[FED SPEAKERS NEXT WEEK]
By[FED SPEAKERS NEXT WEEK] There is a hefty list of Fed speakers next
week, including Bernanke. Fed officials are still focused on defending
their policy stance as the only major central bank actively increasing
policy accommodation. However, Europe's debt troubles have increased since
that decision was made. The last FOMC minutes, from the meeting at which
the new round of asset purchases was decided upon, noted that credit
spreads were mostly narrowing – with the exception of Ireland. Since
then, credit spreads for the European periphery have widened back to
around the size seen during the Greek debt crisis. Fed officials cited
European debt troubles back then a central cause of mid-year US economic
slowing. We are interested to see how much attention next week's Fed
speakers give to the latest round of European spread widening
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