Money and Monetary Policy

On day two of my fellowship in Germany, our group of 12 American journalists learned more about the organization sponsoring our trip, the RIAS Berlin Kommission. RIAS stands for "Radio in the American Sector" and is a former radio station based in...

Why 2012 is a good year to buy By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features New-vehicle sales could rise by as much as six to seven percent during 2012 according to Automotive News, due largely to the effects of a stabilizing economy and pent-up consumer demand....

(For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/LatinAmerica13) By Pablo Garibian MEXICO CITY, May 24 (Reuters) - Latin American countries have little room to boost growth with fiscal or monetary...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress last week that the central bank might start to cut back its main economic stimulus program later this year. The minutes of the Fed's most recent meeting showed that he's getting pushed by some of his...

* C$ at C$1.0321 vs US$, or 96.89 U.S. cents * Equity, currency markets volatile on Fed stimulus concerns * Oil prices end week 2 percent lower * Bank of Canada and GDP in focus next week By Solarina Ho TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar posted its worst week against the yen in a year on Friday as volatility in stocks and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy spurred investors to pare back bets against the Japanese currency. Some...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese life insurers are giving signs that they may not send much more of their $3 trillion in assets abroad this year, as Japanese government bond yields start picking up, despite hinting last month that they might boost their foreign...

* Durable goods orders on tap * P&G shares rise after CEO replacement * Abercrombie shares fall after results * Futures off: Dow 64 pts, S&P 10 pts, Nasdaq 18 pts NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday, setting up Wall...

By Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin Q: I enjoy your articles, but I think you left out a couple of extremely important items when you wrote about questions to ask when taking out a mortgage loan. In some states, prepayment penalties are not allowed on...

May 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index looked set to open lower on Friday as better-than-expected German economic data was overshadowed by fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve is considering an early decrease of its $85 billion monetary stimulus...

* Gold ignores fresh easing from Japan, Australia, Euro zone * Inflation fears fail to materialise in short term * Rally in stock markets takes the shine off bullion By Jan Harvey LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Gold prices are looking even more vulnerable...

LONDON (Reuters) - Gold prices are looking even more vulnerable after April's price crash, as rampant inflation expected from successive rounds of monetary easing fails to materialize. The idea that record-low interest rates would damage paper currencies...