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Keeping an Eye On Dr. Bernanke’s Prescriptions

Tomorrow, economists, policy makers, journalists and (for us, most importantly) institutional investors will all be focused on Fed Chair Ben Bernanke’s speech at the Kansas City Fed’s conference in beautiful Jackson Hole. The speech is scheduled to commence at 10 AM EDT (Ben apparently gets no breakfast, unless he eats early), and my guess is that traders are going into…

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Waiting for Bernanke

An article in the Washington Post suggesting that Fed Chair Bernanke is unlikely to promote any significant new initiatives in his Jackson Hole speech on Friday is generating some comment in the FX market, and negative vibes in equities. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ben-bernanke-unlikely-to-announce-big-new-plans-at-jackson-hole/2011/08/23/gIQA28ixZJ_story.html The durable goods report for July, which was just released, came in much higher than expectations at +4%, and +0.7%…

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