Tag: Federal Reserve

Stocks surged and the dollar strengthened as markets priced in expectations about growth and earnings. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow surges past 21,000 in wake of Trump speech

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2017 5:53 pm

Fed officials projected that they would raise interest rates by a quarter-percentage point three times in 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Investors expect a big move at the Fed’s next meeting

Joseph Lawler · February 28, 2017 11:00 pm

There could be implications for the debate over Republicans' plans to ease post-crisis banking rules. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Survey: Small businesses are hurting for credit access

Joseph Lawler · February 28, 2017 5:37 am

The border adjustment tax may "depress rather than stimulate exports," researchers at the regional Fed bank wrote. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

New York Fed warns GOP tax plan would hurt exports

Joseph Lawler · February 24, 2017 2:52 pm

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Bernanke's book, "The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath," went on sale in bookstores Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Ben Bernanke spotted at White House

Joseph Lawler · February 22, 2017 9:45 pm

Minutes from Jan. 31-Feb. 1 meeting provide few clues about central bank's plans for the rest of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Fed officials see another rate hike coming ‘fairly soon’

Joseph Lawler · February 22, 2017 7:10 pm

U.S. household debt jumped in the fourth quarter of 2016, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Thursday. (iStock Photo)

Soaring household debt nears the 2008 peak

Joseph Lawler · February 16, 2017 4:00 pm

Lawmakers sought to get Fed chairwoman to say the economy is not suffering because of bank overregulation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats press Yellen to undercut Trump case for easing bank rules

Joseph Lawler · February 15, 2017 8:43 pm

Big banks will need to raise $70 billion in funding to comply with a new rule to be finalized Thursday by the Federal Reserve. The rule requires the largest banks to pre-fund "the costs of their own failure," Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Yellen: ‘Too early’ to know how Trump will affect the economy

Joseph Lawler · February 14, 2017 3:06 pm

Daniel Tarullo, governor of the Federal Reserve, submitted his resignation, effective in April, Friday, bringing the board down to just four members. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Fed’s point man on regulation resigns

Kyle Feldscher · February 10, 2017 7:33 pm

The Cato Institute's Mark Calabria (pictured second from the left) is a top critic of former President Barack Obama's Wall Street reform laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Libertarian finance guru heads to Pence’s office

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2017 7:49 pm

Group says government broke a contract when it cut dividends paid by the Fed to its member banks.
(AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Banks sue government over cut to Fed dividends

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2017 7:21 pm