October 1, 2012
J.K. WallFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a local lunch crowd that he expects the economy to keep growing, but he said the
growth is so slow that it could create a "permanent group" of underemployed Americans.
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October 1, 2012
Associated PressIn a speech in Indianapolis, Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a sharp defense Monday of the Federal Reserve's bold policies
to stimulate the weak economy, while cautioning Congress to respect its private discussions.
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September 17, 2012
Scott OlsonThe chairman of the Federal Reserve is scheduled to speak at the Economic Club of Indiana's Oct. 1 meeting, an event that
should put Indianapolis in the national spotlight given the Fed's recent and controversial decision to try to stimulate the
economy.
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September 16, 2012
Associated PressThe Federal Reserve this week took steps to boost economic growth. But those stimulus measures are also pushing oil prices
up. If gas prices follow, consumers will have less money to spend elsewhere.
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September 15, 2012
Associated PressEconomic growth is pitiful. So why are the major stock indexes just a few percentage points shy of an all-time record? Start
with two words: Ben Bernanke.
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September 13, 2012
Associated PressThe Federal Reserve unleashed a series of bold and open-ended steps Thursday designed to stimulate the economy by boosting
the stock market and making it cheaper for people to borrow and spend. Stocks surged after the announcement.
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May 5, 2012
Mike HicksThe Employment Act of 1946 essentially required the Federal Reserve to do two mutually exclusive things: promote full employment
and keep inflation low.
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March 10, 2012
Mike Alley / Special to IBJDemographics, technology will reward winning institutions.
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August 9, 2011
Associated PressThe Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will likely keep interest rates at record lows for the next two years after acknowledging
that the economy is weaker than it had thought and faces increasing risks.
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April 16, 2011
Ken SkarbeckAs much as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would like to think he can pull in the reins at the right moment, the beast
of inflation is difficult to control.
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April 2, 2011
Ken SkarbeckInflation is a sinister sort of tax that confiscates wealth. Bonds will lose value in an inflationary environment as interest
rates rise.
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November 20, 2010
Paul CoanLooking at the final years of the Great Depression tells me that next year might not be so kind to investors.
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June 22, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerA study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago finds a strong correlation between pre-mortgage credit counseling and loan
performance after
comparing Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership clients with other low-income Marion County borrowers.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.