SAN RAMON, Calif./NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The pick-up in U.S. jobs has caught the eye of two top Federal Reserve officials who said on Wednesday that continued improvement in the beleaguered...
TheFed's commitment to keep rates low for years may have diminished interest-rate risk for Treasury investors, but inflation could still swallow up returns, says Morningstar's Eric Jacobson.
The U.S. is particularly well situated compared with almost any other economy in the world right now, says Morningstar's director of economic analysis. These four factors should push 2012 GDP growth ahead of 2011's rate.
Friday's January employment report is likely to show deceleration from December's number, but the general trend of slow, steady improvement is persisting, say Morningstar's Bob Johnson and Vishnu Lekraj.