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Ben Bernanke recently has been hammered with questions, not all of them friendly from Congress, so the Federal Reserve chairman decided to provide his own list of Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQs, Internet-style to a group of economists in Washington Monday. But the answer to the question foremost in the market's mind came not from the FAQs but the Q&A: that the central bank's target rate for federal funds will remain at the ultra-low ...
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Bernanke's FAQs: Forget Any Quick Rate Hikes By RANDALL W. FORSYTH MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Fed head says fed funds to stay low for an extended period. Skepticism about jobs numbers justifies no near-term moves. Subscribe Now With these readers: Or copy the rss link: BEN BERNANKE RECENTLY HAS BEEN HAMMERED with ...
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BY IN-SOO NAM SEOUL -- Recent strength in the won is helping to keep down South Korean inflation, allowing the Bank of Korea to keep benchmark interest rates at record lows without harming the economy -- a pattern likely to continue at Thursday's Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The policy rate has been anchored at 2% for the past nine months, which has helped to bring the Korean economy back from a slump late last year. With consumer ...
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