Tag: Inflation

In this Feb. 20, 1978, file photo, President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., as they wait to speak at a fundraising reception at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del.

Beltway Confidential

Biden should follow Carter’s lead, not Elizabeth Warren’s, in nominating Federal Reserve vice chair

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 2, 2023 8:05 pm

Blank stimulus checks are seen on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The first batch of rebate payments started hitting bank accounts last week through direct deposits. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials are visiting government check printing centers around the country on Thursday for events highlighting the fact that millions of rebate checks are in the mail.

Recession warning: 2-year Treasury yields hit highest level since eve of financial crisis

Zach Halaschak · March 2, 2023 5:34 pm

Beltway Confidential

The cost of the Federal Reserve’s ‘full employment’: Migrant child labor

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 2, 2023 2:05 am

The Capitol is seen before dawn Wednesday after a night of negotiating on the government spending bill, in Washington, March 21, 2018. Talks over a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed out deals on a first round of funding for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall.

House passes bill to publish how much Biden’s executive orders affect inflation

Zach Halaschak · March 1, 2023 4:36 pm

President Joe Biden faces controversy over his approach to spending and inflation.

Republicans fight to REIN IN Biden’s reckless spending

Rep. Elise Stefanik · March 1, 2023 6:00 am

In this June 15, 2018 file photo, $20 bills are counted in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Dollar downsize: Inflation causing 60% of US adults to live paycheck to paycheck

Asher Notheis · February 28, 2023 10:24 pm

Beltway Confidential

Don’t move the inflation target

James Rogan · February 28, 2023 6:00 am

Discussions on the future of Social Security have occurred in Congress for years, and experts have warned that the program could be insolvent in 10 years if nothing is done.

Social Security update: Direct payment worth up to $4,555 to be sent to millions in 11 days

Asher Notheis · February 25, 2023 9:59 am

Dollar downsize: Study finds retirement account balances decreased by almost 25% last year

Asher Notheis · February 24, 2023 8:55 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., pass each other as Harris moves to the podium. To speak during a campaign event at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

Biden prioritizes ‘diversity’ at the Fed while inflation is at a 40-year high and rising

Tiana Lowe Doescher · February 24, 2023 4:29 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress" on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

The Fed’s favorite inflation measure skyrockets as markets realize rate hikes are far from over

Tiana Lowe Doescher · February 24, 2023 3:49 pm

Biden says ‘we have more work to do’ as inflation unexpectedly rises

Haisten Willis · February 24, 2023 3:42 pm