Tag: Interest Rates

Since Ben Bernanke has left office, other central banks increasingly have turned to negative interest rate policies to supplement or substitute for quantitative easing. (AP Photo)

Bernanke: Negative interest rates could be ‘reasonable’

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2016 3:56 pm

"The Fed is a central bank. It is not some sort of overlord of the economy. They're not some sort of special Jedi Council that can decide the best things for us." (AP File Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rubio wants monetary policy rules for ‘Jedi Council’ Fed

Joseph Lawler · February 18, 2016 3:14 am

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on: 'The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed faces alarm over possibility of negative rates

Joseph Lawler · February 13, 2016 5:01 am

Yellen unsure if Fed has legal authority to impose negative interest rates

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2016 5:26 pm

"The economy is in many ways close to normal," Janet Yellen said during a hearing held by the House Financial Services Committee. (AP Photo)

Economy is near normal, Yellen testifies

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2016 4:28 pm

Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. (AP Photo)

GOP to Fed: Explain yourself

Joseph Lawler · January 11, 2016 5:01 am

Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other Fed members have argued that low inflation is temporary. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed members raised rates despite being puzzled over low inflation

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2016 7:46 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to have pulled off the first interest rate increase in nine years without a hitch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed’s rate hike goes off without surprises

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2015 3:57 pm

Fed ends seven-year era of zero interest rates

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 8:07 pm

Here Comes the Interest Rates Rise

Irwin M. Stelzer · December 12, 2015 5:01 am

November jobs report clears expectations with 211,000 new jobs, 5 percent unemployment

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2015 1:32 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined the bipartisan congressional pile-on against Secretary of State John Kerry's speech on the peace process in Israel and the Palestinian territories earlier in the day Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Cruz steps outside GOP orthodoxy with free-market criticism of Fed

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2015 5:01 am