Tag: Federal Reserve

Visa set up technical requirements for new chip card readers that interfered with merchants' ability to decide which network to use. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Fed and FTC strike a blow for competition

Lyle Beckwith · January 9, 2017 5:04 am

Since September 2015, the labor force has swelled by nearly 3 million, and the participation rate has ticked up by 0.3 percentage points despite the thousands of boomers retiring every day. (M. Spencer Green/AP Images)

Trump could preside over years of falling unemployment rates

Joseph Lawler · January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Job creation fell just short of expectations in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

US adds 156,000 new jobs in December, unemployment at 4.7 percent

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2017 1:31 pm

Officials discussed expectation that the Trump administration might oversee tax cuts and spending increases. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed members at last meeting thought faster rate hikes might be needed

Joseph Lawler · January 4, 2017 7:12 pm

New faces at the Fed in 2017

Joseph Lawler · December 30, 2016 4:18 am

John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said West Coast business executives are worried about the uncertainty created by President-elect Trump's proposals for trade and immigration policy. (Noah Berger/Bloomberg)

Fed official: West Coast companies nervous about Trump’s immigration plans

Joseph Lawler · December 21, 2016 4:14 pm

Fed chief tells University of Baltimore graduates that the current job market is the strongest in a decade. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Prospects ‘very good’ for college graduates, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2016 7:03 pm

A new study found that young workers are getting more optimistic about the future despite worrying long-term trends in the job market. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Young workers getting more optimistic, Fed study finds

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2016 3:57 pm

Big banks will need to raise $70 billion in funding to comply with a new rule to be finalized Thursday by the Federal Reserve. The rule requires the largest banks to pre-fund "the costs of their own failure," Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Big banks need to add $70 billion to meet new Fed rule

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2016 4:37 pm

Fed Raises Benchmark Interest Rate for Second Time Since Financial Crisis

Chris Deaton · December 14, 2016 9:18 pm

"I would say, at this point, that fiscal policy is not obviously needed to provide stimulus to get us back to full employment," said Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fiscal stimulus no longer needed to boost employment, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2016 9:16 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. The Federal Reserve is raising a key interest rate for the first time in a year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Yellen downplays impact of Trump’s win on Fed

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2016 8:21 pm