Tag: Federal Reserve

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 1, 2011, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gives the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress while testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The tumultuous Ben Bernanke era at the Federal Reserve moves toward its close with the final policy meeting of his eight-year tenure scheduled for the last week of January 2014. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Despite market unrest, Fed likely to pare stimulus

Martin Crutsinger · January 27, 2014 5:19 pm

Members of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and regional Fed bank presidents will gather in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday for the last monetary policy meeting headed by Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo)

The week ahead in economics: Ben Bernanke’s goodbye, Bitcoin and GDP

Joseph Lawler · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

No Statistics, No Mischief

Andrew Ferguson · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Yellen favors gender-neutral title of Fed ‘chair’

Yellen favors gender-neutral title of Fed ‘chair’

Martin Crutsinger · January 21, 2014 7:40 pm

The dollar rose the most in a week against the yen on bets the Federal Reserve will further scale back stimulus while the Bank of Japan expands measures to counter the risk of deflation. (Thinkstock Image)

Dollar gains most in week versus yen on bets Fed to taper more

Bloomberg News · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Wall Street adviser: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years

Wall Street adviser: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years

Paul Bedard · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

On Monday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Janet Yellen, the current Federal Reserve vice chairwoman, to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Janet Yellen favors gender-neutral title of Fed ‘chair’

Martin Crutsinger · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo from Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, is photographed during an Associated Press interview in Topeka, Kan. Kobach initiated a lawsuit by Kansas and Arizona against a federal agency to force the modification of a national voter registration form to help the states enforce their proof-of-citizenship laws. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Feds deny state bids to tighten voter registration

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Even though the unemployment rate has come down significantly, from 10 percent at its highest to the current 6.7 percent, workers also have been fleeing the labor force. (AP Photo)

The week ahead in economics: Jobs recovery, Davos and the Fed

Joseph Lawler · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks about the Federal Reserve's first and next century, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at the Brookings Institution in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bernanke likens ’08 financial crisis to car crash

Martin Crutsinger · January 16, 2014 7:30 pm

With his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman winding down, Ben Bernanke once again defended his record in steering the central bank through the financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing prolonged recession at an event at the Brookings Institution Thursday morning. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty images)

Ben Bernanke defends bailouts, easy money policies

Joseph Lawler · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 file photo, FedEx Packages move on a conveyor belt at the FedEx hub at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. A Federal Reserve survey shows economic growth remained healthy in most U.S. regions in late November and December, helped by gains in consumer spending and factory output. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fed: US economic growth healthy over holidays

Christopher Rugaber · January 15, 2014 9:06 pm