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Mountain hikes, cowboy hats: Why the Fed's Jackson Hole event is the hottest ticket in econ
Aug 19, 2024
An invitation-only chance to get up close and personal with Chair Jerome Powell.
As the Fed holds interest rates steady, Powell says "it's a difficult balancing act"
Aug 1, 2024
But some former central bank officials think the Fed's risking a recession.
What is "maximum employment"?
Jul 29, 2024
And why is there no target number to measure it, as there is with inflation —the Federal Reserve's other mandate?
How the Federal Reserve's inflation fight today compares with the '70s and '80s
Jun 12, 2024
Decades ago, the Fed was battling double-digit inflation, and Chair Paul Volcker took aggressive action that drove interest rates way up.
What does the Phillips curve tell us about the economy?
Jun 5, 2024
The Phillips Curve says that low unemployment is linked to high inflation. But history shows that the economy doesn't always work that way.
The problem of sticky inflation resides with housing, Fed's Goolsbee says
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sofia Terenzio
May 15, 2024
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee talks the latest CPI release and what it means for the Fed's continued fight against inflation.
The Fed's Beige Book offers a more colorful look behind the stats
Mar 7, 2024
The latest edition includes comments from community bankers, real estate brokers, farm-implement suppliers—you name it.
For public good, not for profit.
When will the Fed cut rates? Senators are likely to put Jay Powell on the spot when he testifies
Mar 7, 2024
He says there's likely to be a rate cut this year, but he won't say when.
How independent are Fed officials from the politicians who appoint them?
by
Matt Levin
Mar 6, 2024
Biden has mostly shied away from publicly criticizing the Fed chair, while Trump tweeted about the Fed hundreds of times while in office.
"I think our fear of high inflation is well warranted," Minneapolis Fed president says
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Feb 21, 2024
Neel Kashkari weighs in on the state of the economy and what's left to bring inflation down to the Fed's 2% target.