NACOGDOCHES, Texas (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's super-easy monetary policies will do little to boost jobs if businesses remain uncertain about the outlook for taxes, government spending, and regulation, a top Fed official said on Wednesday.Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Below is the text of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's prepared testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. Full story
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an optimist about economic growth in the coming decades, rejecting "depressing" views about a slowdown to put his faith in collaborative innovation driven by a jackpot culture for inventors. Full story
Daniel Arbess, Perella Weinberg Partners, explains why he believes the Fed's monetary policy is the only game in town for now, and reveals why he sees strong positives in housing and energy.
"It's a constant evaluative process," says Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher, discussing how central bankers are able to gauge the success of its monetary policy.
Edward Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research, provides his perspective on the market's rally and the Fed's monetary policy.
The FMHR crew weighs in on how to play the market's pullback. And Paul Richards, UBS discusses the likely outcome from Japan's aggressive monetary policy and how to trade it.
CNBC's Steve Liesman reports on comments made by Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota on monetary policy, GDP and unemployment targets.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends his first monetary policy meeting as BOJ governor in Tokyo, in this April 4, 2013 file picture. To match Special Report JAPAN-BOJ/ REUTERS/Yuya Shino/Files (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda smiles next to a chart projecting his quantitative and qualitative monetary easing plans during a news conference after his first monetary policy meeting as BOJ governor in Tokyo, in this April 4, 2013 file picture. To match Special Report JAPAN-BOJ/ REUTE
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, launches the Scotland Analysis paper on Currency and Monetary Policy, in the Glasgow Trades Hall, Glasgow, Scotland April 23, 2013. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)
