Tag Archives: Federal Reserve System

Small Business Loans on the Rise Again in US

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Small business loans have been pushed a notch higher by the recovering economy. These mini-enterprises seem to have borrowed a lot more cash than was expected from the likes of their kind. And...

Federal Reserve Chairwoman states the Central Banking system has no authority over Bitcoin

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The bitcoin is pretty much secure at this time and is far from any interference from the Federal Reserve. The new Chairwoman Janet Yellen of the Fed has clearly declared that bitcoin is a virtual...

Is The Future Of US Payments Up For Grabs?

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Federal Reserve Banks may have gotten more than they bargained for when they invited comments on their September “Payment System Improvement Public Consultation Paper.” While bankers and Visa largely...

Can Apple, Fed, Calm Stocks Amid Perfect Storm?

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Many stock market investors have been looking for an excuse to take some profits off the table after the 30% gains of 2013 — and my, oh my, did the markets provide excuses in the past few days. And...

Week Ahead: Fasten Seatbelts For Earnings, Indicators & Budget Fight

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Stock markets shrugged off Friday’s confusingly low U.S. job creation numbers – so let’s see how they cope with an onslaught of news this coming week in the shape of big company earnings, economic...
    






Investment Directions: Electronics Gets Interesting, Humans Take On Computers, Banks’ And Wall Street’s Happy New Year

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This week’s meaningful topics and trends: Electronics Gets Interesting This CES (Consumer Electronics Show) looks to kill the view of its supposed waning importance after Apple and Microsoft opted...
    






Week Ahead: Mayer, Malone & Slew Of Market-Moving News

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The first full trading week of 2014 brings a slew of company and economic news that is potentially sensitive for investors. The U.S. jobs report on Friday will be the focus for many, but there is a...
    






Why Did They Call It The "Federal Reserve" System?

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One hundred years ago today President Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, thus creating the Federal Reserve System, our central bank. It wasn’t called the Bank of the United States, following the...
    






The Fed Will Still Provide Massive QE Next Year

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The Federal Reserve announced this week that it will provide $75 billion of quantitative easing (QE) in January, a massive amount, and will provide large though diminishing amounts of additional...