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Fed chair Powell's latest speech hints at caution regarding interest rates
Oct 20, 2023
Jerome Powell spoke Oct. 19 and said the Federal Open Market Committee would be "proceeding carefully."
Decreasing inflation by a final percentage point may be the hardest challenge for the Fed
Aug 25, 2023
Here's why the last part of getting to that 2% inflation target might be like trying to lose that last 10 pounds.
Will we get less gloom and doom from Jay Powell at Jackson Hole?
Aug 17, 2023
In 2022, Powell warned of painful moves to get inflation under control.
Federal Reserve raises key rate for 11th time by a quarter-point, to highest level since 2001
Jul 26, 2023
The move lifted the Fed’s benchmark short-term rate from roughly 5.1% to 5.3% — its highest level in 22 years.
Milton Friedman’s “long and variable lag,” explained
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 24, 2023
A concept popularized by Milton Friedman in the 1960s still influences how the Fed talks about monetary policy today.
No more business as usual for the Fed
Jun 29, 2023
Technology that can cause banks to fail overnight could force the Federal Reserve to upgrade its infrastructure, while continuing basic regulation to prevent failures from occurring in the first place.
What's Fed Chair Powell trying to tell us about future interest rate hikes?
Jun 21, 2023
Jerome Powell has stuck to the same script on whether more interest rate increases are coming — but that script has a cliffhanger ending.
For public good, not for profit.
Fed pauses rate hikes, hints at 2 more potential increases this year
Jun 14, 2023
For the first time in 15 months, the Federal Reserve has kept its key interest rate unchanged.
Can ChatGPT decode what the Federal Reserve is saying?
by
Janet Nguyen
May 5, 2023
We ran some of the statements Fed Chair Jerome Powell made at his press conference this week.
Fed raises key interest rate but hints it may pause amid bank turmoil
May 3, 2023
The Fed’s rate increases over the past 14 months, aimed at quelling inflation, have elevated the cost of loans and heightened the risk of a recession.