en-us Reuters UK) - Britain appears to be emerging from recession and, although headwinds remain, policymakers need to be wary of driving up asset prices with loose policy, Bank of England Chief Economist Spencer Dale said on Wednesday.But Dale said there was no strong evidence...]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:00:18 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:52:00 -0800 Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve must be prepared to raise interest rates if needed before the jobless rate has fallen to an "acceptable level", or risk losing its inflation-fighting credibility, a senior Fed official said on Tuesday.Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:45:46 -0800 Reuters UK) - The economy is likely to recover strongly in the coming years, though there is a risk the Bank of England's asset purchase policy may prove ineffective, central bank policymaker Adam Posen said on Tuesday.Posen, speaking to reporters after delivering a speech...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:50 -0800 Reuters) - Regional Federal Reserve banks favored keeping interest rates low in November because of the risk an economic pickup might falter on weakening consumer spending.Fed banks saw some signs of improvement, including stabilization of industrial output at a low level but felt job losses and declining sales in...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:31:03 -0800 Reuters) - The Federal Reserve must be prepared to raise interest rates if necessary before the jobless rate has fallen to "acceptable levels", or risk losing its inflation-fighting credibility, a senior Fed official said on Tuesday.Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said he has become more...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:30:46 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:32:34 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:19:43 -0800 Reuters UK) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed.Senior Fed officials, meeting on November 3-4, also expressed concern their plans...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:16:07 -0800 Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed.Senior Fed officials, meeting on November 3-4, also expressed concern their plans to...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:13 -0800 AWRE AWRE Reuters UK) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed.Senior Fed officials, meeting on November 3-4, also expressed concern their plans...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:45:54 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:22:11 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:11:51 -0800 Reuters UK) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and fellow Monetary Policy Committee members Paul Tucker, Paul Fisher, Adam Posen and Andrew Sentance took questions on the November Inflation Report from the Commons' Treasury Committee on Tuesday. Following are highlights from the session.KING ON NEED FOR STIMULUS"If private...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:00:49 -0800 Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans expects U.S. unemployment to peak at around 10.5 percent next spring and hopefully easing to about 9.5 percent by end-2010, according to comments published on Monday."The best guess would be that we will probably plateau in the spring," the Financial Times...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:45:41 -0800 Reuters UK) - Senior U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday inflation is not an immediate threat as a weak economic recovery and a grim outlook for jobs keep price pressures in check.Charles Plosser, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:50 -0800 Reuters) - Senior U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday inflation is not an immediate threat as a weak economic recovery and a grim outlook for jobs keep price pressures in check.Charles Plosser, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Richard...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:18 -0800 Reuters UK) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Thursday said inflation is not an imminent threat and downplayed the consequences of the falling U.S. dollar.Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser and Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher both said the U.S....]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:43 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Thursday said inflation is not an imminent threat and downplayed the consequences of the falling U.S. dollar.Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser and Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher both said the U.S. recovery...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:30:16 -0800 Reuters UK) - The world's key central banks will not need to start raising policy interest rates until late 2010 due to low inflation and economic slack, and can then proceed gradually, the OECD said in a report published on Thursday.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said it...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:30:25 -0800