Tag: Joseph Lawler

"When the presidentâs health law hurts the labor force at the same time it increases healthcare premiums and taxes, itâs clear the law is not working for the American people," Hatch said. (AP File Photo/Susan Walsh)

CBO: Obamacare will shrink workforce 2 million by 2025

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2015 10:34 pm

Since leaving the Fed early in 2014, Bernanke has taken a role as a scholar at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington and has published a memoir in addition to his consulting roles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Bernanke named chairman of advisory panel to bond giant PIMCO

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2015 9:34 pm

Conservatives' concerns about benefits flowing to illegal immigrants are a major sticking point in negotiations over the package of tax breaks known as "extenders." (AP Photo)

Illegal immigration trips up tax deal

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2015 5:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. said Sunday that President Obama is trying to distract from his failed effort to fight the Islamic State. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress contemplating massive deficit-finance

Joseph Lawler · December 5, 2015 5:01 am

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

November jobs report clears expectations with 211,000 new jobs, 5 percent unemployment

November jobs report clears expectations with 211,000 new jobs, 5 percent unemployment

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2015 1:32 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined the bipartisan congressional pile-on against Secretary of State John Kerry's speech on the peace process in Israel and the Palestinian territories earlier in the day Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Cruz steps outside GOP orthodoxy with free-market criticism of Fed

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2015 5:01 am

In congressional questioning, the Federal Reserve chairwoman said "it is something that is certainly worth considering," although not something the central bank has studied yet, as far as she knows. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Yellen interested in climate change’s risks to financial system

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2015 5:05 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said, "I think financing federal fiscal spending by tapping the resources of the Federal Reserve sets a bad precedent and impinges on the independence of the central bank. It weakens fiscal discipline." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Yellen bashes highway bill for using Fed money

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2015 4:41 pm

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Still-low jobless claims bounce back to 269,000

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2015 1:34 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

Fed president sees ‘compelling’ case to raise rates

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2015 1:28 pm