Tag: Interest Rates

John Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, wrote in a research letter published Monday that governments might need to change both monetary policy and spending programs to better "cope" with the fact that interest rates are likely to stay historically low. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fed official floats pursuing higher inflation

Joseph Lawler · August 15, 2016 7:04 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that, with interest rates low, the U.S. should borrow money to spend on infrastructure rather than lowering the $14 trillion federal debt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump reverses on federal debt: ‘This is the time to borrow’

Joseph Lawler · August 11, 2016 12:47 pm

Fed members are reluctant to spell out an end to the era of very low rates even amid mounting signs that the U.S. economy is near full strength. (AP Photo)

Fed holds off on rate hikes, but sees ‘diminished’ risks to the economy

Joseph Lawler · July 27, 2016 6:00 pm

Richard Berner, the director of the Office of Financial Research, told reporters Monday that the Brexit fallout "introduces months or years of uncertainty about the rules governing the U.K.'s investment, financing and trade relations with Europe and the rest of the world." (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Feds warn of three key risks facing financial system

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2016 6:44 pm

Unlike at past meetings, Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other members of the central bank are not expected to hint at a new round of interest rate increases that they later will have to back away from when economic growth disappoints. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fed looks to avoid repeating the mistake of the last few years

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2016 4:01 am

Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo said that with inflation running low, the Federal Reserve has an opportunity to create many more jobs, including for African-Americans and other groups with chronically high unemployment. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed has opportunity to create jobs without inflation, official says

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2016 1:41 pm

Investors: Fed rate cut now more likely than a hike

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2016 6:49 pm

Yellen denies the Fed aims to prop up stocks

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2016 4:42 pm

Although the Fed is paying banks interest on $2.3 trillion of reserves, "it is very unlikely that the Fed would end up with negative income," Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Yellen downplays possibility of Fed losing money

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2016 3:45 pm

The latest projections and statements from Fed officials like Janet Yellen envision weaker global growth and rule out the possibility of a robust recovery like previous ones. (AP Photo)

The week the Fed gave up on a normal recovery

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2016 4:01 am

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, estimated that the Fed may only raise its short-term interest rate target to 0.63 percent by 2018. (Nicky Loh/Bloomberg)

Fed official gives up on rate hikes, says Fed’s narrative has ‘outlived its usefulness’

Joseph Lawler · June 17, 2016 1:12 pm

One official has a dramatically different perception about where interest rates should go than everyone else. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fed mystery: Which official is the outlier?

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2016 10:58 pm