Tag: Federal Reserve

U.S. stocks are edging mostly lower in early trading as investors wait for news about interest rates from the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed delays interest rate hike, prolonging drama

Joseph Lawler · September 17, 2015 6:01 pm

The Labor Department reports on consumer prices for August on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Falling gas prices push down inflation in August

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2015 12:32 pm

If the committee announces no increase in its rate target Thursday, the most likely dissent on the "hawk" side would be from Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Federal Reserve of Richmond.Â (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Yellen likely to face first dissents of 2015

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 4:01 am

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, from left, with Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, and the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, presides over a meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

The numbers that could sway the Fed

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2015 4:03 am

A worker cleans the sidewalk in Cleveland. The Labor Department releases its job openings and labor turnover survey for July on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Job openings soar to 5.75 million in July

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2015 2:06 pm

Kaushik Basu, the chief economic adviser to the government of India speaks during a G-24 news conference at the IMF/ World Bank annual meetings in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Panic and turmoil’ with Fed rate hike, World Bank economist warns

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2015 11:05 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen and others have been warning for years that they cannot keep the easy-money policies of the financial crisis in place forever. (AP Photo)

Emerging markets fear the Fed

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2015 4:01 am

The governor of China's central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, reportedly said that a bubble had "burst" to describe China's recent market troubles. (AP file)

G-20 leaders discuss currency, China says its bubble ‘burst’

Rudy Takala · September 6, 2015 8:42 pm

Eleven Days to Fed’s Decision Day

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 5, 2015 3:00 am

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker presented a forceful case against any further delays to the central bank's decision to raise interest rates. (AP Photo)

Fed official lays out the case for raising rates

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 3:03 pm

Analysts: Investment down, manufacturing jobs 1/3rd of Obama’s promised 1 million

Paul Bedard · September 4, 2015 2:45 pm

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Mixed jobs report muddles Fed’s rate hike decision

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 2:15 pm