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… concerns about results from the 2-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve Bank , which concludes Aug. 1. The SIG Oil Exploration & Production Index was down 1.4%, and the Oil Service Index …

… New York market as the dollar strengthened and the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve Bank , reported financial recovery is still too slow and reiterated its bond-buying plan to stimulate the economy. However …

… York market as the US dollar declined after the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve Bank , again said it will keep the federal funds rate near zero for an extended period. “Despite another major debt …

Sam Fletcher Senior Writer HOUSTON, Mar. 19 -- Energy prices rebounded Mar. 18 moments after the Federal Reserve Bank again cut its short-term interest rates, this time by three-quarters of a percentage point to 2.25%. The …

… bombshell came after market close on [May 10], when The Wall Street Journal published an article detailing the Federal Reserve Bank 's exit strategy from its $85 billion/month bond-buying program,” said analysts in the Houston office …

… equity market that anticipated the European Central Bank will reduce interest rates at its May 2 meeting while the Federal Reserve Bank won’t raise its rates. “Domestic rates remain at rock bottom in the US, which means the Fed has less flexibility …

… said analysts in the Houston office of Raymond James & Associates Inc. “That may be too aggressive, but the Federal Reserve Bank tapering the pace of its bond-purchase program by the end of this year now certainly seems a less likely outcome …

… weakening growth being bad for real oil demand but being good for liquidity support in that it implies that the Federal Reserve Bank will stay the quantitative easing course for a while longer perhaps.” The slower-than-expected recovery …