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Shooting Puts Legislative Business on Hold – The shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Tucson, Arizona has resulted in House...

As they read over the draft Fiscal Commission plan released today, many politicians will wonder why in the world should they agree on a plan – any...

Of particular interest for us, Fed Chairman Bernanke noted the following in his speech today on “Rebalancing the Global Economy” at the European...

Domestic and global financial markets are being driven by major cross-currents once again. On the home front, dust is still settling in the markets...

As taxpayers, politicians, journalists and wonks grapple with the wide-ranging fiscal plan launched by the chairmen of the President’s debt commission...

All eyes have been on the Fed this week. And the Fed delivered, with more ammunition than expected for its second round of quantitative easing (known...

As widely expected (and priced into the markets), the Fed decided at its monetary policy committee meeting today that it would increase purchases of...

All eyes are on next week’s meeting of the Fed’s Open Market Committee (FOMC), the monetary policy setting body of the Fed. As priced in by the...

Most of the week, markets continued to reflect expectations that the Fed would increase its purchases of Treasury securities (known as quantitative...

On Friday, Fed Chairman Bernanke provided a lesson that fiscal policymakers should take to heart: Expectations matter. In a much anticipated speech at...

Change is in the air, but plenty of uncertainty remains. As of mid-morning, the dust is still settling in U.S. and global markets as they take stock...

Day of “Discovery” – Today we celebrate the man who quasi-discovered the Americas with a quasi-holiday that not everyone gets off (including the Line)...