Tag: Interest Rates

The European Central Bank announced that it would cut its targets for interest rates, lowering its main target to just 0.05 percent and pushing the interest rate it pays on excess bank liquidity even further into negative territory, to -0.2 percent. (iStock)

Europeans ramp up stimulus

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2014 4:06 pm

Average US 30-year mortgage rate at 4.1 percent

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 4:53 pm

Updated CBO projections of the US economy predict a future of slower growth and lower productivity. (iStock)

Budget crunchers now expect a permanently weaker economy

Joseph Lawler · August 28, 2014 9:00 am

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, right, speaks with Ady Barkan of the Center for Popular Democracy as she arrives for a dinner during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Thursday. (AP Photo/John Locher)

WEX BackStory: Janet Yellen’s trillion-dollar question

Ed Sykes · August 22, 2014 9:00 pm

Many Federal Reserve officials are confident enough in the economy's progress to raise interest rates and tighten the money supply earlier than previously indicated. (iStock Photo)

More Federal Reserve officials show support for ending stimulus earlier

Joseph Lawler · August 20, 2014 7:16 pm

Fed to Curtail Bond Buying Program

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 12, 2014 3:00 am

The bill, introduced by Bill Huizenga of Michigan and Scott Garrett of New Jersey, is also a mark of the prestige that former George W. Bush Treasury official and Stanford professor John Taylor enjoys among Republicans. (AP Photo)

House GOP bill turns to Bush economist to rein in Fed

Joseph Lawler · July 10, 2014 4:53 pm

Bank of England leaves interest rates steady

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2014 11:02 am

Why Janet Yellen won’t raise rates to prevent another financial bubble

Joseph Lawler · July 2, 2014 5:28 pm

The Federal Reserve moved closer to ushering out its massive quantitative easing program Wednesday, announcing that it would lower its monthly stimulus by $10 billion. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Federal Reserve takes a step toward ushering out stimulus

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2014 6:34 pm

A borrower with $10,000 in debt at a 6.8 percent rate who participated in the refinancing program would cost the government $1,280, according to AAF. A student with $25,000 in loans would cost taxpayers $3,201. (Thinkstock)

Think tank: Refinancing would cost taxpayers $1,200-$3,200 per student borrower

Joseph Lawler · June 10, 2014 11:55 am

The Labor Department's jobs report disappointed for a second consecutive month Friday, bringing the news that the U.S. created just 113,000 jobs in January, as the unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent.

The Fed’s unofficial new goal

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2014 10:40 am