Tag: Federal Reserve

Outside observers have questioned if the Fed's 2 percent inflation target is really a ceiling. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Vice chairman suggests the Fed may exceed its inflation target

Joseph Lawler · November 4, 2016 8:42 pm

Friday's jobs report fell short of the expectations of private-sector forecasters, which were for 178,000 new jobs. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Slight October jobs miss: Economy adds 161,000 new jobs, unemployment at 4.9 percent

Joseph Lawler · November 4, 2016 12:31 pm

Future White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough warned Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta against using personal addresses for handling "sensitive" information in 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Hacked: Podesta warned about weak cybersecurity in 2008

Rudy Takala · November 3, 2016 11:32 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has suggested that the Fed might further slow its move toward raising interest rates in order to give the economy "room to run." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fed holds rates steady, but hike is expected in December

Joseph Lawler · November 2, 2016 6:00 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has suggested that with inflation still subdued, the central bank may try to run a "high-pressure economy." (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Election to keep Fed sidelined this week, but investors expect hike in December

Joseph Lawler · November 1, 2016 2:51 pm

Hello, Central

Judy Shelton · October 28, 2016 6:15 am

Janet Yellen is avoiding commenting on the presidential election or its implications for markets. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Yellen tries to take on the supply side

Joseph Lawler · October 26, 2016 4:01 am

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen has expressed a desire to maintain lower interest rates for longer, even with the unemployment rate about as low as the Fed thinks it can go, to bring discouraged workers back into the job hunt and into positions. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Economy might need only 50,000 jobs per month, Fed bank finds

Joseph Lawler · October 24, 2016 9:24 pm

Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Monday that ultra-low interest rates are dangerous for the economy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed officials warn that raising rates is ‘not that simple’

Joseph Lawler · October 17, 2016 6:34 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen said that it might be worth asking whether the Fed could help the economy by "temporarily running a 'high-pressure economy,' with robust aggregate demand and a tight labor market." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Yellen floats running a ‘high-pressure economy’ with easy money

Joseph Lawler · October 14, 2016 6:03 pm

Following the meeting, Chairwoman Janet Yellen explained to the press that the Fed was delaying tighter money in order to give the economy "room to run" and bring discouraged workers off the sidelines and into jobs. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Fed worries its credibility is eroding

Joseph Lawler · October 12, 2016 6:24 pm

Jobs and the Fed

Irwin M. Stelzer · October 8, 2016 4:01 am