Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen at a Board of Governors meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Fed weighs rate increases ‘meeting-by-meeting’

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2015 6:58 pm

Thursday's inflation numbers suggest that the temporary effects of falling energy prices are beginning to reverse themselves, but the core inflation measure is headed in the wrong direction. (AP Photo)

Consumer prices flat as gas prices tick up

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2015 1:35 pm

Yellen may try to bridge the difference in outlooks by underscoring in her press conference that even if the Fed does raise rates, it will do so slowly and only as long as the data remains strong. (AP File Photo)

Fed watchers focus on economic signals

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

Financial markets are likely to undergo "some turbulence" when the Federal Reserve moves to raise interest rates, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said Friday. (AP Photo)

Expect market turbulence when rates rise, Fed official says

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2015 5:36 pm

Federal Reserve governor Lael BrainardÂ said that it would be "difficult, based on the data available today, to dismiss the possibility of a more significant drag on the economy" from the strength of the dollar and declining oil prices.Â (AP File/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Fed official: Can’t ignore recent weak economic statistics

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2015 5:02 pm

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Eric Rosengren speaks with staff during a visit to the office of CONNECT, a coalition of local organizations that provides employment services in Chelsea, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Fed official: Weak economy is not just the weather

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 2:19 pm

"We are not there yet" on unemployment, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in text prepared for a speech in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo)

Yellen: ‘We are not there yet’ on unemployment

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2015 6:17 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, attends the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, Saturday, April 18, 2015. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fed says winter weakness in part ‘transitory,’ expects it to pick up

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2015 6:41 pm

Deutsche Bank will pay $2.5 billion to regulators in the U.S. and U.K. to settle charges that it manipulated benchmark interest rates from 2005 to 2009, authorities announced Thursday morning. (iStock)

Deutsche Bank to pay $2.5 billion to settle interest rate manipulation charges

Joseph Lawler · April 23, 2015 12:54 pm

The risk that a weak economy could force the Federal Reserve to return rates to zero is shrinking, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said Monday. (AP Photo)

Low risk of Fed returning to zero rates after liftoff, says key official

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2015 6:30 pm

Yellen confirmed that the Department of Justice is investigating a 2012 leak of confidential information.

Fed members skeptical of June rate hike thanks to oil, dollar

Joseph Lawler · April 8, 2015 6:50 pm

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange watches Federal reserve Chair Janet Yellen's news conference, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The Federal Reserve is signaling that it's edging closer to raising interest rates from record lows in light of a strengthening job market. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed test: Raising rates without provoking a ‘tantrum’

Joseph Lawler · March 31, 2015 9:00 am