Tag: Joseph Lawler

"I think it's important for the GOP to say, 'Ex-Im is not fair. This is about political connections, not merit. This prevents people from using their God-given talents to rise up the ladder of success,'" Jeb Hensarling said

Clock winds down on Export-Import Bank

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 4:01 am

Rodbusters install rebar on the new Comcast Innovation and Technology Center under construction, in Philadelphia. The Commerce Department releases first-quarter gross domestic product on Friday, May 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Economy contracted 0.7 percent in the first quarter

Joseph Lawler · May 29, 2015 12:35 pm

Narayana Kocherlakota, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, arrives for a dinner during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Fed official: Raising rates in 2015 would be a ‘mistake’

Joseph Lawler · May 28, 2015 9:08 pm

First-time claims for unemployment benefits rose to 320,000 for the week ending February 28, the Labor Department reported Thursday. (Getty Images)

Jobless claims tick up to 282,000

Joseph Lawler · May 28, 2015 12:42 pm

"We are not there yet" on unemployment, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in text prepared for a speech in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo)

Yellen: ‘We are not there yet’ on unemployment

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2015 6:17 pm

Annual inflation was slightly negative in April because of the falling cost of energy, even as other prices showed strong month-to-month gains. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Energy prices bring down annual inflation in April

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2015 12:54 pm

Job seekers fill out a job applications at a Bed Bath and Beyond table at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. (AP/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims again scrape 15-year lows

Joseph Lawler · May 21, 2015 12:53 pm

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, sitting next to the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, uses his gavel to begin a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, on Iran sanctions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats counter GOP reform bill with narrow measure

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2015 5:54 pm

Sanders rolls out proposal for tuition-free public college

Sanders rolls out proposal for tuition-free public college

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2015 4:49 pm

People shop on November 28, 2014, Black Friday. Analysts do their best to factor in the frenzied shopping during this quarter as they calculate GDP. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Is the economy tanking, or is it just the seasons?

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

Bailed-out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a political emergency waiting to happen, Sen. Mark Warner said.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

New study: Re-privatizing Fannie, Freddie would raise mortgage rates

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2015 7:09 pm

Daniel Tarullo, a Federal Reserve governor and the de facto point man for the central bank on regulation, singled out the asset management industry in particular for regulation in his remarks at a meeting of federal regulatory agencies in Arlington, Virginia. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Finance execs call for new regulatory tools to fight bubbles

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2015 2:53 pm