Some analysts said the jobs data could mean the Federal Reserve will stay in a quantitative easing mode longer than the market expects.
Speculation about what the jobs data would mean for the Federal Reserve was noticeably absent this month.
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That is what QE3 might mean for the Federal Reserve and the world economy that has to deal with U.S. quantitative easing.
This disinflationary pressure may mean that America's Federal Reserve will not need to raise interest rates so soon or by as much as it otherwise would have needed to.
One reason China is setting up its sovereign wealth fund now is that huge trade surpluses and a vast reserve of foreign exchange mean it simply has too much cash to absorb into its own economy, and capital controls keep it from investing in liquid assets like American T-bills.
Dormer likely had access to the hotel from having been honorably discharged from the Navy Reserve -- which would mean he'd have an ID card -- said the Navy spokesman.
Feith: And some of those people -- because some of them were Reserve officers, so I mean, I think they're -- they've moved on, but some of them are people who are still in the government.
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Higher reserve requirements in the euro zone mean that its central bank has to inject more cash than the Fed to achieve the same effect, says Julian Callow at Barclays Capital.
In fact, TD Securities said, one potential catalyst for covering would be if remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be construed to mean policy-makers were staying the course of quantitative easing.
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The prevailing view is that a win for Democrat Barack Obama would mean higher gold prices on the idea of the status quo continuing, and win for Republican Mitt Romney would mean lower gold prices on thoughts that he might replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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As Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told Congress on October 28th, this does not mean that prices will inevitably fall, just that it will take a lot to explain a rise.
On the broader issue of using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, there are a variety of options -- I mean, a variety of considerations that go into whether or not to take action in that regard.
Its favourable demographic trends mean its fiscal day of reckoning is further off than Europe's and the dollar's reserve-currency status provides manoeuvring room.
In other energy news, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday that shrinking supplies of U.S. natural gas mean the nation must build more gas import terminals to create a "safety valve" that will help stabilize prices.
Rising interest rates mean losses for holders of long-dated debt, and he says that if it were not for the Federal Reserve's bond-buying programme, US Treasury yields would be "higher, meaningfully higher".
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