Tag: Monetary Policy

Investors: Fed rate cut now more likely than a hike

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2016 6:49 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was supposed to take part in a panel Wednesday with Bank of England Governor Mark Carney at a forum hosted by the European Central Bank. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Yellen cancels Portugal trip amid Brexit fallout

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2016 4:03 pm

"The Federal Reserve has become a highly, highly partisan institution," Jeb Hensarling said. (AP Photo)

GOP banking chair: Fed just ‘one more Obama bureaucracy’

Joseph Lawler · June 26, 2016 5:17 pm

G7 ministers and central bankers reassure markets, promise liquidity

Joseph Lawler · June 24, 2016 1:24 pm

Britain votes for Brexit

Joseph Lawler · June 24, 2016 3:53 am

Yellen denies the Fed aims to prop up stocks

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2016 4:42 pm

Although the Fed is paying banks interest on $2.3 trillion of reserves, "it is very unlikely that the Fed would end up with negative income," Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Yellen downplays possibility of Fed losing money

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2016 3:45 pm

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, launched a verbal attack on Donald Trump by calling him a "factory of bad ideas." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Possible Clinton running mate: Trump a ‘factory of bad ideas’

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2016 2:38 pm

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, estimated that the Fed may only raise its short-term interest rate target to 0.63 percent by 2018. (Nicky Loh/Bloomberg)

Fed official gives up on rate hikes, says Fed’s narrative has ‘outlived its usefulness’

Joseph Lawler · June 17, 2016 1:12 pm

One official has a dramatically different perception about where interest rates should go than everyone else. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fed mystery: Which official is the outlier?

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2016 10:58 pm

The concept, referred to as "helicopter money," or something like it "is something that one might legitimately consider," Janet Yellen said at a press conference. (AP Photo)

Yellen: ‘Helicopter money’ legitimate in extreme circumstances

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2016 7:27 pm

Investors will be looking for hints from Janet Yellen about the likelihood of more increases later this year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Fed holds off on rate hike, still sees two hikes this year

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2016 6:01 pm