Tag: Powell, Jerome H

Good News on Jobs May Mean Bad News Later as Hiring Spree Defies Fed

America’s job market is remarkably strong, a report on Friday made clear,…

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Fed’s Kashkari says officials are ‘a long way’ from backing off inflation fight.

Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, suggested…

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How U.S. Inflation Expectations Are Being Shaped by Consumer Choices

Economic policymakers are razor focused on inflation expectations after more than a…

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How Will Interest Rate Increases Impact Inflation?

The Federal Reserve announced its fourth interest rate increase of 2022 on…

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Euro Hits Parity With U.S. Dollar for First Time in 20 Years

Take a look: €1 = $1.With a war on the eurozone’s border,…

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Strong Wage and Jobs Growth Keeps Fed on Track for Big Rate Increase

A surprisingly robust June employment report reinforced that America’s labor market remains…

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Fed Confronts a ‘New World’ of Inflation

Federal Reserve officials are questioning whether their longstanding assumptions about inflation still…

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A Recession Would Hurt Democrats. Some Warn It’d Also Hurt Democracy.

Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, made the understatement of…

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The Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points to Tackle Inflation

The Federal Reserve took its most aggressive step yet to try to…

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