Monetary policy since the financial crisis has flooded the market with cheap capital. A rate rise will reverse this and put developing economies at risk.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on US Federal Reserve
Displaying 181 - 200 of 227 articles
The mixed picture of the US economy makes for caution on interest rates, but Janet Yellen the economist is likely to win over Yellen the politician.
Why the US is set to raise its interest rates this week for the first time since the financial crisis.
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates for the first time in nine years next week. What does it mean for you?
With economies in Europe and America forging very different recoveries, their central banks are having to navigate by different stars.
October was a strong month for jobs gains, but the president and Congress need to stop waiting for the numbers to improve and begin to act more proactively.
Jobs growth slowed in September, yet the despite the disappointing figures there’s no political will to do anything about it.
Volatility is not going away any time soon, and if the US Fed decision plays the wrong way on the Australian dollar, our central bank could soon be back in the jawboning business.
The Fed decided to hold its key interest rate at about zero, but that doesn’t mean it did nothing.
The Fed’s policy-setting committee decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Here’s why that’s the wrong call.
Market speculation on whether the Fed will raise rates is reaching fever pitch, but the central bank no longer has the pull it once did.
Whenever speculation grew louder that the Federal Reserve would lift its target interest rate this year, stocks took a dive. Here’s why.
The more important question is when the federal government will get in the game and help support the economy.
The global economy is in a delicate position, which is why so many are fixated on this month’s US decision on interest rates.
My buddy is training for his third Chicago Marathon. I’m preparing for a 10K mud-run. He’s really fit and a family nurse practitioner, so I seek his advice on how to get in shape and what to eat. His advice…
The July employment report suggests the recent trend of lackluster gains in jobs and wages is continuing, and a rate hike should therefore be off the table for the time being.
On the face of it, Iraq and the US Federal Reserve share little. One is a country plagued by division, war and mayhem since the US invasion of 2003. It is a brutal world where there are no friends, few…
The desire of some lawmakers to subject the Fed to extra scrutiny betrays a misunderstanding of central bank independence and monetary policy.
Janet Yellen and her Fed colleagues know that wage growth and inflation are still too low to support an increase in interest rates in June.
Treasurer Joe Hockey and billionaire Rupert Murdoch recently made impassioned speeches expressing their deep concern about the problem of rising inequality —the rich are getting richer, while the poor…
Top contributors
-
Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
-
Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
-
Visiting Faculty in Economics, Emory University
-
Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
-
Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
-
Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Excellence in Finance Research Chair, West Virginia University
-
Assistant Professor of Economics, Clark University
-
Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
-
Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
-
Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California
-
Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University
-
Associate Professor of Finance and the David A. Thompson Distinguished Scholar of Applied Investments, Appalachian State University
-
Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
-
Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
