GOV'T UNIONS VS. TAXPAYERS: ARE PUBLIC PENSIONS BANKRUPTING AMERICA?- Robert Reich, Fmr. Labor Secretary, Author, Supercapital...

Tags: currency economics fed the fed

Today in Commodities: Luck of the Irish

In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 12 hours ago

I have found that the harder I work and the more research I do, the luckier I am. Crude is back near the recent highs, having gained nearly $4 off yes...

Tags: bonds commodities crude fed futures gas highs lows sp the fed

Today in Commodities: Luck of the Irish

In Seeking Alpha - Posted 12 hours ago

I have found that the harder I work and the more research I do, the luckier I am. Crude is back near the recent highs, having gained nearly $4 off yes...

Tags: crude fed gas highs lows sp the fed

Volcker Wants Second Vice Chair at Fed

In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 12 hours ago

The latest Senate proposal to overhaul financial regulation includes a provision to create a second vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in Wash...

Tags: fed federal reserve the fed

Would Fed Become the ‘Too-Big-To-Fail Regulator?

In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 13 hours ago

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday pushed back against a Senate proposal to strip from the Fed oversight of smaller banks by warning H...

Tags: bernanke central bank economy fed federal reserve the fed

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