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• Poloz Urges ‘Stability and Patience’ for Canada Rebound

  Updated 16 minutes ago

  Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said the nation will need a rebound in business confidence to drive growth in coming years, a process that will require “stability and patience.”

• U.S. Stocks Fluctuate as Investors Await Fed Comments

  Updated 22 minutes ago

  U.S. stocks fluctuated, following a two-day rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting for signs about when it plans to scale back stimulus measures.

• Canada Stocks Decline as Investors Await Poloz Speech, Fed Plans

  Updated 37 minutes ago

  Canadian stocks fell, ending two days of gains, as investors await Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz’s first public speech since taking office and an announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve on stimulus plans.

• Mexican Currency Rises Before Fed Comments; Bond Yields Decline

  Updated 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  Mexico’s peso climbed for the first time in four days as bonds rallied before comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on record monetary stimulus.

• Crude Declines as Report Shows U.S. Supplies Rose

  Updated 41 minutes ago

  West Texas Intermediate crude fell after a government report showed U.S. inventories unexpectedly rose last week and as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting.

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  Low Inflation Gives Bernanke Time to Press on With QE: Economy

  Updated 9 minutes ago

  The lowest inflation since the brink of the Kennedy-era economic boom in the 1960s is buying time for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to press on with the central bank’s $85 billion in monthly bond purchases.

• Tapering 101, Courtesy of Japan

  Updated 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  Ben Bernanke is a student of Japan's experiment with quantitative easing and needs to avoid the mistakes of that country.

• Markets Have Already Misread the Fed

  Published 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

  Over the past few weeks, markets have focused obsessively on the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will soon reduce, or "taper," the rate at which it has been injecting money into the economy.

• Swedish Krona Rises to Two-Month High Versus Dollar on Rate Bets

  Updated 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  The Swedish krona rose to a two- month high against the dollar after government reports showed consumer confidence improved and unemployment declined, damping speculation the central bank will cut interest rates further.

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  Wall Street REIT Success Gives Investors Hangover Part II

  Updated 19 minutes ago

  Investors in companies buying mortgage bonds are discovering that coming late to the party can still leave them with the biggest hangover.

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