Interest Rates

Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other Fed members have argued that low inflation is temporary. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed members raised rates despite being puzzled over low inflation

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2016 7:46 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to have pulled off the first interest rate increase in nine years without a hitch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed’s rate hike goes off without surprises

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2015 3:57 pm

Fed ends seven-year era of zero interest rates

Fed ends seven-year era of zero interest rates

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 8:07 pm

Here Comes the Interest Rates Rise

Here Comes the Interest Rates Rise

Irwin M. Stelzer · December 12, 2015 5:01 am

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

Fed president sees ‘compelling’ case to raise rates

Fed president sees ‘compelling’ case to raise rates

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2015 1:28 pm

Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lael Brainard again suggested that she has a different, and more pessimistic view of the economy's trajectory than does Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fed governor wants ‘cautious and gradual’ approach to rate hikes

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2015 1:55 am

There is talk of a Fed rates hike coming in December. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Most Fed members anticipated a December rate hike at Oct. meeting

Joseph Lawler · November 18, 2015 7:38 pm

Speaking at an event at the University of Houston, Robert Steven Kaplan said that "it will likely be appropriate that U.S. monetary policy remain accommodative for some time." (AP Photo)

New Dallas Fed president sticks to mainstream in first speech

Joseph Lawler · November 18, 2015 6:14 pm

If inflation continues to fall, the Federal Reserve would have to respond by guaranteeing lower interest rates for longer, Federal Reserve vice chairman Stanley Fischer said Tuesday. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Fed limited damage by keeping rates low: Vice chairman

Joseph Lawler · November 13, 2015 12:38 am

'There is no reason to continue to experiment with extreme policy,' St. Louis Fed presidentÂ James BullardÂ said. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Fed official: Zero rates raise risk of future inflation

Joseph Lawler · November 12, 2015 2:40 pm