The Federal Reserve

In August, headline inflation was up 0.3 percentage points from the month before, measuring a steady 3.4% year over year.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh thinks Fed officials have tipped their hand too much in the past about their future plans for interest rates. But he hasn’t been able to keep everybody else quiet.

The Fed raised interest rates, bond yields broke 5%, and a barrel of crude oil … well, it’s just getting more expensive.

There’s an ongoing debate about what data the Federal Reserve should use to measure our economy.

The quarter-point increase lifts the Fed’s key rate to about 3.9% and could result in higher borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards.

Analysts are expecting the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate tomorrow. What happens next?

The Fed is expected to raise interest rates at its next meeting, and it won’t be alone. The ECB has already raised rates, and Japan is expected to follow suit.

Another hot CPI report must mean the Fed is going to raise interest rates, right?

Ahead of the September FOMC meeting, we asked University of Chicago economist Randy Kroszner WWKWD: “What will Kevin Warsh do?”

The labor market got a good report card for August, but inflation remains high. That complicates the Federal Reserve’s decision-making process.