USD – Page 3 – ricardian ambivalence

How good was Feb’12 non-farm payrolls?

The February non farm payrolls report was better than most expected, with establishment employment estimated to grow by 236k jobs

Bernanke gave a speech on long term rates on 1 March. In it, he provided the above forecast track for

The January PCE report suggests that it remains way to early for the FOMC to be looking for the exit.

A friend who attended a conference in the USA reported back that he was surprised by how uncomfortable many monetary

Hilsenrath writes that the debate at the Fed has turned to asset market dynamics, and the possibility that current policy

If you believe the hype, the Fed is already eying the exit from the quantitative easing programme it initiated at

The Washington Post is carrying an interview with Michael Woodford on monetary policy. On levels targets: The idea that purely

With rates already very low, one of the main policy tools left for the Fed is USD devaluation. Bernanke would

The Federal reserve voted to begin a third major asset purchase program at their September meeting. Under the new plan,

The WSJ’s Hilsenrath writes up what he is watching for at tomorrow morning’s (Sydney time) FOMC window. My read (guess)

The long term employment data tells a chilling tale of a decade already lost in the USA. There is a

The August non-farm payrolls report was a little weaker than expected (96k v. mkt 130k). This was a decent outcome,