NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Commodities are giving back some of the gains made early in the month. The catalysts are the congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggesting potential reductions in quantitative easing stimulus, a

A sharp drop in the Topix index was sparked by sluggish manufacturing in China and Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing pronouncements in the US

In an age of economic policy activism, including widespread quantitative easing and associated purchases of bonds and other assets, Amphora's John Butler reminds us that it is perhaps easy to forget that foreign exchange intervention has always been

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- On Wednesday, Federal Reserve chief Bernanke testified that it was premature to remove the stimulus on the quantitative easing measures, and stocks surged to new highs. Then in afternoon trading, the Fed minutes suggested othe

Submitted by Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box, Most people do not think that Europe engages in Quantitative Easing. They know that the United States engages in it, that Britain engages in it and now that Japan engages in it but they think that

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified on Wednesday in front of Congress explaining that the Fed may or may not rein in quantitative easing in upcoming sessions, based on the future economic situation. That brought a

A significant part of the dollar’s strength has been expectations the Fed will soon trim quantitative easing, but Lloyds thinks such talk is premature

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stock futures were pointing to a down day on Wall Street Thursday on worries that the Federal Reserve may be heading for a wind-down of quantitative easing. Furthermore, data in China indicated a slowdown in the Asia economic

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spooked the markets on Wednesday when he told the Joint Economic Committee of Congress that the Fed could start tapering its quantitative easing (QE) program during one of its next few FOMC meetings depending on

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's no secret that the bull market over the last several years has been fueled by the loose monetary policies and aggressive quantitative easing of the Federal Reserve. Investors around the globe closely monitor every word of

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's no secret that the bull market over the last several years has been fueled by the loose monetary policies and aggressive quantitative easing of the Federal Reserve. Investors around the globe closely monitor every word of

The U.S. Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) and multiple rounds of quantitative easing (QE) have been rightly blamed on surging stock prices (NYSEARCA:DIA).

Bernanke's Federal Reserve Enacted A Policy Of QE: How Has It Affected Oil, Gold, Equities, Emerging Markets And Treasuries?

Speaking before Congress, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke admitted the economy is improving, but made it clear that he has no intention of tapering quantitative easing.  The Chairman attributed much of the recent improvement, particularly in housing,

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollarextended losses on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said ending quantitative easing right now wouldn't lead to sustainable economic growth. "A premature tightening of monetary policy could le

James Bullard, a member of the Federal Reserve’s policy committee, warned Europe of becoming trapped in the economic stasis from which Japan is only now emerging.    

Markets advanced on Tuesday afternoon, extending record highs on the expectation that the Federal Reserve will continue quantitative easing. Here's your Cheat Sheet to today's top stock stories...

Stocks gain as St. Louis Fed President James Bullard says quantitative easing remains the best monetary policy option Joe Deaux reports.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks were wavering Tuesday as concerns about a slowdown in the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing were offset by reports that JPMorgan Chase may have avoided a split in its CEO and Chair roles and Home Depot raised i

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stock futures were little changed Tuesday, after the S&P 500 eased from its record high during the prior session as investors suspected the Federal Reserve will slow its quantitative easing after officials hinted at the possib

It was a mostly mixed day of trading on Wall Street with stocks trading lower in the afternoon as investors appeared to remain on the sidelines amid worries over the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program coming to an end.

From today’s news: The marked improvement in the labor market since the U.S. central bank began its third round of quantitative easing, or QE3, has added an edge to calls by some policy hawks to dial down the stimulus. The roughly 50 percent ju

The Fed claims that quantitative easing has helped create or save almost 2,000,000 jobs since 2008, and while that may be true, the people could probably find a much better way to spend $40 billion a month and create and save far more jobs.

Two from Tim Duy: First, "Dollar Up": Dollar Up, by Tim Duy: The Dollar continues to gain despite the supposed "Great Debaser" Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke bringing us multiple rounds of quantitative easing: Just sayin.... And second, "Confi

(Kitco News) - A stronger U.S. dollar, continued exchange-traded-fund redemptions, worries about when the Federal Open Market Committee may scale back quantitative easing and technical factors are all weighing on U.S. gold futures.

