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Sri-Kumar: Real growth cannot come from monetary policy alone

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Sri-Kumar: Real growth cannot come from monetary policy alon

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Real growth cannot be obtained from monetary policy alone.

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The current low interest rates accomplish market distortion.

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The Fed's quantitative easing and zero interest rates helped the stock market but not the economy.

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The 10-year Treasury yield is going to go toward 1% over the next year.

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Dow futures are down 29, two-tenths.

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NASDAQ e-mini futures are off five points, one-tenth.

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Three Fed speakers are scheduled for today.

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Bonds are mixed at the moment.

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The yield curve is flattening some.

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The 10-year note yield falls a basis point to 1.82 percent.

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The five-year yield is at 1.36 percent.

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The two-year yield rises just a touch to 0.88 percent.

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G7 ministers met over the weekend.

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G7 ministers had no coordinated plan on growth.

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G7 ministers will cooperate on currencies.

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The dollar is basically unchanged at 95.362.

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The euro is trading at 112.06.

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The yen got stronger today, 109.45.

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Haruhiko Kuroda was on CNBC overnight.

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Commodities are a little soggy.

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The Canadian dollar (Looney) is 131.60, weaker this morning.

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Invesco believes it's time to say goodbye to the traditional 60-40 stock bond allocation.

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Invesco suggests alternatives as a core part of modern portfolios.

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Jim Bullard has already spoken, with nothing new from him.

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The DAX in Germany is down 75 points, three-quarters of a percent.

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Stocks in Europe overall are lower by about two points, half a percent on the day.

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S&P futures are off four points, two-tenths.

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Sri Kumar believes the Fed should have raised rates two years ago.

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The Fed is a prisoner of its own policies.

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The 2-10 spread is signaling an economic slowdown.

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Core inflation is still well below the Fed's target.

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The Eurozone is dealing with deflation.

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Japanese deflation is getting worse.

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The Chinese wholesale price index has been negative for about four years.

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President Obama removed a 50-year-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam.

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Two suicide bombers hit Yemen's southern port city of Aden today, killing at least 45 people.

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Commodities are sliding, led by metals.

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Stocks in Europe are declining.

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S&P E-mini futures are down three points.

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Dow E-mini futures are down 23.

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NASDAQ E-mini futures are down two.

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The Ten-year Treasury is up 5.30 seconds, with a yield of 1.82%.

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NYMEX crude oil is down 1.2% or $0.60 to $0.4782 a barrel.

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COMEX Gold is down 0.3% or $3.80 at $12.49, 10 an ounce.

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The one-year moving average of the 10-year yield is 2.07%.

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CME Group S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 futures trade nearly 24 hours with great liquidity.

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ETF markets have less volume and liquidity after 4 p.m. until the next morning.

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A global workforce of 300,000 at IBM can use AI to fill their HR questions.

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IBM's AI resolves 94% of common HR questions.

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Europe and attachment to Europe looks worse every single day.

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The business cycle dynamics since World War II have not changed.

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The Brexit debate is in full cry in London.

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Bayer made a $62 billion offer for Monsanto.

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The UK government forecast that leaving the EU would cause a year-long recession.

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The FTSE is down 21 points, three-tenths of a percent.

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The pound is trading at 144.67, down a quarter of a percent this morning.

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Bayer shares are lower this morning.

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Monsanto shares are up 8.8% to $110.48.

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Monsanto's offer is $122 a share.

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Investors are not liking something about the Bayer-Monsanto deal.

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