December 14, 2015 Will interest rates go up? Five things to expect Raising the banks’ overnight borrowing rate—held near zero since the depths of the financial crisis in 2008—has the potential to push up the cost of mortgages, slow jobs creation and curb stock prices but not always.
December 8, 2015 Stock selloff amid worries about terror, plunging oil prices Will jitters stop Fed raising rates?
October 5, 2015 Bernanke says more execs should be in jail for 2008 collapse Wants investigation of individual action
September 14, 2015 Five things to know about a potential interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has kept the federal funds rate—the banks’ overnight borrowing rate—near zero.
May 7, 2015 Money walks while Obama talks Money walks while Obama talks. While the president brags about his fifth “recovery summer,” even his Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, recently admitted, “The recovery still feels like a recession to many Americans.”
May 7, 2015 Stop the Federal Reserve's powergrab The Federal Reserve must undergo a radical overhaul and rediscover its original objectives.
May 6, 2015 Five things you should know about Janet Yellen’s plan for higher interest rates This week, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Yellen indicated the Fed is getting even more optimistic about the economy and inflation and further indicated it will end that policy as early as July. The Fed will likely act by gradually raising the federal funds rate—the rate banks pay to borrow ready money overnight.
May 6, 2015 Wake Up, America: It's time to audit the Federal Reserve The money supply in America is like a gas pedal on your car -- the heavier the pressure on the gas pedal, the more gas the engine gets and the car speeds up. The Federal Reserve is the driver of the car. The heavier the Federal Reserve presses on the gas pedal (the printing of notes) the greater the increase in the money supply.
