Tag: Federal Reserve

One of the biggest national issues driving the congressional midterm elections is inflation. The polls show it and it’s entirely possible rising prices could...

Washington, D.C. – Inflation has taken a heavy toll on the purchasing power of the American consumer. According to the most recent data, which...

There’s a steady drumbeat in some quarters of Wall Street and the commentariat for the Federal Reserve to back off or at least slow...

The world’s central banks are (mostly) raising interest rates to fight off inflation. That’s a good thing, as inflation erodes living standards across the...

The Federal Reserve is making what seem to be all the appropriate noises to go along with its actions about taming inflation. But there’s...

Economists generally believe a recession of some sort is in America’s future. The great unknowns are when it will happen and how bad it...

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the fifth time in 2022. Today's...

Official Washington generally agrees that bringing inflation down, and eventually under control, is job #1. And most certainly, the Federal Reserve is doing its...

Financial markets pay a great deal of attention to what Federal Reserve Bank presidents have to say about the broader economy. The reason is...

It’s odd that an organization like the U.S. Federal Reserve, whose leaders are very, very chatty about monetary policy and whose researchers publish mountains...

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by another 75 basis points. The effort is the latest attempt by the government to slow inflation,...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its inflation data for June and the figures were worse than expected, with headline inflation reaching 9.1 percent...

Fueled by soaring energy prices, U.S. inflation rose 9.1% in June, the most since November 1981. The increase surpasses the 8.8% Dow Jones estimate. (RELATED:...

The “R” word" – recession. Next to “inflation,” it’s the one word that drives politicians to distraction, distortion and worse. There’s been a lot of...