Tag: Joseph Lawler

(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Economic growth slower than thought in the third quarter, at 2 percent

Joseph Lawler · December 22, 2015 2:16 pm

Several GOP candidates at Tuesday's debate saidÂ that they would oppose raising the federal minimum wage up from its current rate of $7.25 an hour, arguing that a higher rate would ultimately harm the poor more than help them.Â (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Fed: State minimum wage hikes may have killed 200,000 jobs

Joseph Lawler · December 21, 2015 7:35 pm

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Timothy Massad said that the "failure to provide the CFTC even a modest increase in the fiscal year 2016 budget agreement sends a clear message that meaningful oversight of the derivatives markets, and the very types of products that exacerbated the global financial crisis, is not a priority." (AP file photo/ Evan Vucci)

Regulator: Flat funding means no ‘meaningful’ financial oversight

Joseph Lawler · December 21, 2015 5:26 pm

In effect, this week saw the end of several of the economic storylines that have defined Obama's presidency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama-era economic policy comes to a close

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 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

"These wealthy hedge funds made a bet that Congress would fail to do its job, structural reform efforts would fail, and Fannie and Freddie would be recapitalized and released." (Bloomberg File Photo/Photographer)

Corker: Omnibus protects Fannie, Freddie from ‘Wall Street hedge funds’

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2015 11:34 pm

new applications for unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 to 271,000 in the second week of December, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Jobless claims fall to 271,000

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2015 1:32 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

Fed ends seven-year era of zero interest rates

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 8:07 pm

Losses in revenue would not be offset by spending cuts or tax increases elsewhere in the budget. (iStock photo)

Tax deal comes with $680 billion price tag

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 6:26 pm

A letter written by four trade groupsÂ identified a sweeping banking reform package written by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., as a "step in the right direction."Â (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Bankers ‘disappointed’ that financial riders not in omnibus bill

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 3:34 pm