Tag: Janet Yellen

Bernanke is back and blogging

Joseph Lawler · April 3, 2015 9:00 am

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen waded back into the academic discussion about inequality Thursday. (AP Photo)

Janet Yellen defends her focus on inequality

Joseph Lawler · April 2, 2015 2:13 pm

McDonald's is just the latest major U.S. business to announce it is increasing the minimum hourly rate it pays employees. (AP Photo)Â

McDonald’s to raise wages

Joseph Lawler · April 1, 2015 8:22 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

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at a Board of Governors meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (Washington Examiner)

Yellen: Rate hikes ‘likely to be gradual’

Joseph Lawler · March 27, 2015 9:06 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 no. 2: ‘Considerable uncertainty’ about interest rates after Fed hikes

Joseph Lawler · March 23, 2015 5:33 pm

Interest Rates: To Raise or Not To Raise?

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

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen waded back into the academic discussion about inequality Thursday. (AP Photo)

Fed ‘can’t provide certainty’ on rate decisions, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2015 9:04 pm

"The system we have was put into place by Congress decades ago. I don't think it's a system that's broken."Â (Getty Images)

Yellen: ‘The Federal Reserve works well’

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2015 8:25 pm

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

The dollar has risen more than 10 percent against the euro this year alone. Last spring, the euro was worth $1.40, but the two currencies are near parity this week. (iStock)

Fed shrugs off strong dollar as it prepares to raise interest rates

Joseph Lawler · March 17, 2015 9:00 am

Fed Board of Governors member Daniel Tarullo testifies on Capitol Hill in 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Regulatory power has shifted to Fed’s Tarullo

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2015 9:00 am