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A recent rise in interest rates has caught the attention of the Federal Reserve, whose chief sees an economy that is showing gradual improvement.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a brief interview with CNBC on his way to teach college students at George Washington University, said he remains concerned with the pace of growth.
"We're going to continue to analyze the financial data we get," he said of the current economic conditions. "It's an interesting period right now. We've seen some improvement, but we've still got a long way to go."
Today marks the first of four classes Bernanke will lead regarding the central bank and its role in the economy. He said "it's fun to engage with them" and he hopes to give the students a broader understanding of the Fed's unprecedented interventions since the financial crisis.
"The economy is still very challenging. Unemployment is still high, and that creates problems for everybody, obviously," he said. "I think the longer-term prospects of the country are very good and ultimately things will normalize, but in the short run of course we're still dealing with some important challenges."
The Fed has found itself in the middle of a market guessing game that has focused on when and whether the central bank will expand its easing programs.
At its most recent meeting, the Open Market Committee pointed to an uneven recovery while Bernanke himself has said he expects continued weakness in the jobs market. Still, the Fed offered no clues as to when it might institute a third round of quantitative easing.
Its most recent accommodative move ends in June. Nicknamed Operation Twist, the Fed has been selling its shorter-dated debt and buying longer-debt debt in hopes of driving down borrowing rates. The $600 billion program has coincided with a sharp rise in stocks.
But with inflation concerns elevating, the central bank is unlikely to implement more easing unless the economic data shows a noticeable downturn.
Ein schweres Erdbeben hat die Pazifikküste von Mexiko erschüttert. Das fünfminütige Beben der Stärke 7,6 hatte sein Zentrum im südlichen Bundesstaat Guerrero etwa 190 Kilometer östlich vom Badeort Acapulco entfernt, wie die US-Erdbebenwarte USGS mitteilte.
Die Auswirkungen waren bis in die Millionenstadt Mexiko-Stadt zu spüren. Menschen liefen auf die Straße. Hochhäuser schwankten. Hubschrauber kreisten über der Hauptstadt. Risse waren in Häuserwänden zu sehen. Über Schäden oder Opfer gab es zunächst keine Informationen, jedoch fielen Telefonleitungen aus. Zunächst hatte USGS eine Stärke von 7,9 angegeben.
Mexiko wird häufig von Erdbeben erschüttert. Erst am 10. Dezember 2011 hatte die Erde in Guerrero gezittert, damals hatte das Beben eine Stärke von 6,5. Dabei starben mehrere Menschen, weitere wurden verletzt.
Quelle: dpa/AFP
Goldman Sachs Group chief economist Jan Hatzius still thinks the Federal Reserve
will initiate another round of quantitative easing
this year, but has lowered the odds, he told CNBC Tuesday.
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CNBC Jan Hatzius, chief US economist for Goldman Sachs |
“They haven’t said anything about that for quite a while so there's a lot of uncertainty,” Hatzius said of a potential third round of easing, or so-called QE3.
He said the recent rise in bond yields is “a reflection of the generally stronger data seen over past few months, and the market built that in to a greater degree. Clearly [rising yields is] a statement by the bond market things are looking better.”
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