Tag: Monetary Policy

Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said that "we may well at present be seeing the first stirrings" of inflation, which has been running closer to zero than to the Fed's target in recent months. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta/File)

Fed officials split on inflation

Joseph Lawler · March 7, 2016 6:26 pm

"Core" inflation, a gauge of price increases that strips out changes in food and energy prices, zoomed from 1.5 percent to 1.7 percent, the highest mark since December of 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Inflation is getting close to the Fed’s target

Joseph Lawler · February 26, 2016 3:29 pm

The Commerce Department issued the second of three estimates of how the U.S. economy performed in the October-December quarter. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The economy grew faster to end 2015 than previously thought at 1 percent

Joseph Lawler · February 26, 2016 1:47 pm

It "is still early to judge the ramifications of the increased market volatility of the first seven weeks of 2016," Federal Reserve vice chairman Stanley Fischer said in comments prepared for a speech to be delivered to an energy industry conference in Houston. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Vice chair: Fed not yet swayed by volatile markets

Joseph Lawler · February 24, 2016 3:11 am

Donald Trump's tweet Monday was the first time that he expressed support for the idea of the Fed audit. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Trump backs Fed audit

Joseph Lawler · February 22, 2016 10:51 pm

"The Fed is a central bank. It is not some sort of overlord of the economy. They're not some sort of special Jedi Council that can decide the best things for us." (AP File Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rubio wants monetary policy rules for ‘Jedi Council’ Fed

Joseph Lawler · February 18, 2016 3:14 am

The minutes suggest the Fed was less confident about its earlier plans for raising interest rates throughout 2016. (AP File Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed officials see more risks to the economy

Joseph Lawler · February 17, 2016 7:35 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on: 'The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed faces alarm over possibility of negative rates

Joseph Lawler · February 13, 2016 5:01 am

Fed faces bipartisan worries about payments to big banks

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2016 3:56 pm

Yellen unsure if Fed has legal authority to impose negative interest rates

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2016 5:26 pm

"The economy is in many ways close to normal," Janet Yellen said during a hearing held by the House Financial Services Committee. (AP Photo)

Economy is near normal, Yellen testifies

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2016 4:28 pm

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester gave the Fed's expectation a vote of confidence. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Fed official: Economy’s fundamentals remain ‘sound’

Joseph Lawler · February 4, 2016 11:08 pm