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Fed’s Powell names two senior advisers: report

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has appointed a pair of monetary-policy experts as senior advisers, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Journal said Jon Faust and Antulio Bomfim will join the Fed. Faust is a Johns Hopkins University economic…

Fed on alert for US economic recoil

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The UK’s vote to leave the European Union has significantly damped expectations for monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve as policymakers warn of possible repercussions for the US economy from market turmoil.

Futures trading now suggests the Fed could hold short-term rates until 2018, with the odds of a move as soon as September of this year retreating sharply after the resu…

Fed on alert for US economic recoil

[ad_1] ©Getty The UK’s vote to leave the European Union has significantly damped expectations for monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve as policymakers warn of possible repercussions for the US economy from market turmoil. Futures trading now suggests the Fed could hold short-term rates until 2018, with the odds of a move as soon as September of this year retreating sharply after the…

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WEEKEND READS: Catch Up On The Best Economics And Finance Links Of The Week (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)

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Did you miss something on the internet this week? No matter who you are, the answer is probably yes. We’re here to help you catch up. Here’s a smattering of excellent posts, both short and long, from the last few days that make for a good weekend read. (Former Fed special advisor) Jon Faust’s farewell to QE. “The patients we’re taking care of on a general medical floor now were the patients twenty years ago we took care of in an ICU [intensive-care unit] with a 2-to-1 patient-to-nurse ratio”: How efficiency turns into hazard in the workplace. — Esther Kaplan Tim Cook came out. The $280 cast iron skillet “is a pretty object for people who have lost sense for the value of money, dressed in a fig leaf of technological improvement.” — Dan McCrum “I wish that we could get past seeing women who do these kinds of things as foolish, brave or weird. Nobody would consider a man doing the same thing as remarkable.” — Maya Rao on moving to the Bakken to write about live in North Dakota oil country. “Why are [Tom] Cruise roles basically counter-cyclical?” – Ryan McCarthy and Jim Tankersley “T.S. Eliot worked in the foreign transactions department at Lloyd’s bank from 1917 until 1925” — Poetry Foundation The I Guess We’re Grown Ups Now podcast: What it’s like to be a professional musician and stay-at-home dad — Kari Halsted and Todd Peters Topical culture interlude: “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe, even though Halloween is over Self promotion: The hot new threat to Argentina – “acceleration” — Linette Lopez A hedge fund manager vanished after Credit Suisse accidentally wired him $1.5 million — Elena Holodny If you missed the rally, then you just made the most classic mistake in investing — Sam Ro The most important charts in the world — Myles Udland There’s a visible glass ceiling for top female earners in these 3 charts — Andy Kiersz Would more diversity among economists have helped prevent the financial crisis? — Me (See also: Maybe)

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