Tag: Janet Yellen

Are We In for Inflation or Recession?

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 8, 2017 11:00 am

At a June news conference, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen appeared to be open to the idea that it is now time for a shift in the application of regulatory oversight. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Banking could be at historic turning point with successful stress tests

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2017 4:01 am

At a June news conference, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen appeared to be open to the idea that it is now time for a shift in the application of regulatory oversight. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Janet Yellen released from London hospital after weekend stay

Kyle Feldscher · July 3, 2017 6:38 pm

Fed chairwoman touted the rules that the central bank has implemented in the aftermath of the financial crisis and warned against undoing them. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Yellen: I don’t believe there will be another financial crisis in our lifetimes

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2017 5:55 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The two-part tests are conducted annually to examine the health of U.S. banks. In the first round, the simulated crisis included a global recession with unemployment spiking to 10 percent, stock markets collapsing 50 percent, housing prices dropping a quarter, and severe downturns in the U.K., Europe, and Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP lawmaker: Fed chair Janet Yellen wants Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding changed

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2017 10:49 pm

Janet Yellen’s Very Bad Week

Irwin M. Stelzer · June 17, 2017 6:22 pm

Investors had expected 243,000 new jobless claims. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims drop to 237,000

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2017 12:31 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, to announce the Federal Open Market Committee decision on interest rates following a two-day meeting. The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jobs market is hot any way you look at it, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2017 7:49 pm

The increase brings the Fedâs target for short-term interest rates to a range of 1 percent to 1.25 percent, back to its 2008 level. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Reserve announces second rate hike this year, despite slower inflation

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2017 6:01 pm

Economists suggest that higher inflation might be needed to lower unemployment given the weak economic recovery. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Former Obama, Fed officials call on central bank to ditch inflation target

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2017 8:09 pm

Occasionally having the president's ear is no substitute for real influence or power, especially considering how often the president disregards his counsel. (Heidi Levine, pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

No, Ivanka is not the most powerful Jewish woman in the US

Becket Adams · June 2, 2017 9:48 pm

Six in 10 people say the economy has improved under President Trump, and 38 percent give him some credit for it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump zeroing in on candidates for Federal Reserve

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 8:51 pm