Richard Fisher

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Widow indicted in death once ruled a farm accident

AP News 14 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Tennessee widow indicted in '92 death once ruled an accidental cattle trampling</div><div><p>A former nurse surrendered Thursday on a murder charge in the death of her first husband, a district attorney who authorities initially believed was accidentally killed 16 years ago when ...

Fed's Fisher: Must break up banks that are too big

Reuters US Online Report Business News 15 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks that are seen as too large to fail should be broken up in order to make the financial system more stable, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said on Wednesday. In his most explicit call yet for ...

Dallas Fed chief praises US Treasury bonds

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

<div><p>A senior US Federal Reserve board member has praised the US dollar and US Treasury bonds before an audience in Beijing.</p><p>"We realize" that recent measures taken by the US Federal Reserve "may give rise to some apprehension among large holders of treasuries ...

Fed officials at odds on how long to keep rates low

Reuters US Online Report Business News 15 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday offered differing messages about the direction of monetary policy, with one flagging the dangers of keeping interest rates too low for too long and another saying the economy was too weak to ...

Credit still tight despite low Fed rate: minutes

AFP American Edition 16 days ago

<div><p>Federal Reserve members dismissed the notion of easy money at their policy meeting earlier this month, saying credit costs remain "elevated" despite the low 2.0 percent central bank rate, according to minutes released Tuesday.</p><p>In minutes released from the August 5 Federal Open ...

Fed: Members thought next rate move would be up

AP News 16 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Fed minutes: Policymakers, fretting about inflation, thought next rate move would be up</div><div><p>Worried about rising inflation, Federal Reserve officials at their meeting in June thought the Fed's next move on interest rates was likely to be up.</p><p>Documents ...

Fed official: recovery will be a 'very slow slog'

AP News 19 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Fed official warns economic recovery will be a 'very slow slog'</div><div><p>Americans should brace themselves for a slow recovery back to health after the recession ends, with unemployment likely to hit the double-digits, a Federal Reserve official said Friday.</p><p>Consumers ...

Fed officials see economy mending, but very slowly

Reuters US Online Report Business News 19 days ago

<div><p>SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has pulled back "from the edge of the abyss" but the recovery will be very slow as Americans' find an equilibrium between the often voracious consumption of past years and a new-found focus on ...

Prices hold steady as industrial production dips

AP News 19 days ago

<div id="subtitle">New evidence recession is easing seen as industrial production dips, consumer prices flat</div><div><p>More evidence emerged Friday that the recession is easing, with output by the nation's factories, mines and utilities falling at the slowest pace in six months.</p><p> ...

Fed's Fisher says inflation no risk

Reuters US Online Report Business News 19 days ago

<div><p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said there was no sign of a problem with U.S. inflation at the moment, and revealed that Chinese officials had quizzed him on the Fed's purchases of U.S. government bonds.</p><p>Fisher, who is not ...

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