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The Fed Talked About Financial Stability At April Meeting

May 21, 2015

The Wall Street Journal – Jon Hilsenrath: Fed Minutes: June Rate Hike Doubtful Federal Reserve officials meeting in late April doubted they would be ready to raise short-term interest rates by midyear, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday. Fed officials are trying to make sense of a first-quarter economic slowdown. Many at the… Continue reading The Fed Talked About Financial Stability At April Meeting

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The “Yes Men” At The FOMC

May 21, 2015

Bloomberg.com – Too Much Deference to Fed Chairmen is Stunting Policy Debates, Former Governor Says There is a strange routine that unfolds at the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, the panel that sets interest rates. People debate and disagree. They fret about whether the current stance of monetary policy fits economic conditions. And… Continue reading The “Yes Men” At The FOMC

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Debating Fed Targets In Light Of The New Normal

May 21, 2015

Real Time Economics (WSJ Blog) – Jon Hilsenrath: IS THE FED’S 2% INFLATION TARGET TOO LOW? Central bankers around the developed world have agreed for much of the past two decades that 2% is a good objective for inflation. They want inflation to be low and stable, but they don’t want it too low. Interest… Continue reading Debating Fed Targets In Light Of The New Normal

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Some Statistics On The Lack Of Liquidity

May 21, 2015

The Wall Street Journal – Why Liquidity-Starved Markets Fear the Worst Talk to almost any banker, investor or hedge-fund manager today and one topic is likely to dominate the conversation. It isn’t Greece, or the U.S. economy, or China, let alone the U.K.’s referendum on European Union membership. It is the lack of liquidity in… Continue reading Some Statistics On The Lack Of Liquidity

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The Stocks That Matter Most To Hedge Funds

May 21, 2015

Bloomberg.com – Goldman: These are the 100 Most Important Stocks to Hedge Funds Goldman Sachs is out with its latest “Hedge Fund Trend Monitor,” shedding light on which stocks the “smart money” is flowing into. The note lists the stocks that appear most frequently in the top ten holdings of fundamentally-driven hedge funds. Goldman’s analysts,… Continue reading The Stocks That Matter Most To Hedge Funds

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40% Have Given Up The Job Search

May 21, 2015

<Click on chart for larger image> CNBC – 40 percent of unemployed have quit looking for jobs At a time when 8.5 million Americans still don’t have jobs, some 40 percent have given up even looking. The revelation, contained in a new survey Wednesday showing how much work needs to be done yet in the… Continue reading 40% Have Given Up The Job Search

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Grexit

May 21, 2015

The Financial Times – Investors and policy makers eye consequences of Greek default With Greece fast running out of cash, investors and policy makers have begun contemplating the possibility of a default and its consequences. The question they are asking is whether it is possible to keep Athens in the eurozone even if it failed… Continue reading Grexit

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Overhauling CDS

May 21, 2015

The Financial Times – ISDA looks to overhaul single name CDS The financial industry is seeking to overhaul a vital but deteriorating part of the credit derivatives market.by reducing the number of contracts available, hoping this will ameliorate trading conditions in the wider corporate bond market. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the main industry… Continue reading Overhauling CDS

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Higher Minimum Wages

May 21, 2015

The New York Times – Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour The nation’s second-largest city voted Tuesday to increase its minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 an hour by 2020, in what is perhaps the most significant victory so far for labor groups and their allies who are engaged… Continue reading Higher Minimum Wages

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The ECB Will No Longer Give Press Releases To Journalists In Advance

May 21, 2015

Real Time Economics (WSJ Blog) – ECB to Stop Giving Journalists Advance Copies of Speeches The European Central Bank will no longer release in advance the speeches of its executive board members to journalists under embargo, a bank spokesman said Wednesday. The decision, which has been under consideration for several months by the ECB’s communications… Continue reading The ECB Will No Longer Give Press Releases To Journalists In Advance

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May 21, 2015

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Charts of the Week

Charts of the Week

May 20, 2015

Charts of the Week Topics Covered This Week Include: Did Hilsenrath Just Call Off The 2015 Rate Hike? Bond Sentiment Bond Sentiment – 2 What Causes Interest Rates To Move? A Look At 10-Year Yields And Crude Oil Crude Oil’s Catch-22 Industrial Production Falls Again Stock Market Returns Since The Fed Ended QE ETF Assets… Continue reading Charts of the Week