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President Trump signed the GOP's $1.5 trillion tax cut bill on Dec. 22. The new law lets firms bring overseas earnings back to the U.S. without a penalty once they pay a one-time levy and reduces the top tax rate to 21 percent. (Mike Theiler/Pool via Bloomberg)
Business

Cash windfall from Trump’s tax law may fuel corporate dealmaking boom

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A least a few members of the Federal Reserve system said at the December monetary policy meeting that they were interested in studying alternatives to the Fed's current regime. (iStock)
Economy

Fed members seek historic shift in money supply

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Minutes released from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday from their Dec. 12-13 meeting stated that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and other officials expected
Beltway Confidential

The Federal Reserve debate about tax cuts is hand-waving and nothing more

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The Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee approved a 25 basis-point interest rate hike in December. In the midst of this, the KBW Bank Index rose 0.5 percent in New York trading on Wednesday, the largest gain since passage of Republican tax reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Business

US bank stocks rise as Fed reinforces rate-hike projections

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Minutes released from the Dec. 12-13 meeting of the Federal Reserve Board state that Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other Fed officials anticipated
Economy

Fed members debated how much tax cuts would boost economy at December meeting

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Implementing the tax overhaul will prove a major task for President Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Economy

The economy is running strong and could get stronger

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Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other top officials are betting that the economy will improve in the months ahead, requiring tighter money to keep inflation stable, even though actual inflation trended down during the year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Economy

Fed goes through with third interest rate hike of the year

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About 228,000 workers were added to November payrolls, according to the Bureau for Labor Statistics. But what is really going on in the American economy? (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Beltway Confidential

Is the economy surging or sleepwalking?

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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends a hearing of the Federal Reserve Board Joint Economic Committee, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Beltway Confidential

Because of the Fed, the ‘Goldilocks’ economy will have to wait

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The Federal Reserve's account of the Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 meeting published Wednesday afternoon revealed that many of the officials at the central bank expect to raise the target interest rate
Economy

Fed headed for December interest rate hike but split over low inflation

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