Tag: Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve could move to raise interest rates as early as the first half of 2015 thanks to the strength of the economy, according to one central banker. (iStock Photo)

Fed official: Interest rate hikes could come in first half of 2015

Joseph Lawler · January 2, 2015 6:41 pm

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Fed’s inflation hawks fly the coop

Joseph Lawler · January 1, 2015 10:00 am

The precipitous drop in the price of oil has not darkened the outlook of manufacturers in energy-heavy Texas, a survey released Monday shows. (AP Photo)

Texas manufacturers optimistic despite oil downturn

Joseph Lawler · December 29, 2014 6:17 pm

Community bankers miss chance to get permanent spot on Fed board

Joseph Lawler · December 22, 2014 10:00 am

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota, one of three dissenting votes from the Fed's monetary policy announcement Wednesday, issued a statement Friday in which he warned that the Fed's "failure to respond to weak inflation runs the risk of creating a harmful downward slide in inflation and longer-term inflation expectations of the kind that we have seen in Japan and Europe."(AP Photo/John Locher)

Fed official: Fed is risking Japan-style deflation

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2014 4:56 pm

Federal Reserve Law Enforcement officers stand outside the Federal Reserve September 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Fed delays major part of Volcker Rule

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2014 10:59 pm

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew (C) speaks during an open session of a Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting December 18, 2014 at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC. The FSOC received updates on financial stability during the open session. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Asset management firms on the hot seat

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2014 7:39 pm

Fed stays on course despite market turmoil

Fed stays on course despite market turmoil

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2014 10:00 am

Fed moves closer to interest rate hikes

Fed moves closer to interest rate hikes

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2014 7:25 pm

Fed expected to move closer to raising interest rates

Fed expected to move closer to raising interest rates

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2014 10:00 am

The U.S. economy is already getting better. Recent numbers on jobs, retail sales, consumer confidence, small-business confidence, ISM's, and business investment point to a 3 percent growth rate rather than the tepid 2 percent pace of the prior five years. (iStock Photo)

Lower oil and King Dollar are unambiguously good

Lawrence Kudlow · December 13, 2014 8:26 pm

People walk into a meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, October 24, 2013 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Federal Reserve’s top advocate for loose money to step down

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 5:09 pm