Inflation

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

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

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

Economy

Yellen tries to take on the supply side

Joseph Lawler -

October 26, 2016 4:01 am

Social Security recipients will see a 0.3 percent cost of living increase in their benefits for 2017, the Social Security Administration announced.

Economy

Social Security recipients getting a 0.3 percent increase

Joseph Lawler -

October 18, 2016 2:59 pm

Economy

Annual inflation rises to 1.5 percent in September

Joseph Lawler -

October 18, 2016 12:33 pm

Economy

Venezuelan regime runs out of other people’s money

Washington Examiner -

October 10, 2016 4:01 am

Eric Rosengren, one of three officials to dissent from the no-rate-hike decision Wednesday, cited recent job gains and rising inflation as reasons for the Fed to continue raising rates. (AP Photo)

Economy

Fed official pushes for raising interest rates

Joseph Lawler -

September 23, 2016 2:07 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen sided with the late Milton Friedman and against her colleagues Wednesday in one of the major debates within the central bank as it weighs when to raise interest rates. (AP Photos)

Economy

Yellen sides with Milton Friedman against colleagues

Joseph Lawler -

September 21, 2016 9:36 pm

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Tag: Inflation

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

Yellen tries to take on the supply side

Annual inflation rises to 1.5 percent in September

Venezuelan regime runs out of other people’s money

Fed official pushes for raising interest rates

Yellen sides with Milton Friedman against colleagues

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