Tag: Interest Rates

Yellen Punts

Ike Brannon · September 18, 2015 4:31 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill. TheÂ Fed will announce in a statement at 2 p.m. ETÂ whether it's raising its target for the federal funds rate.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Fed officials lower growth projections

Joseph Lawler · September 17, 2015 6:13 pm

U.S. stocks are edging mostly lower in early trading as investors wait for news about interest rates from the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed delays interest rate hike, prolonging drama

Joseph Lawler · September 17, 2015 6:01 pm

If the committee announces no increase in its rate target Thursday, the most likely dissent on the "hawk" side would be from Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Federal Reserve of Richmond.Â (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Yellen likely to face first dissents of 2015

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 4:01 am

Eleven Days to Fed’s Decision Day

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 5, 2015 3:00 am

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker presented a forceful case against any further delays to the central bank's decision to raise interest rates. (AP Photo)

Fed official lays out the case for raising rates

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 3:03 pm

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Mixed jobs report muddles Fed’s rate hike decision

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 2:15 pm

BillÂ Gross, who manages a $1.5 billion bond fund for Janus Capital, suggested that the Fed missed its window to raise interest rates earlier this year. (AP Photo)Â

Bond giant: Fed’s move on interest rates ‘too little, too late’

Joseph Lawler · September 2, 2015 3:07 pm

Huma Complained She Wasn’t Paid Enough

Shoshana Weissmann · September 1, 2015 3:35 pm

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, speaks during a Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System meeting in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fed vice chairman: No decision yet on interest rates

Joseph Lawler · August 28, 2015 4:16 pm

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 588 points and the Standard & Poor's 500 index now down more than 10 percent off its recent high. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks surge Tuesday morning

Joseph Lawler · August 25, 2015 1:59 pm

"I expect the normalization of monetary policy -- that is, interest rates -- to begin sometime this year," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said. (AP file)

Fed official: Expect rate hikes this year

Joseph Lawler · August 24, 2015 8:44 pm