Tag: Federal Reserve

The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits the week before. Economists had expected a tick in jobless claims up to 265,000. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Jobless claims on best hot streak since 1970

Joseph Lawler · August 11, 2016 12:31 pm

U.S. student debt slipped from $1.261 trillion to $1.259 trillion in the second quarter, New York Fed says. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Student debt falls for first time

Joseph Lawler · August 9, 2016 4:43 pm

Fed members are reluctant to spell out an end to the era of very low rates even amid mounting signs that the U.S. economy is near full strength. (AP Photo)

Fed holds off on rate hikes, but sees ‘diminished’ risks to the economy

Joseph Lawler · July 27, 2016 6:00 pm

Daniel Tarullo said that "if markets do regard economic prospects as only modest or moderate going forward, then raising short-term rates is almost surely going to flatten the yield curve." (AP Photo)

Fed rate hike didn’t ease financial pressures

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2016 4:01 am

Richard Berner, the director of the Office of Financial Research, told reporters Monday that the Brexit fallout "introduces months or years of uncertainty about the rules governing the U.K.'s investment, financing and trade relations with Europe and the rest of the world." (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Feds warn of three key risks facing financial system

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2016 6:44 pm

With Fed Chair Janet Yellen constantly putting off rate increases, no one can be sure what will happen in the fall — even if the jobs reports for July and August are as rosy as the 287,000 June jobs increase. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Why the Fed should raise rates

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · July 25, 2016 4:03 am

Unlike at past meetings, Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other members of the central bank are not expected to hint at a new round of interest rate increases that they later will have to back away from when economic growth disappoints. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fed looks to avoid repeating the mistake of the last few years

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2016 4:01 am

Economists had expected claims to inch up to around 265,000 after falling to some of the lowest levels in forty years earlier in the month. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

Jobless claims fall even lower in mid-July, to 253,000

Joseph Lawler · July 21, 2016 1:05 pm

On Friday, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for June. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Rising rents, medical costs push core inflation to highest levels of the recovery in June

Joseph Lawler · July 15, 2016 12:32 pm

The group seeks to avoid congressional interference with the Fed's conduct of monetary policy, a stance that puts it in conflict with some of the ideas advanced by Democrats as well as Republicans. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Chamber wants overhaul of Fed’s ‘black box’

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2016 5:36 pm

June's job gains exceeded economists' expectations for around 180,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Job gains bounce back to 287,000 in June, unemployment at 4.9 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2016 12:32 pm

New applications for unemployment have been trending down in recent weeks.

Jobless claims fall to 254,000, lowest since April

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 12:32 pm