Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other officials at the central bank are at odds with bond market investors over monetary policy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Investors don’t believe Fed’s plans for rate hikes

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2016 4:01 am

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen may have something to worry about should Donald Trump become president. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump not sold on Janet Yellen as Fed chair

Kelly Cohen · April 20, 2016 1:10 pm

New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said Monday that the economy is strong enough for the central bank to tighten the money supply further, but only if such moves are "gradual and cautious." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

NY Fed chief says rate hikes will be ‘gradual and cautious’

Joseph Lawler · April 18, 2016 1:10 pm

Why Can’t Yellen Raise Rates?

Irwin M. Stelzer · April 2, 2016 4:01 am

Left off Janet Yellen's list was negative interest rates, a concept that has generated a large amount of commentary and suspicion from the press and investors in recent months. (AP Photo)

Yellen suggests bond buying, not negative rates, if economy falters

Joseph Lawler · March 29, 2016 6:03 pm

Speaking in Savannah, Ga., Dennis Lockhart cited "sufficient momentum" in recent economic data to "justify a further step at one of the coming meetings, possibly as early as the meeting scheduled for the end of April." (AP Photo)

Fed rate hike may be needed as soon as April, official says

Joseph Lawler · March 21, 2016 5:28 pm

Since Ben Bernanke has left office, other central banks increasingly have turned to negative interest rate policies to supplement or substitute for quantitative easing. (AP Photo)

Bernanke: Negative interest rates could be ‘reasonable’

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2016 3:56 pm

"The Fed is a central bank. It is not some sort of overlord of the economy. They're not some sort of special Jedi Council that can decide the best things for us." (AP File Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rubio wants monetary policy rules for ‘Jedi Council’ Fed

Joseph Lawler · February 18, 2016 3:14 am

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on: 'The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed faces alarm over possibility of negative rates

Joseph Lawler · February 13, 2016 5:01 am

Yellen unsure if Fed has legal authority to impose negative interest rates

Yellen unsure if Fed has legal authority to impose negative interest rates

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2016 5:26 pm

"The economy is in many ways close to normal," Janet Yellen said during a hearing held by the House Financial Services Committee. (AP Photo)

Economy is near normal, Yellen testifies

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2016 4:28 pm

Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. (AP Photo)

GOP to Fed: Explain yourself

Joseph Lawler · January 11, 2016 5:01 am