Tag: Federal Reserve

What to Expect in the Year Ahead

What to Expect in the Year Ahead

Irwin M. Stelzer · December 26, 2015 5:01 am

Bernie Sanders speaks says he'd get rid of all the bankers at the Federal Reserve if he wins the White House. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Sanders: Banks have ‘hijacked’ the Fed

Pete Kasperowicz · December 23, 2015 12:19 pm

Several GOP candidates at Tuesday's debate saidÂ that they would oppose raising the federal minimum wage up from its current rate of $7.25 an hour, arguing that a higher rate would ultimately harm the poor more than help them.Â (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Fed: State minimum wage hikes may have killed 200,000 jobs

Joseph Lawler · December 21, 2015 7:35 pm

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: GOP passage of budget bolsters Obama

Paul Bedard · December 19, 2015 12:22 pm

After the Rise

Irwin M. Stelzer · December 19, 2015 5:01 am

During an appearance Wednesday on Fox News, Rand Paul appeared at ease with his position in the GOP field ahead of the sixth debate. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul gets vote on Fed audit legislation

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2015 9:58 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to have pulled off the first interest rate increase in nine years without a hitch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed’s rate hike goes off without surprises

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2015 3:57 pm

Editorial cartoon: A sluggish steed for the Fed

Editorial cartoon: A sluggish steed for the Fed

Washington Examiner · December 18, 2015 2:00 pm

"I feel confident about the fundamentals," Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen says after the central bank raises rates. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Yellen issues a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 9:22 pm

Fed ends seven-year era of zero interest rates

Fed ends seven-year era of zero interest rates

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 8:07 pm

Pulling Away Punch Bowls

Ike Brannon · December 16, 2015 7:10 pm

Investors have effectively taken it as assumed that Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen will raise interest rates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

With rate hike expected, focus shifts to Fed language

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 5:01 am