Tag: Federal Reserve
Former Fed official warns of imminent risk to stability of global...
Former Federal Reserve official Donald Kohn sounded the alarm about what he characterized as an imminent global financial crisis during a recent...
Daniel Sutter: Gold, inflation and theft
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Mr....
Mo Brooks sees impending “disaster” in new CBO budget projections
Congressman Mo Brooks (Republican- district 5) has said that the newly released 10-year budget projections by the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) would mean "financial...
Donald Trump eager to sign bill rolling back Dodd-Frank regulations
President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that he’s eager to sign a bill that would dismantle a chunk of the rules framework for banks, installed...
Fed set to leave rates alone amid signs of rising inflation
The Federal Reserve achieved an inflation milestone this week, but that isn’t likely to alter expectations for what the Fed will announce when its...
Donald Trump weighs replacing Fed Chair Janet Yellen with ex-Goldman exec
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's considering either re-nominating Janet Yellen for a second term as Fed chair or replacing her with someone...
Legislators close to renewing Alabama’s historic renovation tax credit
The renewal of Alabama’s historic renovation tax credit, which has helped revive downtown Birmingham and other areas around the state, is making its way...
Congress to grill Fed Chair amid uncertainty over Donald Trump’s plans
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen faces two tasks when she delivers her semiannual testimony to Congress starting Tuesday:
As always, she'll sketch a picture of...
Fed is likely to leave rates alone at a time of...
At some point in the coming months, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to resume raising interest rates. Just not quite yet.
On Wednesday, the...
Janet Yellen says she expects Fed to raise rates by year’s...
Chair Janet Yellen said Thursday that she expects the Federal Reserve to begin raising interest rates from record lows by the end of the...
