Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The Federal Reserve will end its large-scale bond-buying program this month, the central bank announced Wednesday.Â

Federal Reserve officially ends quantitative easing program

Joseph Lawler · October 29, 2014 6:34 pm

Gas prices below $3 dollars are displayed at a gas station. A sudden plunge in the price of oil is sending economic and political shockwaves around the world as oil exporting countries face the prospect of billions of dollars of lost revenue and importing nations get some relief in a time of slower economic growth. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Jack Lew: Falling oil prices good for U.S., trouble for other producers

Joseph Lawler · October 29, 2014 1:10 pm

Sen. Kay Hagan consistently votes for government to pick winners and losers. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Kay Hagan’s corporatism and cronyism enriches her campaign, family

Timothy P. Carney · October 29, 2014 9:00 am

Treasury agency will regulate some Bitcoin companies

Joseph Lawler · October 27, 2014 9:46 pm

U.S. nuclear arsenal due for modernization

Charles Hoskinson · October 27, 2014 9:00 am

Tennessee to vote whether income tax unconstitutional

Sean Higgins · October 27, 2014 9:00 am

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D.C.’s economic boom comes at public’s expense

Jesse Hathaway · October 26, 2014 12:00 pm

Fannie Mae's settlement ends litigation involving accusations it misled investors before 2008. (AP Photos)

Fannie Mae settles lawsuit from shareholders for $170 million

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2014 9:27 pm

Democratic billionaires outdo GOP in super PAC contributions

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2014 6:11 pm

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan Aug. 30. (AP Photo)

State Dept. spent millions on TV trucks it still hasn’t touched

Sarah Bedford · October 25, 2014 2:00 pm

Sensing the Senate can be won, Republicans are changing their rhetoric on Social Security benefits. (iStock Photo)

Midterms: GOP changes its tune on Social Security

Kelly Cohen · October 24, 2014 12:26 pm

A maglev train approaches a station on July 24, 2006 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

Why we’re not going to get Northeast Corridor high-speed rail

Michael Barone · October 23, 2014 9:03 pm