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Safe-haven dollar mixed on reports, Fed minutes

NEW YORK -- The dollar was mixed Tuesday as economic reports signaled a modest rebound, while the Federal Reserve said it could take "five or six years" for a recovery and inflation is under control. The euro will not likely be...

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Stocks end choppy day lower

Stocks ended a volatile session with modest losses Tuesday, as the Fed's improved outlook and some signs of improvement in housing tempered a weaker revision on economic growth released in the morning.

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Mortimer Zuckerman: Finding the Right Fix for 'Too Big to Fail'

Despite its fumbles, the Federal Reserve is crucial to a better regulatory regime. By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN In the grip of our Great Recession, with more job losses to come, we have yet to fix the broken financial system that is...

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Fed Raises Growth Forecasts

BY LUCA DI LEO AND JON HILSENRATH U.S. Federal Reserve officials earlier this month upgraded their reading of economic growth, but predicted inflation would be slightly lower than previously believed on the back of a soft...

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Fed forecast suggests high jobless rate for years to come

Top Federal Reserve officials expect unemployment to remain elevated for years to come, according to new projections released Tuesday, suggesting that the economic recovery will be too gradual to create rapid improvement in the...

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Fed: super-low rates could fuel speculative bubble

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve doesn't expect the recovery will be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, and acknowledged its efforts to keep the rebound going could feed a new speculative bubble.

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Fed sees slow recovery holding jobless rate high

Fed sees slow recovery holding jobless rate high MarketWatch By Ronald D. Orol, marketwatch WASHINGTON (marketwatch) -- Federal Reserve officials believe the recovery is going to expand at a slow rate while unemployment will...

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Fed Officials At Odds Over Asset Sales At November FOMC Meeting

Fed Officials At Odds Over Asset Sales At November FOMC Meeting Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Federal Reserve officials squabbled at this month's Federal Open Market Committee meeting over whether asset sales...

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Fed Raises '09 GDP View: -0.4%/-0.1%

Fed Raises '09 GDP View: -0.4%/-0.1% Barron's (blog) The Federal Reserve Board's Open Market Committee this afternoon released the minutes of its November 3rd to 4th meeting, which reveal the Fed raised its expectation for...

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FOMC Minutes Text: To Continue to Test Exit Mechanisms

FOMC Minutes Text: To Continue to Test Exit Mechanisms Market News International WASHINGTON (MNI) - The following is the section of the Federal Open Market Committee minutes of the Nov. 3-4 meeting concerning the Federal...

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