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G20 Seal ‘Indicative G-Lines’;Move Forward on Imbalances -2-

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--U.S. Treasury Under Secretary Brainard Calls It 'A Nice Step' By Steven K. Beckner She said there was "concrete agreement" on how to assess imbalances and said it was "clear everybody is ready to move to the next stage ... There was broad agreement on the goals ...

G20 Seal ‘Indicative G-Lines’;Move Forward on Imbalances

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--U.S. Treasury Under Secretary Brainard Calls It 'A Nice Step' By Steven K. Beckner WASHINGTON (MNI) - Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers took another step toward monitoring "imbalances" among the world's leading trading nations, agreeing on a set of "indicative guidelines" with which to ...

ECB Trichet On Greece:There Is A Plan And It Is Being Applied

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By David Barwick WASHINGTON (MNI) - Dismissing the possibility of a restructuring of Greek debt, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Friday said again that Greece has a fiscal consolidation program that is being implemented. Speaking to journalists very briefly ...

Swiss FinMin: SFR Hurts Exports But Must Accept No FX Interv.

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By David Barwick WASHINGTON, D.C. (MNI) - The strength of the Swiss franc is hurting the country's exports but it must be accepted that Switzerland's central bank is no longer intervening on forex markets to stem the currency's rise, Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told Market News ...

US Hill Seeks To Link Debt Hike To Deficit Cut ‘Framework’

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--Treasury Secretary, Senate Budget Chief Acknowledge Likely Linkage --Budget Experts Express Concerns About Debt Limit Endgame --Senate Budget Chief Raises Possibility of Several Debt Hike Votes By John Shaw WASHINGTON (MNI) - As senior officials in the Obama administration and leaders in Congress talk more openly about what it will ...

US DATA: Fed data show lg bank C&I loans +3.6b, govt.

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US DATA: Fed data show lg bank C&I loans +3.6b, govt sec holdings +$13.6b, and MBS +$7.4b.

ECB Constancio: ECB Balance Sheet Decreased Since June 2010

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By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MNI) - The European Central Bank's balance sheet has grown about 45% since the crisis, far less than either the Federal Reserve or the Bank of England, and is in the process of shrinking, European Central Bank Vice President Vitor ...

US CBO Update: Obama FY12 Bdgt Wld Mean $1.2T 2012 Deficit

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WASHINGTON (MNI) - The following excerpt is from the full analysis published by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office Friday of President Barack Obama's FY2012 budget proposals, building on the preliminary analysis released March 18: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has ...

US House Approves GOP’s FY’12 Blueprint On Party Line Vote

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--House Approves Republican Fiscal Outline On 235 to 193 Vote --House Speaker Boehner: Plan Tackles 'America's Spending Illness' --House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan: 'This Is Our Defining Moment' --House Minority Leader Pelosi: GOP Budget Would 'Abolish' Medicare --Rep. Van Hollen: GOP Budget Would 'Turn Back The Clock On Progress' By John Shaw ...

ForexLive US Wrap: Sovereign debt jitters wax and wane

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Fed's Plosser: Could see rates rising this year; Fed should sell assets at same pace it bought them German European minister: Greek debt restructuring would not be a disaster US CPI rises 0.5% m/m, core up 0.1% in March Empire State Manufacturing index rises to highest level since August 2008 at 21.7 US ...

Ok kids…

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I have a thousand things to do before hitting the road tomorrow, so I'm gonna wrap things up a bit early on this fun-filled Friday.. You will be ably looked after next week. I will be back Friday for a very abbreviated Good Friday session.

US House passes Republican budget

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No chance of passage in Senate...

White House doing its part…

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... in keeping budgets under control. Turns out they have antiquated telecommunications equipment. Nothing like the cool gear used by CTU...

Fed’s Hoenig says favors “non-zero” interest rates

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Fed should take away extended period pledge Delayed Fed rate rise may fuel inflation impulses Total inflation what I worry about; was up pretty dramatically in CPI Should be the most interesting FOMC meeting in years the weak after next...

G20 discussed broadening G20 basket…

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...but did not discuss broader role for Special Drawing Rights. That implies that adding CNY to the SDR basket appeals to Chinese vanity but does nothing to change the minimal (to be kind) role the SDR plays in global markets.

G-20 agrees to monitor currency misalignments

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According to a leaked portion of the communique conveyed by an EU official to the assembled press. Measures of global liquidity will also be developed

Fed’s Evans Q&A:’Strong Policy Accomm Continues to be Approp’

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--'Low Underlying Inflation' Persists With No Wage Pressures --Energy, Commodity Price Rises on Global Demand, One-Off Supply Issues --Japan Effect on US Economy Likely 'Transitory' By Claudia Hirsch NEW YORK, April 15 (MNI) -Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans Friday said extraordinarily easy U.S. monetary policy is fitting, ...

PBOC deputy: Inflation under control

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China may have some temporary pressure in Q2 Hope to meet full-year target of 4% Oil trades just below $110, gold at $1484, off of $1487.40 highs...

German European minister: BOI’s Draghi would make a very good ECB President

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Did Germany just endorse an Italian for ECB president? Cats and dogs living together...

SNB’s Hildebrand: Stong franc poses a real problem

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As a result, expects growth will come down some Sees growth of about 2% this year Exports have been resilient in light of CHF appreciation, eats into margins Squeezing margins too long could have impacts on potential growth

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