Tag: Federal Reserve

BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 06: U.S. National Economic Council Chairman Larry Summers meet with Chinese Communist Party's Central Organization Department Minister Li Yuanchao at the Great Hall of the People on September 6, 2010 in Beijing, China. Summers plans to visit China from September 5 to 8. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

Larry who? Most Americans in the dark about possible Fed pick Summers

Brian Hughes · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Nation faces four major threats in the next six weeks, but economists aren't as worried this time around.

Politics in Washington could disrupt the economy

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has drawn criticism, but not concerning his aptitude as an economist. (Getty Images File)

White House denies report Larry Summers is Fed choice

Brian Hughes · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 06: U.S. National Economic Council Chairman Larry Summers meet with Chinese Communist Party's Central Organization Department Minister Li Yuanchao at the Great Hall of the People on September 6, 2010 in Beijing, China. Summers plans to visit China from September 5 to 8. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Nominating Larry Summers may require Obama skirting his own ethics rules — again

Timothy P. Carney · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

Risky investment particularly in mortgage-backed securities, which government regulations treated as low-risk investments, incorrectly as it turned out.

Beltway Confidential

Illuminating observations on the financial crisis

Michael Barone · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Hundreds of economists endorse Janet Yellen for Federal Reserve chairman

Joseph Lawler · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 06: U.S. National Economic Council Chairman Larry Summers meet with Chinese Communist Party's Central Organization Department Minister Li Yuanchao at the Great Hall of the People on September 6, 2010 in Beijing, China. Summers plans to visit China from September 5 to 8. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

GOP keeps its powder dry on Larry Summers’ likely nomination for Federal Reserve chairman

Joseph Lawler · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Bernanke to hold town hall meeting with teachers

Bernanke to hold town hall meeting with teachers

Martin Crutsinger · September 9, 2013 9:43 pm

Although Obama is expected to delay a decision regarding Ben Bernankeâs successor at the Fed until after the situation in Syria is resolved or at least a course of action is determined, widespread belief that his former adviser Larry Summers is the frontrunner for the post continues to raise the political stakes of what is normally a routine nomination process. (AP/Feng Li)

The week ahead in economics: Big economic news overshadowed by Syria

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

Job Growth Tapers Despite Summers’ Growth

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 7, 2013 3:00 am

Former Merrill Lynch CEO: Too-big-to-fail is still a problem

Joseph Lawler · September 7, 2013 12:00 am

In this Sept. 3, 2013, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stock markets were tentative Friday, Sept. 6, 2012, ahead of the latest U.S. jobs report, the most important monthly indicator for the world's largest economy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Aug. US jobs data could drive Fed bond-buying move

Christopher Rugaber · September 6, 2013 11:41 am