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Turnaround in interest rates in the U.S.?

The Federal Reserve seems to gradually usher in the end of the ultra-loose monetary policy. End of June, the program runs for purchase of bonds worth 600 billion USD from - and if it goes to some central bankers is to be extended or not it even shorter. The President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, James Bullard, goes further: He even keeps a rate hike in the not too distant future possible. So far, most experts expected only in 2012 with a rate hike. want to prepare for the fact that the U.S. central banker, the markets seem friendly to the change in monetary policy comes as a surprise, because the economic data came in last not always convincing, especially the real estate market came back unexpectedly bad numbers. (more...)

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Weekly, March 22

1259308806 Week that the meeting of the Fed has lived with industry references and prices; "News from the Fed? Not in decisions, maintaining the sentence rates remain low for an extended period of time, and continuing the program to purchase mortgage assets. Yes nuances of discourse macro: more positive about the job market (for the deterioration recedes stabilizes), and investments in software and equipment (seems to have risen significantly spiking).

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Turning to the macro, very positive feelings from the polls

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Week of new macro minors. We have followed with references real estate than just modify the known. Home sales data for first and second hand in February, with new lows in the first (308K) and no major surprises in the second (5.02 mil.), In very low levels. Since prices, better news from the housing market first, with slight gains. However, we are still awaiting data from March / April (not affected by bad weather) for a clearer view on the timing of real estate.

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