Crude is key to inflation. Here’s why has it been going up so much.
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Massive stimulus plans combined with rising production costs could lead to expectations that inflation will rise. And that alone could trigger an inflationary spiral not seen in 25 years.
The former Federal Reserve chair has the experience and broad respect to get businesses to move on climate change and to lay the foundation for real and lasting progress.
Janet Yellen is the perfect choice to tackle the worst economic crisis in a century, and the problems that lie beyond.
While Trump’s nominee to join the Fed favors returning to the gold standard, an economist explains why the US and the rest of the world abandoned it in the first place.
There’s more to that Coronavirus. Even before it, businesses weren’t keen to invest.
Inflation has been low, but if the Fed isn’t careful, keeping rates too low, too long could lead to runaway inflation.
The economic status of Black Americans hasn’t changed since the Fed was handed its mandate in 1977. Could targeting Black unemployment, encouraging credit and reporting discrepancies narrow the gap?
The Trump administration has revised CDC health guidelines and undermined its own experts, making it harder for science to prevail over politics in US’s coronavirus strategy.
US stocks have nearly erased much of their coronavirus losses even as many Americans continue to suffer from the pandemic’s impact.
There is no magic money tree in economics – whatever money is spent must be paid back later.
The Fed is spending up to US$2.3 trillion to help save the U.S. economy from the coronavirus recession. But where does all that money come from?
A third of Americans experiencing significant financial stress say they wouldn’t contact a doctor if they experienced coronavirus symptoms.
Like Congress with its $2 trillion bailout, the Fed is engaged in an unprecedented effort to save the US economy and financial system from collapse.
We’re running out of interest rates to cut to keep the economy from sinking. Before the next recession occurs, we need to come with an effective approach to monetary policy.
Markets normally rally when central banks throw trillions of dollars at a problem. But not this time.
Plunging stocks have triggered rarely used ‘circuit breakers’ that temporarily halt trading. A finance scholar explains what they are and the costs of shutting down markets.
The Fed slashed interest rates to near zero but, just as in 2008, it will require unprecedented action to calm panicky markets.
The prospects of the Masters of the Universe fixing this problem look seriously in doubt.
The Fed and Congress have little ammunition available for fighting an economic downturn if COVID-19 triggers one.
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