Tag: Federal Reserve

Texas senator Ted Cruz called for money tied to gold Wednesday night, issuing a damning condemnation of the Federal Reserve's management of monetary policy. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz calls for monetary policy tied to gold

Joseph Lawler · October 29, 2015 2:10 am

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks to a conference of bankers and financial leaders. Doubts are rising that the Fed will start raising rates before next year from the record lows where they've stood since 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Fed’s zero interest-rate policy stretches into seventh year

Joseph Lawler · October 28, 2015 6:34 pm

Job market is healing and the population is aging, Goldman Sachs says. (Getty)

U.S. needs only 85,000 new jobs a month: Analysis

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2015 5:51 pm

JanetÂ Yellen's core assumption is that there is a link between unemployment and inflation. In anÂ economy operating below full strength, a falling unemployment rate should lead to higher inflation. (AP Photo)

Is America facing its own ‘Lost Decade’?

Joseph Lawler · October 17, 2015 4:01 am

"The decision to begin the normalization process at the September [monetary policy] meeting seems less compelling to me than it was a few weeks ago," William Dudley said. (AP Photo)Â

Fed official acknowledges confusion over interest rates

Joseph Lawler · October 15, 2015 5:49 pm

In this Dec. 18, 2008 file photo, then Federal Reserve Board of Governors-designate Daniel Tarullo is shown in Chicago. The Fed, having done so already, is now considered likelier to prop up big firms whose collapse could endanger the entire financial system. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, file)

Fed governor warns against raising rates this year

Joseph Lawler · October 13, 2015 7:20 pm

Brainard said she was presenting the case for "watching and waiting" for signs that the Fed is on track to meet its goals of low unemployment and stable prices.Â (AP File Photo/Reed Saxon)

Fed official: Overseas turmoil enough to keep rates at zero

Joseph Lawler · October 12, 2015 9:34 pm

Job growth has weakened in the past two months, with two straight job reports falling short of expectations and raising doubts about the strength of the economy.Â (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Historic split in the jobs data may hold the key to the economy

Joseph Lawler · October 11, 2015 4:01 am

Evans suggested other Fed officials may be wrong to think inflation will rise from its recent low levels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Chicago Fed president: ‘Inflation has been too low for too long’

Joseph Lawler · October 9, 2015 6:13 pm

Narayana Kocherlakota, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, saidÂ "the lesson of 2014 is clear: We can do better."Â (AP Photo/John Locher)

Fed official: No rate hike until 2017

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2015 6:08 pm

Bernanke: More financial executives should have gone to jail

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2015 8:59 pm

Schools can get their default rates adjusted through an appeals process to the department. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Republicans turn a skeptical eye on effects of federal college aid

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2015 4:01 am