Tag: Interest Rates

"We are not there yet" on unemployment, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in text prepared for a speech in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo)

Yellen: ‘We are not there yet’ on unemployment

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2015 6:17 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, attends the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, Saturday, April 18, 2015. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fed says winter weakness in part ‘transitory,’ expects it to pick up

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2015 6:41 pm

Deutsche Bank will pay $2.5 billion to regulators in the U.S. and U.K. to settle charges that it manipulated benchmark interest rates from 2005 to 2009, authorities announced Thursday morning. (iStock)

Deutsche Bank to pay $2.5 billion to settle interest rate manipulation charges

Joseph Lawler · April 23, 2015 12:54 pm

The risk that a weak economy could force the Federal Reserve to return rates to zero is shrinking, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said Monday. (AP Photo)

Low risk of Fed returning to zero rates after liftoff, says key official

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2015 6:30 pm

Yellen confirmed that the Department of Justice is investigating a 2012 leak of confidential information.

Fed members skeptical of June rate hike thanks to oil, dollar

Joseph Lawler · April 8, 2015 6:50 pm

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange watches Federal reserve Chair Janet Yellen's news conference, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The Federal Reserve is signaling that it's edging closer to raising interest rates from record lows in light of a strengthening job market. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed test: Raising rates without provoking a ‘tantrum’

Joseph Lawler · March 31, 2015 9:00 am

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke re-entered the public forum Monday morning, unveiling a new blog and Twitter handle. (AP Photo)

Bernanke launches blog, Twitter handle

Joseph Lawler · March 30, 2015 12:33 pm

Interest Rates: To Raise or Not To Raise?

Irwin M. Stelzer · March 21, 2015 3:01 am

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen smiles prior to testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, before the House Financial Services Committee hearing: "Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fed drops ‘patient’ promise, moves closer to rate hikes

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2015 6:00 pm

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that in advance of the debt ceiling's reinstatement on Monday he is planning on taking steps, now routine, to avoid a default on U.S. debt. (AP Photo)

Jack Lew announces ‘extraordinary measures’ to stay below debt ceiling

Joseph Lawler · March 13, 2015 6:59 pm

Yellen spells out cautious approach to raising rates

Joseph Lawler · February 24, 2015 3:56 pm

What comes after the Fed raises rates

Joseph Lawler · February 24, 2015 10:00 am