Is the Fed ready to taper its program of quantitative easing, as hedge fund billionaire David Tepper suggested on Monday, or will Bernanke & Co. double down in an attempt to jump start the labor market and fight deflation?  The jury is still

Quantitative easing helps the system absorb small shocks, as easy credit did pre-2007, but masks contradictions that may provoke crisis in a big shock

For several years now, the Federal Reserve has been buying up Treasury bonds in an attempt to boost the economy with monetary stimulus. One big channel through which this quantitative easing (central bank bond buying) is supposed to work is known as

Bernanke's Federal Reserve Enacted A Policy Of QE: How Has It Affected Oil, Gold, Equities, Emerging Markets And Treasuries?

ByElisa Lemmola:There has been a lot of pessimism lately about high-yield ETFs. Investors flocked to these funds once the Fed implemented its quantitative easing and zero-interest rate regime, in the hope that they could enjoy higher yields. Although

By Calafia Beach Pundit: Japan is still the place where the biggest changes are happening on the margin.Stocks are still soaring as the yen falls, and now Japanese bond yieldsare soaring as well. Quantitative easing in Japan, which involvesmassive pu

In a surprising turn of events, the Fed announced this morning that it is ramping up its quantitative easing policy. As you know, it has been buying $85 Billion in bonds every month, boosting its balance sheet above $3.3 Trillion. However, that has h

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve should slow and then halt bond purchases when it's time to exit from the central bank's quantitative easing efforts, Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser said Tuesday from Stockholm. Plosser spoke

By Calafia Beach Pundit: With the publication over the weekend of a story by John Hilsenrath discussing the Fed's plans for exiting Quantitative Easing, it is clear that the time is rapidly approaching when the Fed will begin scaling back its monthly

(Kitco News) - Gold prices could continue to struggle as investors digest the fact that the Federal Reserve is talking about developing an exit strategy for its quantitative-easing measures.

A renewed focus on the Federal Reserve's direction for quantitative easing brought the dollar sharply into focus while European equity markets and U.S. stock futures slipped ahead of a busy week for economic data.

By BubbleBustInvesting:Financial markets must get ready for life without Quantitative Easing (QE). According to a front-page article published on the Wall Street Journal Saturday, the Fed is mapping exit from stimulus. This means that interest rates

This week, we just got through hearing from a bunch of hedge fund managers about how wildly distorted all of the markets were these days because of the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing. Numerous veteran investors are telling people that they'd b

Ahead of a G7 meeting this weekend, Jim Flaherty cautions against central banks’ continued use of quantitative easing to aid economic recovery

In 2008 the Federal Reserve announced the first round of monetary stimulus that would later become known as quantitative easing (QE).  Since then, the Fed has announced more rounds of QE with the latest dubbed "QE-finity", a name resulting from

NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said on Thursday he was "dubious" that the Fed's massive quantitative easing program was boosting the...

The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate at 0.5% and the size of its quantitative easing program 375 billion pounds.

The Bank of England keeps its stimulus programme of quantitative easing unchanged and also holds interest rates at 0.5%.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer, who runs Elliott Management, opened the Sohn Investment Conference and his talk was pretty much a downer. Singer made the point that quantitative easing has caused a "distorted recovery." He explained that

ByHeather Ingrassia:Based on the data compiled as the result of a recent Reuters survey, the Fed will have purchased a total of $1.25 trillion in bonds by the end of its third installment of Quantitative Easing. The ranges of estimates from a number

By David Alton Clark:The GistThis earnings season is turning out to be better than expected with a respectable 60% of companies beating earnings estimates. I posit this news coupled with the quantitative easing and stimulus actions taken by the U.S.,

Everyone knows that the Federal Reserve's overnight interest rate targets will not rise before quantitative easing ends. The exit strategy will be: QE first, rates later. Edward Fitzpatrick, who heads up the U.S. rates unit at JPMorgan recently gave

The Fed will probably leave its monetary policy unchanged despite data suggesting a degree of economic softening and the BoE is unlikely to see much change in policy