Tag: Monetary Policy

Outside observers have questioned if the Fed's 2 percent inflation target is really a ceiling. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Vice chairman suggests the Fed may exceed its inflation target

Joseph Lawler · November 4, 2016 8:42 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has suggested that the Fed might further slow its move toward raising interest rates in order to give the economy "room to run." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fed holds rates steady, but hike is expected in December

Joseph Lawler · November 2, 2016 6:00 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has suggested that with inflation still subdued, the central bank may try to run a "high-pressure economy." (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Election to keep Fed sidelined this week, but investors expect hike in December

Joseph Lawler · November 1, 2016 2:51 pm

Janet Yellen is avoiding commenting on the presidential election or its implications for markets. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Yellen tries to take on the supply side

Joseph Lawler · October 26, 2016 4:01 am

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Annual inflation rises to 1.5 percent in September

Joseph Lawler · October 18, 2016 12:33 pm

Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Monday that ultra-low interest rates are dangerous for the economy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed officials warn that raising rates is ‘not that simple’

Joseph Lawler · October 17, 2016 6:34 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen said that it might be worth asking whether the Fed could help the economy by "temporarily running a 'high-pressure economy,' with robust aggregate demand and a tight labor market." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Yellen floats running a ‘high-pressure economy’ with easy money

Joseph Lawler · October 14, 2016 6:03 pm

Following the meeting, Chairwoman Janet Yellen explained to the press that the Fed was delaying tighter money in order to give the economy "room to run" and bring discouraged workers off the sidelines and into jobs. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Fed worries its credibility is eroding

Joseph Lawler · October 12, 2016 6:24 pm

On Friday, the Commerce Department issues the first estimate of how the U.S. economy performed in the April-June quarter. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

New Fed research blames demographics for ‘new normal’ of slow growth

Joseph Lawler · October 3, 2016 6:16 pm

Janet Yellen is avoiding commenting on the presidential election or its implications for markets. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fed ignoring election risks

Joseph Lawler · October 1, 2016 12:01 am

Eric Rosengren, one of three officials to dissent from the no-rate-hike decision Wednesday, cited recent job gains and rising inflation as reasons for the Fed to continue raising rates. (AP Photo)

Fed official pushes for raising interest rates

Joseph Lawler · September 23, 2016 2:07 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen sided with the late Milton Friedman and against her colleagues Wednesday in one of the major debates within the central bank as it weighs when to raise interest rates. (AP Photos)

Yellen sides with Milton Friedman against colleagues

Joseph Lawler · September 21, 2016 9:36 pm