Tag: Federal Reserve System

Ben Bernanke Sees ‘Stagflation’ Ahead

Standing in his kitchen one morning in Washington, D.C., and drinking a…

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How Do Higher Interest Rates Bring Down Inflation?

This kind of communication was less common 30 years ago. But a…

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Stocks Return to Earth, With the S&P 500 Nearing a Bear Market

But the downdraft has sunk the share prices of companies that represent…

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New Data Show Few Black Economists at the Fed

Black researchers made up about 1.5 percent of the Federal Reserve system's…

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Senate Confirms Philip Jefferson as a Fed Governor

Philip N. Jefferson, a college administrator and academic economist, was confirmed to…

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Fed Confronts Why It May Have Acted Too Slowly on Inflation

Some Federal Reserve officials have begun to acknowledge that they were too…

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Afghans Urge Court Not to Give Frozen Central Bank Assets to Sept. 11 Families

WASHINGTON — Exiled Afghans are urging a federal judge to reject the…

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Fed Officials Are on the Defensive as High Inflation Lingers

Christopher Waller, a governor at the Federal Reserve, faced an uncomfortable task…

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Fed Raises Interest Rate Half a Percentage Point, Largest Increase Since 2000

Deciding how quickly to remove policy support is a fraught exercise. Central…

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