Tag: Monetary Policy

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 276 points, or 1.6 percent, Monday following the news of market turmoil in China. (AP Photo)

Fed officials unconcerned as stocks drop on China fears

Joseph Lawler · January 4, 2016 10:04 pm

Esther George is one of the most "hawkish" members of the Fed, known for her view that the central bank should tighten monetary policy to prevent bubbles from forming. (AP Photo)

The new faces setting monetary policy in 2016

Joseph Lawler · January 3, 2016 12:40 pm

Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other Fed members have argued that low inflation is temporary. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed faces populist risk by paying banks

Joseph Lawler · December 30, 2015 5:01 am

During an appearance Wednesday on Fox News, Rand Paul appeared at ease with his position in the GOP field ahead of the sixth debate. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul gets vote on Fed audit legislation

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2015 9:58 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to have pulled off the first interest rate increase in nine years without a hitch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed’s rate hike goes off without surprises

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2015 3:57 pm

"I feel confident about the fundamentals," Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen says after the central bank raises rates. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Yellen issues a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 9:22 pm

Fed ends seven-year era of zero interest rates

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 8:07 pm

Investors have effectively taken it as assumed that Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen will raise interest rates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

With rate hike expected, focus shifts to Fed language

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 5:01 am

High inflation continues to impact Americans.

Inflation ticks up to 0.5 percent in November

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2015 1:34 pm

Narayana Kocherlakota, the outgoing president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said at a conference in Philadelphia that the Fed made "choices that were designed to keep both employment and prices needlessly low for years." (AP Photo)

Fed made choices ‘designed’ to keep employment low, official says

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2015 10:19 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at an event. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Yellen ‘looking forward’ to rate hikes, hints economy is ready

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2015 5:32 pm

Fed president sees ‘compelling’ case to raise rates

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2015 1:28 pm