Tag: Federal Reserve System
The Fed Bets on a ‘Soft Landing,’ but Recession Risk Looms
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, emphasized this week that the central bank he leads could succeed…
How to Fight Inflation With Lessons From History
Up NorthAnnual spending in the Union reached a staggering 16 times its prewar budget. Despite the need for…
Stocks notch their best week since November 2020.
Oil prices slid and the Federal Reserve offered investors clarity on its plan to tame inflation, triggering a…
Federal Reserve Walks a Tightrope Between Inflation and Recession
In an interview, James D. Hamilton, professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, and a…
Why the Fed Raised Interest Rates
Shoppers at a mall in Miami Beach, Fla., earlier this month. A surge in consumer spending has helped…
What a Federal Reserve Rate Increase Means for You
Though the typical car payment has reached its highest levels since 2012, any Fed increase isn’t expected to…
As Fed Prepares to Raise Rates, Global Economy Sinks Deeper Into Turmoil
Jason Furman, an economist at Harvard University, said many forecasters had been doing what investors sometimes refer to…
Global Economy Sinks Deeper into Turmoil as Fed Prepares to Raise Rates
Jason Furman, an economist at Harvard University, said many forecasters had been doing what investors sometimes refer to…
Manchin Won’t Support Raskin for the Federal Reserve
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a key centrist, announced on Monday that he would not support…
Could Inflation Prompt Powell to Act Like Volcker?
The war in Ukraine threatens to keep costs elevated for longer. Gas prices have already surged, lifting headline…
Inflation Rises to 7.9 Percent for February 2022
Prices climbed at the fastest pace in decades in the month leading up to the war in Ukraine,…
A Key Inflation Gauge Is Still Rising, and War Could Make It Worse
Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, rose as much as 6 percent to more than $100 per barrel…