Tag: Monetary Policy

Janet Yellen simply ducked the question about Donald Trump Monday when asked if the Republican front-runner's election to the presidency could cause a global recession. (AP Photo)

Yellen ducks question on Trump recession

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2016 5:45 pm

Janet Yellen's comments are among the last from Fed officials before their highly anticipated June monetary policy meeting. (AP Photo)

Yellen calls jobs report ‘disappointing’

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2016 4:54 pm

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other officials has served to convince investors that rates are rising faster than previously thought, and those investors in turn have bid up interest rates on short-term bonds. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

How the Fed is raising interest rates through talking

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

Fed governor Lael Brainard called the weak May jobs report "sobering." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fed official sees advantage in waiting to raise rates

Joseph Lawler · June 3, 2016 4:41 pm

Bank economists predict slower growth for 2016

Joseph Lawler · June 3, 2016 3:54 pm

The Verizon strike cost 35,000 jobs, according to the Bureau, but those jobs will be added back in future months. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Economy disappoints with 38,000 jobs in May, unemployment falls to 4.7 percent

Joseph Lawler · June 3, 2016 12:31 pm

Central bank would raise rates this summer if job growth and economic growth hold up. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Yellen: Rate hike ‘probably’ appropriate soon

Joseph Lawler · May 27, 2016 5:52 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the central bank is doing an even better job regulating the financial system now. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Yellen calls Fed’s management of crisis ‘nothing short of magnificent’

Joseph Lawler · May 27, 2016 5:41 pm

Fed official lists refugee crisis as risk to the economy

Joseph Lawler · May 26, 2016 4:58 pm

April vote a sign that Federal Reserve officials see the economy improving enough to tighten monetary policy. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Four Fed banks voted to raise rates

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2016 6:51 pm

A decision to tighten monetary policy over the summer was a "reasonable expectation," Dudley said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Top Fed official signals higher chances of Fed tightening money

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2016 3:19 pm

Minutes from the meeting released by the Fed said that "most" participants judged that "it likely would be appropriate" to raise rates in June if job growth continued and economic growth picked up. (AP Photo)

Fed members see June rate hike as ‘likely’ if economy holds up

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2016 6:10 pm