NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets drifted lower on Friday as investors were beset by worries that central bank stimulus may be curtailed, but the dollar recovered against the euro to trade almost flat after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for April.Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets' corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by purchasing fewer bonds mean that trading is likely to Full story
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds plunged on Thursday, taking yields to their highest in a year and leading a selloff in bonds globally after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks sparked worries of a reduction in U.S. monetary stimulus. Full story
The Futures Now team; Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services; and Jeff Kilburg, KKM Financial discuss movement in the bond market following comments from Fed chief Ben Bernanke.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said fiscal policy at the Fed level has become significantly more restrictive, with the FMHR team. Paul Richards, UBS Global FX Management Committee, weighs in.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke address the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill about the economic outlook.
Peter Costa, Empire Executions, doesn't think the Fed is going to "do anything different," after listening to Ben Bernanke's testimony today on Capitol Hill.
Ben Bernanke lays out his ideal scenario in unwinding the Fed's current stimulus policies to Rep. John Delaney, (D-MD). And, Rep. Richard Hanna, (R-NY), wants to know how much of the unemployment rate is "structural," and how much is "cyclical."
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke listens to opening remarks before testifying at the Joint Economic Committee in Washington May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke leaves after testifying at a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Bernanke was on the Hill to give his views on the current economic outlook.
