Inflation

Boston Fed president says the central bank should plan to raise interest rates every other meeting this year. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Economy

Fed official warns of ‘over-hot’ economy, calls for a 1-point rate hike

Joseph Lawler -

March 29, 2017 4:03 pm

Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, wrote that

Economy

Fed official explains his lone vote against raising rates

Joseph Lawler -

March 17, 2017 2:30 pm

Economy

At 2.7 percent in February, inflation was at the highest it’s been in five years

Joseph Lawler -

March 15, 2017 12:31 pm

Economic growth slowed to end 2016, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Economy

Economic growth slowed to end 2016, 1.9 percent in fourth quarter

Joseph Lawler -

January 27, 2017 1:32 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

Economy

Fed official: Inflation is ‘simply not a problem’

Joseph Lawler -

January 17, 2017 4:13 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)

Economy

Fed is ‘running the economy hot,’ official warns

Joseph Lawler -

January 9, 2017 11:00 pm

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)

Economy

Trump could preside over years of falling unemployment rates

Joseph Lawler -

January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Economy

Inflation firms up to 1.7 percent in November as food costs keep falling

Joseph Lawler -

December 15, 2016 1:35 pm

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

Economy

Vice chairman suggests the Fed may exceed its inflation target

Joseph Lawler -

November 4, 2016 8:42 pm

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Tag: Inflation

Fed official warns of ‘over-hot’ economy, calls for a 1-point rate hike

Fed official explains his lone vote against raising rates

At 2.7 percent in February, inflation was at the highest it’s been in five years

Economic growth slowed to end 2016, 1.9 percent in fourth quarter

The real surprise from December’s jobs report

Fed official: Inflation is ‘simply not a problem’

Fed is ‘running the economy hot,’ official warns

Trump could preside over years of falling unemployment rates

Inflation firms up to 1.7 percent in November as food costs keep falling

Vice chairman suggests the Fed may exceed its inflation target

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