Tag: Federal Reserve

The banks that would be affected, based on their size and characteristics in 2013, are Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, State Street and Wells Fargo. (AP Photos)

Fed rolls out extra capital requirements for megabanks

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2014 8:49 pm

Loretta Mester, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and a voting member of the Fed's monetary policy committee, said the central bank should remove the language from its policy announcements that it will keep interest rates near zero for a "considerable time."Â (AP/Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Fed official recommends raising rates earlier

Joseph Lawler · December 5, 2014 9:29 pm

The European Central Bank will consider Federal Reserve-style quantitative easing "early next year," ECB president Mario Draghi hinted Thursday. (AP Photo)

Europe to consider US-style quantitative easing ‘early next year’

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2014 2:36 pm

Lael Brainard, right, foundering director of Brookings Global Economy and Development Program, sits with Vinod Khosia, left, founder of Khosia Ventures, left, and other business, labor and academic leaders during an economic discussion with Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., in Pittsburgh, Thursday, June 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Too early to tell if new financial rules are good enough: Fed governor

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2014 9:07 pm

If inflation continues to fall, the Federal Reserve would have to respond by guaranteeing lower interest rates for longer, Federal Reserve vice chairman Stanley Fischer said Tuesday. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Fed’s Stanley Fischer: Falling inflation would force Fed to keep rates low

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2014 3:11 pm

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Easy come, easy go

Ryan Young · December 1, 2014 10:00 am

The price of economic regulation is being paid by the poor and middle class. (iStock Photo)

Sticks in spokes

Mona Charen · November 25, 2014 6:41 pm

U.S. families finally are feeling comfortable enough with their personal circumstances to finance spending with added debt. (iStock Photo)

Americans are finally borrowing to buy more stuff

Joseph Lawler · November 25, 2014 4:00 pm

The Fed isn't a cop on the beat on Wall Street, NY Fed President William Dudley said Friday. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

NY Fed president says he’s a fire warden, not a cop

Joseph Lawler · November 21, 2014 5:48 pm

In this May 6, 2012, file photo, a Bank of America sign is displayed in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/CX Matiash, File)

Fed reviewing its supervision of big banks amid concerns about lax oversight

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2014 9:55 pm

Falling gas prices can’t drag down inflation in October

Falling gas prices can’t drag down inflation in October

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2014 2:00 pm

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., has scheduled hearings to examine banks' ownership of commodity businesses.Â (Getty File Photo/Chip Somodevilla)

Democrats sharpen Wall Street criticism

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2014 10:00 am