Tag: Joseph Lawler

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to decline slightly after being driven higher the past two weeks by big snowstorms on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims move up just slightly to 260,000

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2016 12:31 pm

Some of the ideas endorsed by the report are among the measures that members of Congress from both parties have weighed this summer. (AP Photo)

Report: Federal budget doesn’t respond to economy, world affairs or voters

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2016 4:01 am

Federal prosecutors consider opening investigation into fake customer accounts. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

More trouble for Wells Fargo

Joseph Lawler · September 14, 2016 9:36 pm

The Washington Examiner interview with D.C. dictionary-maker Chuck McCutcheon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Feds run $107B deficit in June

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2016 6:22 pm

Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, of Texas, said the measure was meant to substitute "market discipline for government control" and that the legislation would end bailouts. (AP Photo)

GOP’s Dodd-Frank replacement clears House panel

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2016 4:57 pm

Many researchers see a flaw in the official income and poverty rate, namely that it only counts cash income and excludes some of the in-kind government benefits that have grown in recent years, such as food stamps. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

For first time since the recession, incomes soared in 2015, while poverty tumbled

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2016 2:06 pm

Federal Reserve board member Lael Brainard has developed a reputation as one of the most "dovish" Fed officials in recent months. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Case for rate hikes less ‘compelling,’ Fed official says

Joseph Lawler · September 12, 2016 5:35 pm

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said that the recent European Commission ruling that Apple owes Ireland $15 billion-plus in back taxes could spur Congress to act on reform that lowers corporate tax rates and eliminates the incentive for firms to leave profits overseas to avoid U.S. taxes. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew blames two industries for corporate tax reform fail

Joseph Lawler · September 12, 2016 2:25 pm

Combining Obamacare rules, the EPA's power plant rule, water regulations, overtime rules and much more, "small business, for the last eight years, has felt like it's been under assault," Jack Mozloom said. (AP Photo)

The Obama legacy: An economy choking on red tape

Joseph Lawler · September 12, 2016 4:01 am

Harvard professor Larry Summers warned that Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's optimism one day might be viewed the same way that Ben Bernanke's statements downplaying the subprime crisis were, and he concluded in an op-ed that "the Fed's complacency about its current toolbox is unwarranted." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economists fear U.S. not prepared to fight off a recession

Joseph Lawler · September 10, 2016 4:01 am

Daniel Tarullo cited years of below-target inflation and slow progress on unemployment. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed official not convinced of need for higher interest rates

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2016 3:11 pm

Federal taxpayers subsidized the construction of the new Yankees Stadium to the tune of nearly half a billion dollars, according to a new study released Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Yankees got nearly $500 million in federal tax subsidies

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2016 8:24 pm