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The Crisis With 20/20 Hindsight
11/20/2009|Web Exclusive
We discuss whether or not the U.S. has made the right decisions during the recession.
What if We Dropped the Dollar?
11/20/2009|Web Exclusive
Dow Jones Newswires' Madeleine Lim breaks down what life would be like if the greenback weren't the staple of world currency.
Comedians Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong on how the comedy group got back together.
Market Expert: Now's the Time to Invest
11/18/2009|FOX Business Morning
Deutsche Bank's Marshall Gittler argues the low-interest rates and the economic recovery make it a good time to invest.
Red Ink Watch: China Blasts the Greenback
11/16/2009|FOX Business
Author Gordon Chang weighs in on China's criticisms of the dollar.
Offset a Weak Dollar With Gold, Oil
11/11/2009|Opening Bell
Miller Tabak Equity Strategist Peter Boockvar on investing in gold and oil.
High Unemployment to Continue Through 2011?
11/10/2009|FOX Business
'This Time is Different' Author Carmen Reinhart on the outlook for the job market.
Ron Paul on Rolling Back Big Government
11/04/2009|America's Nightly Scoreboard
Rep. Ron Paul on what successful Republican elections mean for government.
Euro Pacific Capital President Peter Schiff on why gold is a good investment.
Housing Sector's Faltering Health
10/28/2009|Web Exclusive
We break down the latest batch of housing numbers and what they mean for the market.
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Weber Says Regulators Are Not To Blame For Crisis
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
… Deutsche Bundesbank, defended the role of regulators and monetary policy on Friday, saying they were not to blame for the global financial crisis. " Monetary policy was not part of the culprit. Banks have to adjust …
Story|11/20/2009
Fed Balance Sheet Can Be Audited, Panel Says
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
… congressional committee approved legislation on Thursday that would allow for government audits of Federal Reserve monetary policy as well as how much the central bank has lent and will lend to specific banks in response to the financial crisis …
Story|11/19/2009
Turkey Cuts Key Lending Rate To 6.5%
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
… line with economists' expectations. RBS emerging markets strategist Timothy Ash said the data flow preceeding the monetary policy meeting has continued to support the bank's "current easing bias, with limited evidence of a marked uptick in …
Story|11/19/2009
Fed's Plosser: Policy Shouldn't Tackle Energy Prices
Reuters| Markets
… in food and energy prices with monetary policy unless expectations of inflation ..... generally a mistake" to use monetary policy as a tool to lessen such effects ..... cannot and should not think of monetary policy as a tool to prevent those sometimes …
Story|11/19/2009
BOE Split 3 Ways Over Size Of Asset-purchase Plan
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
… By William L. Watts MarketWatch Pulse LONDON -- Members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee split three ways over the size of the central bank's money-creating, asset-purchase plan earlier this month …
Story|11/18/2009
Slow Rate Hikes Of '04 May Haunt Fed: Bullard
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
… officials deny it, many economists argue the Fed kept rates too low for too long in these two years and that the easy monetary policy was a major factor in creating the housing market bubble. In the past two recessions of 2001 and 1990-1991, the …
Story|11/18/2009
Weak Spots Can't Keep Fed From Tightening: Lacker
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
… By Greg Robb MarketWatch Pulse WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve will have to start tightening monetary policy before economic growth becomes especially vigorous, said Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank on …
Story|11/17/2009
New Tool in Fed Shed to Do Heavy Lifting in Exit
Reuters| Markets
… principally on the largely untested monetary policy tool of paying interest on bank ..... the central bank for cues on monetary policy might find themselves thinking ..... Lieberman, a former head of monetary policy analysis at the New York Fed …
Story|11/17/2009
Yellen: Unclear If Fed Should Target Asset Prices
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
… By William L. Watts MarketWatch Pulse LONDON -- Monetary policy can be used to manage systemic risk, but it remains ..... The answer is far from clear, because the use of monetary policy for these ends necessarily compromises the attainment …
Story|11/17/2009
Oil Rises Above $77 as Dollar Slips
Reuters| Markets
… raised its 2010 U.S crude oil price forecast to $85 a barrel from $75 on Friday, saying stronger demand, loose monetary policy and a weak dollar could see prices spike to $100 by 2011.
Story|11/13/2009
