Tag: Federal Reserve

Investors anticipated that the Federal Reserve would not change its short-term rate target of 0.5 percent-0.75 percent, after raising it in December. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

No rate change, few hints from first Fed meeting of Trump presidency

Joseph Lawler · February 1, 2017 7:00 pm

The relatively weak December job growth was not the major story. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Beltway Confidential

The real surprise from December’s jobs report

Bruce Yandle · January 22, 2017 8:00 pm

Janet Yellen admits what keeps her up at night

Janet Yellen admits what keeps her up at night

Joseph Lawler · January 20, 2017 2:46 am

Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen cautioned against keeping money too loose for too long, saying that it would be "prudent" to continue raising interest rates slowly to avoid allowing inflation to rise out of control. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Yellen: ‘Risky and unwise’ to allow the economy to run hot

Joseph Lawler · January 20, 2017 1:17 am

Yellen: Bank abuses ‘unacceptable’

Yellen: Bank abuses ‘unacceptable’

Joseph Lawler · January 18, 2017 9:34 pm

Fed official: Inflation is ‘simply not a problem’

Fed official: Inflation is ‘simply not a problem’

Joseph Lawler · January 17, 2017 4:13 pm

Stimulus under Trump would come at ‘substantial cost,’ Fed official warns

Stimulus under Trump would come at ‘substantial cost,’ Fed official warns

Joseph Lawler · January 17, 2017 3:54 pm

The central bank sent $92 billion to the Treasury last year, down from $97.7 billion in 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fed payments to banks rise $5.2 billion

Joseph Lawler · January 10, 2017 6:02 pm

Chairwoman Janet Yellen has indicated that the plan for the balance sheet is to begin to allow securities to mature and the portfolio to shrink after some unspecified number of rate hikes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Fed is ‘running the economy hot,’ official warns

Joseph Lawler · January 9, 2017 11:00 pm

Visa set up technical requirements for new chip card readers that interfered with merchants' ability to decide which network to use. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Fed and FTC strike a blow for competition

Lyle Beckwith · January 9, 2017 5:04 am

Since September 2015, the labor force has swelled by nearly 3 million, and the participation rate has ticked up by 0.3 percentage points despite the thousands of boomers retiring every day. (M. Spencer Green/AP Images)

Trump could preside over years of falling unemployment rates

Joseph Lawler · January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Job creation fell just short of expectations in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

US adds 156,000 new jobs in December, unemployment at 4.7 percent

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2017 1:31 pm