Tag: Federal Reserve

The increase brings the Fedâs target for short-term interest rates to a range of 1 percent to 1.25 percent, back to its 2008 level. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Reserve announces second rate hike this year, despite slower inflation

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2017 6:01 pm

Economists suggest that higher inflation might be needed to lower unemployment given the weak economic recovery. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Former Obama, Fed officials call on central bank to ditch inflation target

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2017 8:09 pm

Six in 10 people say the economy has improved under President Trump, and 38 percent give him some credit for it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump zeroing in on candidates for Federal Reserve

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 8:51 pm

Friday's jobs report missed private-sector forecasters' expectations for 185,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Job gains fall shy in May at 138,000, but unemployment lowest since May 2001

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 12:31 pm

The stress tests involve projecting how banks' balance sheets would hold up in a hypothetical financial crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Bank stress tests coming in late June, Fed says

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 6:27 pm

At 96 months in duration, the recovery is already significantly longer than the postwar average of 58.4 months. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Economic recovery hits eight-year mark, with no end in sight

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 2:57 pm

Low inflation, high corporate borrowing and "quite lax" underwriting on auto loans are causes for concern, Lael Brainard said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fed governor: No ‘flashing red’ signs of financial bubbles

Joseph Lawler · May 30, 2017 5:51 pm

Economists in the private sector had expected inflation to cool to a 1.7 percent annual rate. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Inflation slowed to 1.7 percent in April in Fed’s favored statistic

Joseph Lawler · May 30, 2017 12:32 pm

Federal Reserve officials are looking to reverse the massive bond-buying programs they launched during the recession later this year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Federal Reserve eyes reversing quantitative easing three months at a time

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2017 6:00 pm

A survey by the Federal Reserve found that almost half of families could not come up with $400 in a pinch, which has improved since 2013.

44 percent of Americans couldn’t cover an unexpected $400 expense

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2017 4:59 pm

The Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for April on Friday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Inflation slows in April, down to 2.2 percent

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2017 12:31 pm

Three-judge panel says AIG investors lacked standing to sue for losses in the insurance company's bailout during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Appeals court reverses decision that AIG bailout was illegal

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2017 5:08 pm