Michael Gapen

Type: Person

Name: Michael Gapen

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Fed Seen Slowing Stimulus with $50B QE Cut

Chairman Ben Bernanke will probably reduce the Federal Reserve's monthly bond buying in the fourth quarter to $50 billion from $85 billion as he begins to unwind record stimulus, economists said in a Bloomberg survey.Policy makers must find a way to slow ... [Published GARP - May 07 2013]

Entities: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, Federal Reserve System, Joseph LaVorgna, Michael Feroli, Janet Yellen

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Federal Reserve System

Financial system under the microscope

Today 8:10 AM ET (MarketWatch)PrintWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Are banks healthy or weak? Is money flowing to speculative markets? How will the Federal Reserve respond if their bubbles forming due to ultra-loose monetary policy.These questions about the ... [Published TD Ameritrade - May 05 2013]

Entities: Dean Baker, Federal Reserve System, Paul Ashworth

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Standard & Poor's

Jobs numbers send stocks to record highs

Search for DealsSearch local inventory, coupons and morePowered byBy ALANA SEMUELS — Los Angeles TimesNEW YORK — The economy may still be dallying on its way to a recovery, but investors are paying that no mind, sending the stock market to all-time highs ... [Published Macon Telegraph - May 03 2013]

Entities: Standard & Poor's, David Dietze, Stock Market, Alana Semuels, Michael Gapen

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

AIG American International Group Inc

Jobs report spurs Dow beyond 15,000 for the first time

NEW YORK -- Its only a few days into May, but already investors have seen one surprise after another, as the Dow Jones industrial average passed 15,000 for the first time Friday on the strength of a better-than-expected jobs report. The S&P 500, a broader ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 03 2013]

Entities: AIG American International Group Inc, Michael Gapen, S&P 500

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Fed Holds Stimulus Steady, but Leaves Door Open for More

WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that its stimulus campaign would press forward at the same pace it has maintained since December, putting to rest for now any suggestion that it was leaning toward doing less. The Fed, which has struck a more ... [Published New York Times - May 02 2013]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Inflation, Michael Gapen, Unemployment Rate

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Fed stands prepared to boost stimulus

Confronting a spate of soft economic data, Fed officials sought to ensure that Wall Street understands they are prepared to boost their stimulus program if the economy continues to weaken.The Fed’s policy committee ended a two-day meeting Wednesday, committing ... [Published Globe and Mail - May 02 2013]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Inflation, Michael Gapen, Wall Street, Economic Growth

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

National Association of Realtors

New home sales climb 1.5 percent, bolstering housing recovery

New home sales improved again in March. Despite a minor slowdown in existing home sales, analysts are optimistic that the US housing recovery is continuing and that home prices will rise. By Schuyler Velasco posted April 23, 2013 at 1:39 pm EDT The US ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: New Home Sales, National Association of Realtors, Existing Home Sales

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

US new home sales consistent with broad-based recovery

New US home sales rose by 1.5 per cent in March to an annual pace of 417,000 units compared to 411,000 in February, according to figures from the US Commerce Department.New home sales for March came in just above the consensus estimate of 416,000, and ... [Published London South East - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: New Home Sales, Michael Gapen, US Department of Commerce, Barclays PLC, Economic Growth

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

US home-sales figures slip in March

Benjamin ChiouData from the US housing market disappointed on Monday afternoon as existing-home sales showed a surprise decline in March.According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing-home sales eased by 0.6% to a seasonally adjusted ... [Published BullBearings - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: National Association of Realtors, Michael Gapen, Mortgages, Lawrence Yun, Consensus Forecast

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Finance ministers endorse Japan's easy money

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been aggressively trying to boost his country's economy. / TORU YAMANAKA AFP/by Paul Davidson, USA TODAYFiled UnderWASHINGTON--Finance ministers from the world's largest economies endorsed Japan's recently launched ... [Published Palm Springs Desert Sun - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: G20, Japan, Economic Growth, Bank of Japan, Michael Gapen

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

2013 not shaping up to be year of miraculous economic recovery: polls

not shaping up to be year of miraculous economic recovery: pollsLONDON -- This year now looks unlikely to deliver much improvement in the world economy's growth rate, with a weaker outlook for Europe and the United States tempering the cautious optimism ... [Published China Post - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Craig Wright, United States, US 1 Industries Inc, China

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

Great Rotation a myth but stocks still a top pick

Feb 28 (Reuters) – Don’t hold your breath waiting for that Great Rotation out of global bonds and into stocks. Even so, gointo stocks anyway if you are big enough and tough enough tosurvive the inevitable volatility. The idea that investors will soon ... [Published James Saft - Reuters.com - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Barclays PLC, Volatility, Michael Gapen

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Fed stands prepared to boost stimulus [Published Globe and Mail - May 02 2013]
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US home-sales figures slip in March [Published BullBearings - Apr 22 2013]
Finance ministers endorse Japan's easy money [Published Palm Springs Desert Sun - Apr 19 2013]
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