Senate confirms Janet Yellin as new chairman of The Fed
January 6, 2014
The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen on Monday as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, elevating an advocate of fighting unemployment and a backer
Fed taking ‘wait and see’ attitude on policy shift
October 27, 2013
Federal Reserve officials are unlikely to make any shift to monetary policy this week as they wait for more evidence of how badly Washington’s budget
Obama to nominate first woman to head Federal Reserve
October 8, 2013
President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the nation’s central bank, the White House
Summers out of Fed chief chase
September 16, 2013
For weeks, Lawrence Summers had been considered the leading candidate to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman. A renowned economist, Summers built close ties
Needed for next Fed head
July 28, 2013
President Barack Obama says his next Fed chairman should take ordinary people into account when setting monetary policy. Obama tells The New York Times in
So, what will the future economy be? Who knows?
July 18, 2013
Politicians and economists are straining to get a clearer view of what the economy will look like a year from now, when midterm political campaigns
Fed not expected to relax interest rates during economic surge
March 19, 2013
The U.S. economy is strengthening on the fuel of more job growth, rising home prices and solid retail sales. Just don’t expect the Federal Reserve
Bernanke says Fed pullback could put economic recovery at risk
March 2, 2013
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Friday that pulling back on aggressive policy measures too soon would pose a real risk
Sequestration won’t deliver promised savings on budget
February 28, 2013
On paper, there’s one thing to like about the ugly spending cuts due to kick in on Friday: $85 billion in budget savings at a
Over the fiscal cliff: A hard of soft landing?
December 30, 2012
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were still in disarray as lawmakers returned to the Capitol to confront the