Federal Open Market Committee

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  PIMCO’s Gross, Roubini Say QE3 Is Coming in Wake of Weak Job Numbers

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 7, 2012

  In the least kept secret in investing, Bill Gross of PIMCO said lackluster jobs data will move the Fed to initiate quantitative easing.

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  Fed’s Bernanke Makes Case for QE3

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2012

  “I don’t think there’s any question that they’re getting ready to act,” an LPL analyst told AdvisorOne.

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  Bernanke to Cast His Vote on U.S. Economy at Jackson Hole

  By Joyce Hanson  |  August 30, 2012

  Bernanke’s speech will be analyzed more closely than usual because it follows Mitt Romney’s Thursday night acceptance speech as the Republican candidate for the presidency.

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  Bernanke to Senators: Don’t Dawdle in Addressing Fiscal Cliff

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 17, 2012

  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled to senators on Tuesday that more quantitative easing measures might be taken and urged lawmakers to not dawdle in addressing the nation’s fiscal woes.

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  4 Fed Bankers: No Need for QE3

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2012

  In further proof the days of presenting a united front at the Fed are gone, four central bankers said Tuesday that further stimulus won’t be needed.

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  Bernanke Strategy Won’t Work: Merk

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 10, 2012

  As Fed chairman Ben Bernanke keeps interest rates low to combat the possibility of a depression, says Merk, he’s inviting inflation—which may not be as easy to fight as Bernanke may believe.

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  Fed to Go Public on Rate Actions in Historic Move Toward Transparency

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 3, 2012

  In a historic move that points to increasing transparency at the Federal Reserve, the FOMC announced Tuesday that beginning in January, it will start to publish a forecast of its own actions.

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  Fed’s Bernanke Sympathizes With Occupy Wall Street as Economic Growth Stays Fragile

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 2, 2011

  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says he sympathizes with the frustration of Occupy Wall Street protestors as U.S. jobs market weakness persists and the nation’s unemployment rate remains elevated. The Fed left its monetary policy unchanged.

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  Pull the Trigger

  By Mike Patton  |  November 1, 2011

  A GDP trigger is something that has an effect on the rate of GDP.

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  St. Louis Fed Chief: Recession Unlikely, Won’t Support Bond Buying

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 19, 2011

  In a sign of increasing Fed confidence that the U.S. economy has avoided a possible 'double-dip,' James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said current central bank policy is 'appropriately easy' and another recession is unlikely.