Tag: Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Dennis Lockhart said the job gains and output growth over the course of the recovery make him "comfortable that the economy can handle a gradually rising interest-rate environment." (Bloomberg file)

Fed official: Economy ‘can handle’ rate hikes

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2015 5:42 pm

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley FischerÂ said he does not see any major threats to the stability of the financial system, in the housing market or anywhere else.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed’s Fischer: Inflation too low to justify rate hike

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2015 1:30 pm

Within a few years, U.S. home ownership had fallen from an all-time high ofÂ 69.4 percent to the 35-year low ofÂ 63.4Â percent.Â (Getty)

Two cheers for less homeownership

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2015 5:00 am

2,417 Days and Counting…

Irwin M. Stelzer · August 1, 2015 3:01 am

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Yellen warns Congress against interfering with the Fed

Joseph Lawler · July 15, 2015 1:24 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Yellen: Rate hike ‘appropriate’ this year

Joseph Lawler · July 10, 2015 4:40 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen at a Board of Governors meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Fed weighs rate increases ‘meeting-by-meeting’

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2015 6:58 pm

Thursday's inflation numbers suggest that the temporary effects of falling energy prices are beginning to reverse themselves, but the core inflation measure is headed in the wrong direction. (AP Photo)

Consumer prices flat as gas prices tick up

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2015 1:35 pm

Yellen may try to bridge the difference in outlooks by underscoring in her press conference that even if the Fed does raise rates, it will do so slowly and only as long as the data remains strong. (AP File Photo)

Fed watchers focus on economic signals

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

Financial markets are likely to undergo "some turbulence" when the Federal Reserve moves to raise interest rates, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said Friday. (AP Photo)

Expect market turbulence when rates rise, Fed official says

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2015 5:36 pm

Federal Reserve governor Lael BrainardÂ said that it would be "difficult, based on the data available today, to dismiss the possibility of a more significant drag on the economy" from the strength of the dollar and declining oil prices.Â (AP File/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Fed official: Can’t ignore recent weak economic statistics

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2015 5:02 pm

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Eric Rosengren speaks with staff during a visit to the office of CONNECT, a coalition of local organizations that provides employment services in Chelsea, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Fed official: Weak economy is not just the weather

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 2:19 pm