Fed Unlikely to Raise Rates in September
Surprise, surprise, the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise the Fed funds rate during its September 2016 meeting. Now, this is contrary to Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s comments during the annual More...
CBS: Economy ‘much weaker’ than thought, ‘recession territory’
While political opponents will squabble over details and good or bad the economy is shaping up to be, CBS published a new article to state that folks need to “face it”: the U.S. economy has a lot of More...
Dallas Fed chief responds to Rand Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ bill
Late last month, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul reintroduced the bipartisan Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015. Rand Paul on Senate floor/Video Screen Shot Known widely as “Audit the Fed,” More...
‘Audit the Fed’ bill passes House again
U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) Wednesday released the following statement after H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act (Audit the Fed), passed in the U.S. House of Representatives with strong bipartisan More...
Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen: ‘Low interest rates can contribute to financial bubbles’
Low interest rates can contribute to financial bubbles even if they are not a primary culprit, Janet Yellen said in her first speech as vice chair of the Federal Reserve. photo/donkey hotey Just as the concern rises More...
Where President Obama is failing
Let’s be clear that this list would look nearly identical if we were reflecting on the McCain administration. The differences between those two candidates were nominal in many ways and America would likely More...
