Tag: Federal Reserve

National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, right, talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, before the start of an event with President Barack Obama announcing that White Hose Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is stepping down to run for Mayor of Chicago, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Former Obama adviser warns that inflation and overheating economy now ‘primary risk’

Zach Halaschak · May 25, 2021 4:39 pm

The headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank is seen at sunrise in Washington Saturday, May 24, 2008. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

We don’t need a woke Fed

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2021 4:01 am

Toomey requests info from Fed bank leaders about ‘woke’ initiatives

Zach Halaschak · May 24, 2021 12:00 am

Larry Summers is both a clever man and a very good economist. But when he's talking politics, he's as fallible as any other. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)

‘Dangerous complacency’: Former Obama adviser hits Fed over inflation concerns

Zach Halaschak · May 18, 2021 9:09 pm

Who’s afraid of inflation?

Alexander Salter · May 18, 2021 12:00 am

Harvard professor Larry Summers warned that Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's optimism one day might be viewed the same way that Ben Bernanke's statements downplaying the subprime crisis were, and he concluded in an op-ed that "the Fed's complacency about its current toolbox is unwarranted." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Inflation accelerating faster than expected, says Obama economist Lawrence Summers

Nihal Krishan · May 14, 2021 2:26 pm

Joe Biden talks to dead people

Becket Adams · May 12, 2021 12:00 am

The inflation threat to a post-COVID economy

Desmond Lachman · May 7, 2021 3:00 am

Fed may need to hike rates to prevent overheating, Yellen says

Zach Halaschak · May 4, 2021 5:08 pm

In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The Fed keeps rates ultra-low amid improving economy

Zach Halaschak · April 28, 2021 6:00 pm

Shot of a shop owner hanging up an "open" sign.

Economy beat expectations in March with 916,000 new jobs as pandemic wanes, unemployment down to 6%

Zach Halaschak · April 2, 2021 12:30 pm

Raphael Bostic, associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning and Development, describes the impact of non-traditional loans on consumers and the mortgage industry, during an informational hearing at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. The Senate Banking, Finance and Taxation Committee was looking into whether to adopt federal guidelines regulating the mortgage industry.

There are ‘definitely merits’ to reparations, Fed president says

Zach Halaschak · March 29, 2021 3:18 pm