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Matthew Klein of Barron’s asks a simple question about future action from the Federal Reserve. Every six or seven weeks, the members of the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee gather…
Steve Forbes explains in the latest Forbes magazine why he’s unimpressed with the new chairman of the Federal Reserve. THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S new chairman, Jerome Powell, recently presided over his…
One reason why it’s a good idea to avoid spending too much time analyzing month-by-month changes in unemployment numbers is the fact that those who compile the data build in…
Vito Racanelli of Barron’s ponders the Federal Reserve‘s future in the age of Trump. One coming change few are pondering is the turnover at the Fed now that Donald Trump…
Gene Epstein of Barron’s uses his latest “Economic Beat” column to parse the latest jobs data. An interest-rate hike at this month’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee has…
Randall Forsyth employs an interesting analogy while describing the latest American economic trends for Barron’s readers. Habitual watchers of financial cable channels can’t have avoided the endless repetition of advertisements…
Gene Epstein of Barron’s explains in his latest column why inflation might be heading toward the targets the Federal Reserve has been watching. Might there be a light at the…
Gene Epstein of Barron’s devotes his latest “Economic Beat” column to analysis of the latest figures flowing from federal economic calculators. THE EMPLOYMENT REPORTfor October, released on Friday by the…
Gene Epstein of Barron’s uses the occasion of Yom Kippur to focus on recent economic sins. In this annual Yom Kippur column on economic sins of omission and commission in…
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s reminds us that the stock market has a tendency to weaken at this time of the season. [T]here have been an unusual number of market upheavals…
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek spotlights the fight over the future of Federal Reserve policies. Members of Congress taking aim at the Fed say they intend to preserve its…
Gene Epstein devotes his latest “Economic Beat” column in Barron’s to the future outlook for American gross domestic product. Growth in real gross domestic product is probably running at an…