Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren suggested that the Fed's main criterion for raising rates, namely inflation rising to the Fed's 2 percent target, was likely to be met. (Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg News file)

Leading Fed dove signals he’s open to December rate hike

Joseph Lawler · November 9, 2015 6:49 pm

Economy performing ‘well,’ Yellen says

Economy performing ‘well,’ Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · November 4, 2015 4:26 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet YellenÂ is testifying in her role as the top regulatory official at the central bank, not to deliver a report on monetary policy.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Questions for Yellen as she heads to Congress

Joseph Lawler · November 4, 2015 5:01 am

Trump: Fed fixes rates so Obama can go golf

Trump: Fed fixes rates so Obama can go golf

Joseph Lawler · November 3, 2015 5:08 pm

Long-term inflation expectations, which Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen views as the key to the belief that inflation will rise, also slipped in the University of Michigan survey of consumers released Friday.Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fed preps for rate hike amid disappointing data

Joseph Lawler · October 31, 2015 4:01 am

The Fed’s Continuing Conundrum

Irwin M. Stelzer · October 31, 2015 3:01 am

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks to a conference of bankers and financial leaders. Doubts are rising that the Fed will start raising rates before next year from the record lows where they've stood since 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Fed’s zero interest-rate policy stretches into seventh year

Joseph Lawler · October 28, 2015 6:34 pm

"The decision to begin the normalization process at the September [monetary policy] meeting seems less compelling to me than it was a few weeks ago," William Dudley said. (AP Photo)Â

Fed official acknowledges confusion over interest rates

Joseph Lawler · October 15, 2015 5:49 pm

In this Dec. 18, 2008 file photo, then Federal Reserve Board of Governors-designate Daniel Tarullo is shown in Chicago. The Fed, having done so already, is now considered likelier to prop up big firms whose collapse could endanger the entire financial system. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, file)

Fed governor warns against raising rates this year

Joseph Lawler · October 13, 2015 7:20 pm

Evans suggested other Fed officials may be wrong to think inflation will rise from its recent low levels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Chicago Fed president: ‘Inflation has been too low for too long’

Joseph Lawler · October 9, 2015 6:13 pm

Narayana Kocherlakota, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, saidÂ "the lesson of 2014 is clear: We can do better."Â (AP Photo/John Locher)

Fed official: No rate hike until 2017

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2015 6:08 pm

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley FischerÂ said he does not see any major threats to the stability of the financial system, in the housing market or anywhere else.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

No ‘acute risks’ of financial crisis, says Fed no. 2

Joseph Lawler · October 2, 2015 6:35 pm