Liputan 6 : Amerika Serikat tengah menghadapi masalah ekonomi yang rumit. menjelang habisnya masa berlaku Undang-Undang pembebasan pajak dan pengaturan pengeluaran belanja negara, yang sering disebut efek Fiscal Cliff pada 31 Desember 2012. Washington tengah bimbang untuk menentukan kebijakan ekonominya. Apakah akan melakukan amandemen Fiscal Cliff atau menghapuskannya? Sementara itu, terjadi pertentangan antara kubu Partai [...]

Perdebatan mengenai Fiscal Cliff belum juga menemukan jalan keluar. Dimana pihak Republik dan Demokrat masih mempertahankan usulannya masing-masing sehingga tertutup ruang kesepakatan diantara keduanya. Penolakan Dewan atas usulan partai Demokrat untuk menaikkan pajak sebesar 0.18% dimana itu ditujukan untuk warga Amerika yang berpenghasilan lebih dari $1 juta per tahun, telah menimbulkan tanda tanya apakah masalah [...]

Mamta Badkar Dec. 16, 2012, 6:33 AM   In an uncertain global economic environment, central banks have been purchasing gold. Some have argued that euro zone members should use gold as collateral for sovereign debt issuance to keep bond yields low. The World Gold Council estimates that central banks will have purchased 500 tons of [...]

Joe Weisenthal Today was a very disturbing day for gold bugs. And tonight it’s turning into a nightmare. It used to be that when the Fed did a new easing move, buying gold was the reliable move. And today the Fed took two new steps: It announced new QE, and a new “Evans Rule” which [...]

UPDATE: The FOMC’s updated macroeconomic projections are out. 2013 GDP growth forecasts were lowered to a range of 2.3-3.0 percent, down slightly from September’s estimate of 2.5-3.0 percent. 2012 GDP growth forecasts were lowered to a range of 1.7-1.8 percent from 1.7-2.0 percent in September. 2014 GDP growth forecasts were lowered to a range of [...]

Press Release Release Date: December 12, 2012 For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity and employment have continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months, apart from weather-related disruptions. Although the unemployment rate has declined somewhat since the summer, it remains elevated. [...]

November 20, 2012 The Economic Recovery and Economic Policy Good afternoon. I am pleased to join the New York Economic Club for lunch today. I know that many of you and your friends and neighbors are still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, and I want to let you know that our thoughts are [...]

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 There is a stark contrast between the deterioration of the political and economic environment in Japan and the relative strength of the yen.  The mystery is resolved by recognizing that the drivers of the yen’s exchange rate has little to do with the macro-fundamentals in Japan and more to do with [...]

Published: Monday, 22 Oct 2012 | 10:53 AM ET By: Mark Koba http://www.cnbc.com/id/49464221 The ‘fiscal cliff’ may sound like the name of an exercise retreat on a mountain top in Southern California, but the reality is not so pretty. What ‘fiscal cliff’ actually refers to is the potentially dire economic situation the U.S. faces at [...]

Fitch Ratings-London/New York-07 November 2012: The newly re-elected US President Barack Obama will need to quickly secure agreement on avoiding the ‘fiscal cliff’ and raising the debt ceiling following Tuesday’s elections, Fitch Ratings says. The economic policy challenge facing the President is to put in place a credible deficit-reduction plan necessary to underpin economic recovery [...]