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Inflation low, Fed idle

Article: Buckle your seat belts because the mortgage rate ride may get bumpy.

Fed holds off on changes

Article: Buckle your seat belts because the mortgage rate ride may get bumpy.

What will the Fed say today?

Article: The Federal Open Market Committee meets today and many wait to hear the statement.

Economy rebounding despite winter storms

Article: The Beige Book was released Wednesday.

Don't fret over hike in discount rate

Article: The Federal Reserve announced an increase in the discount rate, not the federal funds rate.

A new barometer of interest rates?

Article: When rates do rise, it appears we'll be watching and referring to a different rate.

Fed holding rates, unwinding liquidity

Article: The Federal Open Market Committee wrapped up its two-day meeting today.

Lots of Fed news this week

Article: The Federal Open Market Committee meets this week.

Inflation checkup and upcoming windfalls

Article: The December Consumer Price Index was released yesterday.

Answering reader e-mail

Article: Today's post answers a couple of recent reader e-mails.

Interest rate review and preview

Article: Let's take a look at where rates went in 2009 and the outlook for 2010.

Fed still on hold

Article: The FOMC meets this month and maintaining interest rates is still central to its game plan.

Low interest rates key to Fed's game plan

Article: The FOMC meets this month and maintaining interest rates is still central to its game plan.

Jobs report lifts spirits

Article: But don't get too excited. It's not like we're seeing actual job growth.

Guidelines for a rate hike

Article: Yesterday the Fed laid out what essentially are three guidelines for a rate hike.

Get ready to parse the Fed's words

Article: Is it time for the Fed to start reeling in the lines of liquidity?

Deflation? Really?

Article: Some point to the Consumer Price Index as evidence that we’re already experiencing deflation. Nonsense!

Fed meets today

Article: The FOMC meets today and the focus will be on the statement they issue afterward.

Obama to reappoint Bernanke

Article: President Barack Obama has decided to nominate Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Fed.

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