dimanche 15 mars 2015
Here's your complete preview this week's big economic events
Posted on 14:51 by nice news
The Federal Reserve meets this week to discuss the state of and outlook for the economy and monetary policy.
"The economic data have been mixed since the FOMC last met in January, with a continued slowing in the growth rate of activity balanced by very strong payroll employment gains," Goldman Sachs' David Mericle said on Friday.
"Despite the continued improvement in the labor market, inflation has fallen further below the Fed’s target and wage growth has yet to pick up."
As if the Fed's job wasn't already complicated, we're also experiencing a huge rally in the US dollar, which has been deflationary for imported goods while making US exported goods more expensive to the rest of the world.
On balance, most economists continue to agree that the Fed will begin tightening monetary policy via interest rate hikes in June, if not soon after.
For now, economists and Fed-watchers will watch closely for minor tweaks in the Fed's March 17-18 meeting language that coul
Read more: http://ift.tt/1BJm4Tg
"The economic data have been mixed since the FOMC last met in January, with a continued slowing in the growth rate of activity balanced by very strong payroll employment gains," Goldman Sachs' David Mericle said on Friday.
"Despite the continued improvement in the labor market, inflation has fallen further below the Fed’s target and wage growth has yet to pick up."
As if the Fed's job wasn't already complicated, we're also experiencing a huge rally in the US dollar, which has been deflationary for imported goods while making US exported goods more expensive to the rest of the world.
On balance, most economists continue to agree that the Fed will begin tightening monetary policy via interest rate hikes in June, if not soon after.
For now, economists and Fed-watchers will watch closely for minor tweaks in the Fed's March 17-18 meeting language that coul
Read more: http://ift.tt/1BJm4Tg
Here's your complete preview this week's big economic events
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