Tag: Federal Reserve

In his speech Monday, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer also warned that over time regulators and bankers could forget the lessons of the crisis, leading to an "unhappy result."Â (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)

Fed official says it’s time to punish individual bankers for financial crimes

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 2:42 pm

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Eric Rosengren speaks with staff during a visit to the office of CONNECT, a coalition of local organizations that provides employment services in Chelsea, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Fed official: Weak economy is not just the weather

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 2:19 pm

Rodbusters install rebar on the new Comcast Innovation and Technology Center under construction, in Philadelphia. The Commerce Department releases first-quarter gross domestic product on Friday, May 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Economy contracted 0.7 percent in the first quarter

Joseph Lawler · May 29, 2015 12:35 pm

Narayana Kocherlakota, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, arrives for a dinner during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Fed official: Raising rates in 2015 would be a ‘mistake’

Joseph Lawler · May 28, 2015 9:08 pm

"We are not there yet" on unemployment, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in text prepared for a speech in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo)

Yellen: ‘We are not there yet’ on unemployment

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2015 6:17 pm

Annual inflation was slightly negative in April because of the falling cost of energy, even as other prices showed strong month-to-month gains. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Energy prices bring down annual inflation in April

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2015 12:54 pm

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, leaves a closed-door meeting meeting of House Republicans Â at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hensarling subpoenas Fed over leak

Susan Ferrechio · May 21, 2015 10:07 pm

People shop on November 28, 2014, Black Friday. Analysts do their best to factor in the frenzied shopping during this quarter as they calculate GDP. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Is the economy tanking, or is it just the seasons?

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

Daniel Tarullo, a Federal Reserve governor and the de facto point man for the central bank on regulation, singled out the asset management industry in particular for regulation in his remarks at a meeting of federal regulatory agencies in Arlington, Virginia. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Finance execs call for new regulatory tools to fight bubbles

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2015 2:53 pm

Ben Bernanke argued that the Warren-Vitter bill did too much to limit regulators' response to a crisis situation, saying that some of its provisions were "unwise" even if their inclusion was necessary to pass the legislation. (AP Photo)Â

Bernanke takes aim at Elizabeth Warren’s Fed bill

Joseph Lawler · May 15, 2015 5:24 pm

"I will strenuously object to any consideration of her nomination, and request that you immediately withdraw it and instead put forward a nominee who can be confirmed by the Senate and hit the ground running," the Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said in a letter to President Obama. (Getty Image)

Warren, Vitter roll out bill to rein in Fed’s bailout powers

Joseph Lawler · May 13, 2015 3:32 pm

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right, walk into the hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, with Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen where she was to testify. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Shelby introduces financial reform bill, immediately faces Dem opposition

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2015 6:28 pm