<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fed-watch News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=29&amp;catid=75</link><description>News Feed for - Fed-watch</description><item><title>US stocks dip on revised GDP; Fed's view curbs loss</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96410016&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:10:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK â?? U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday on lackluster economic data in a session marked by low volume and choppy trading, but losses eased after the Federal Reserve raised its expectations for growth </description><source>SINA</source></item><item><title>Aware of policy risks, Fed sees firmer U.S. growth</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96418294&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:19:00</pubDate><description>(Adds details, long-term joblessness forecast) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>METALS-Copper seen rising; Fed comments balance softer GDP</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96432035&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:44:00</pubDate><description>SINGAPORE, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Copper was seen opening higher on Wednesday, buoyed by positive comments from the Federal Reserve on the pace of U.S. growth in 2010, after revised third quarter growth fell </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>U.S. stocks end slightly lower after Fed minutes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96409063&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:22:00</pubDate><description>U.S. stocks finished well off earlier lows on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve lifted its assessment of economic growth next year while warning that unemployment would likely remain high, a clear signal </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Strong Five-Year Auction Propels Bonds; Fed Minutes Show Dovishness On Rates</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96425514&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:13:00</pubDate><description>Treasuries rose Tuesday after a $42 billion auction of five-year Treasury notes attracted solid demand, indicating that investor interest in government debt remains high. Yields, which move inversely </description><source>Investors Business Daily</source></item><item><title>Dollar claws higher after Fed caps data-rich day</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96426343&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:29:00</pubDate><description>The U.S. dollar Tuesday struggled to hold onto modest gains against a basket of rivals after the Federal Reserve said it expected a slow recovery with high unemployment, affirming expectations it will </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Why I'm Thankful for Geithner and Bernanke</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96424233&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:09:00</pubDate><description>Email (your email address will be your login) Confirm Email Create a Password Confirm Password From </description><source>Wall Street Journal Online</source></item><item><title>Treasurys gain on 5-year auction demand, FOMC</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96410105&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:15:00</pubDate><description>Treasury prices advanced on Tuesday, further pressuring yields, after the government's sale of a record amount of five-year notes received the most demand from investors in more than two years. Also supporting </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Fed: Super-Low Rates Could Fuel Speculative Bubble</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96369905&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T03:10:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve doesn't expect the recovery will be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, and acknowledged its efforts to keep the rebound going could feed a new speculative </description><source>WSMV</source></item><item><title>Fed optimistic about US recovery, worried on jobs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96428730&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:18:00</pubDate><description>US Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the US economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed. Senior </description><source>Business Spectator</source></item><item><title>Fed sees slow US recovery</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96415953&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:04:00</pubDate><description>The Federal Reserve expects the unfolding US economic recovery will be gradual, as modest growth keeps the nation's unemployment rate elevated over the next several years, according to a new forecast. </description><source>West Australian</source></item><item><title>Fed Seeks Banks Plans For TARP Repayment</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96371899&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T23:36:00</pubDate><description>The Federal Reserve has reportedly asked nine of the major US banks that received bailout money earlier this year to submit plans for repayment of the emergency taxpayer funds according to Bloomberg</description><source>Institutional Investor</source></item><item><title>Fed Lifts GDP View As Home Values, Confidence Tick Up</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96435345&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:27:00</pubDate><description>But the central bank said the recovery will likely be sluggish, keeping the unemployment rate high over the next several years. Other reports out Tuesday, from revised GDP data to bank woes to modestly </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>FOMC Sees Sustained Growth Five Years Away</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96435792&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:50:00</pubDate><description>It will be at least five years before the economy experiences a sustainable rate of growth and levels of unemployment and inflation acceptable to the Federal Reserve, the Federal Open Market Committee </description><source>HousingWire.com</source></item><item><title>Stocks off in thin trade, but Fed curbs losses</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96432913&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:26:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday on lackluster economic data in a session marked by low volume and choppy trading ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, but losses eased after the Federal </description><source>IT Business Net</source></item><item><title>U.S. Fed sees economic activity continued to rise</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96430572&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:12:00</pubDate><description>The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers saw "the overall economic activity continued to rise in recent months," but labor market remained a major concern, according to  released Tuesday. Minutes of </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Fed lifts US 2010 outlook</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96427676&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:40:00</pubDate><description>The range for 2010 growth was boosted slightly from a July projection of between 2.1 and 3.3 per cent. -- PHOTO: AFP WASHINGTON - THE Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised its outlook for US economic growth </description><source>Straits Times</source></item><item><title>Chicago Fed chief sees 10.5 percent U.S. jobless peak: report</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96275763&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:23:00</pubDate><description>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 </description><source>Exec Digital US</source></item><item><title>Fed Officials Cut Forecasts for Unemployment Rate</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96438410&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:20:00</pubDate><description>Federal Reserve officials trimmedtheir forecasts earlier this month for the U.S. jobless rate in2010 and 2011 as the economy rebounded while keeping theiroutlooks "broadly similar to previous projections. </description><source>Financial 24</source></item><item><title>Is the Fed creating new bubbles?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96051177&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T02:54:00</pubDate><description>creating 'new, real, and insurmountable risks to the recovery of the global economy, especially emerging-market economies.' Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald </description><source>KPAX</source></item><item><title>Global stocks trim losses after FOMC</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96420189&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T23:29:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks ended lower on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve revised upward its growth estimates for 2010, while the U.S. dollar rose on data showing the American economy grew at </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Fed sees firmer U.S. growth</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96420199&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T23:29:00</pubDate><description>10:51pm GMT storyKeywords 'UK USA FED RTR_ArticleTitle 'Fed sees firmer U.S. RTR_ArticleBlurb 'By Pedro da Costa and WASHINGTON (Reuters) Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Brighter Fed forecast helps market pare losses</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96418201&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T23:27:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORKA brighter economic forecast from the Federal Reserve helped the stock market pare losses that followed uninspiring reports on consumer sentiment and housing. Stocks slipped from 13-month highs </description><source>San Jose Mercury News</source></item><item><title>Ron Paul's Plan to Audit Fed a 'Serious Attack': Mishkin</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305538&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:31:00</pubDate><description>A congressional plan to audit the Federal Reserve's decision-making process poses a serious threat to the economy, former Fed official Frederic Mishkin said. In a live interview on CNBC, Mishkin disagreed </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>The threatened Fed</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96419562&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=75</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T23:25:00</pubDate><description>[W]eakness in labor market conditions remained an important concern to meeting participants, with unemployment expected to remain elevated for some time. Although the pace of job losses was moderating, </description><source>The Economist</source></item></channel></rss>