Tag: Federal Reserve System
Inflation May Have Peaked. The Fed Needs to Step Gingerly.
In short, it might be helpful to reframe the C.P.I. news.Newspapers could quite accurately have run this much duller headline:…
Modern Monetary Theory Got a Pandemic Tryout. Inflation Is Now Testing It.
The problem is that the alternative to a Fed response is, at the moment, not obvious. The Biden administration’s attempts…
Fed Officials Make It Clear: This Time Is Different
Federal Reserve officials are preparing to pull back their economic help as inflation remains stubbornly high and the labor market…
Inflation and Deficits Don’t Dim the Appeal of U.S. Bonds
Looking Ahead, and to the PastWhat would have to happen for these rock-bottom borrowing costs to rise significantly? There could…
U.S. Economy Grew 1.7% in 4th Quarter, Capping a Strong Year
Even so, the average business owner “sees a very strong environment right now,” said Oren Klachkin, the lead economist for…
Fed Signals Rate Increase in March, Citing Inflation and Strong Job Market
Federal Reserve officials signaled on Wednesday that they were on track to raise interest rates in March, given that inflation…