Stop the printing presses: Why the Fed should target a hard 2% inflation cap
The optimal target for inflation is a range, so that businesses are not discouraged from risk-taking and consumers are not ...
The Fed sent stocks spiraling after its last meeting, and now the central bank is expected to leave interest rates untouched on Wednesday
The Fed signaled as much at its last meeting in December, when the central bank delivered an interest cut, but hinted that it ...
Working Americans Turn to Food Banks as Fed Inflation Battle Drags On
Kersstin Eshak visits a food pantry in Loudoun County, Virginia to stretch her family’s budget. Eshak’s husband works at a ...
The fight against inflation has been abandoned (if it ever existed at all)
Donald Trump has officially abandoned his promise to fix inflation. Maybe he never intended to fix it at all.
Inflation Sped Up in December, a Fresh Challenge for the Fed
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging.
Bets on Bigger Treasuries Rally Are Booming Before Fed Decision
Bond traders are ratcheting up bullish bets on US Treasuries before the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision Wednesday in ...
Bank lending prospects among key inputs for policymakers at Fed meeting
Credit data likely to be considered at a two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting that begins on Tuesday may show pumps primed ...