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Monday, February 25, 2013

Monetary

News                                                                                                                             
CNBC | Bernanke's Challenge: Prime Markets for End of QE
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is preparing for a most sensitive task: telling jittery investors who have grown accustomed to the U.S. central bank's ultra-easy monetary policies that things will eventually have to change.
Bloomberg | Bernanke’s Stimulus Spurring U.S. Employment in Housing
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has something to tout before Congress in hearings this week: job growth in the auto and housing industries.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Times | The Fed’s bubble fuel
The consequences of the Federal Reserve’s loose-money policy are starting to hit home. Even members of the Federal Open Market Committee are concerned, as revealed in the Wednesday release of the minutes of a meeting earlier this year.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
WSJ | Fed Exit Strategy a Work in Progress
Two developments are worth watching on the Federal Reserve front these days. Both relate to Fed planning for how it will withdraw one day from the aggressive bond buying it is now pursuing to bolster the markets and the economy.