Tag: Federal Reserve

Job seekers check out the job opportunities at a Hiring Fair in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP/Alan Diaz)

The evidence that the long-term unemployed are finding jobs, not just giving up the job hunt

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2014 4:58 pm

A lot has happened in the four years since Dodd-Frank became law. (iStock)

Dodd-Frank at war with itself

Hester Peirce · July 25, 2014 9:00 am

A sold sign is posted in front of a home for sale on May 27, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Here’s what this week’s housing numbers say about the recovery

Joseph Lawler · July 24, 2014 4:41 pm

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CFPB’s cloud computing security system ‘needs strengthening,’ warns IG

Richard Pollock · July 23, 2014 10:00 am

The number of new houses under construction came in well below expectations in June, at 893,000 rather than the expected million-plus that would have represented gradual improvement. (iStock Photo)

Janet Yellen admits she doesn’t know why this sector of the economy is doing so poorly

Joseph Lawler · July 21, 2014 12:16 pm

The Politics of Money

Judy Shelton · July 21, 2014 4:00 am

Pedestrians look at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Asia's major stock markets mostly posted modest gains Thursday after positive U.S. corporate and economic news underpinned confidence. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Markets roiled by fresh US sanctions on Russia

The Associated Press · July 17, 2014 4:02 pm

Where’s that inflation I was promised?

Where’s that inflation I was promised?

Steve Chapman · July 17, 2014 2:43 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen removes her glasses as she testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday in her twice-yearly testimony to Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Janet Yellen stumbled over these two bailout questions

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2014 9:49 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen removes her glasses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, before the House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled: "Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Yellen rejects move to set up formula for Fed

Martin Crutsinger · July 16, 2014 5:54 pm

CFPB headquarters in DC (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

UPDATED: How could Bloomberg Businessweek reporter miss the Obama bundler in the CFPB renovation scandal?

Mark Tapscott · July 16, 2014 12:36 pm

FILE - In this July 2, 2014, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at the International Monetary Fund in Washington. Yellen testifies to a Senate committee to deliver the Fed's twice-a-year report to Congress on interest-rate policy and the economy on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Labor market still needs Fed support, chair says

Martin Crutsinger · July 15, 2014 8:45 pm