The administration says the president’s focus will be on growing the middle class. President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Chicago on Wednesday, where he will attend…
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Fed Chair to Raise Interest Rates at “Careful Pace”
Chairman Powell testified before Senate Banking Committee on the rate of inflation. Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell recently testified before the Senate Banking Committee, where he…
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Senate Committee Hearing Scheduled for Fed Board Nominee
The committee will review the president’s proposed vice chair, Philip Jefferson. The Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown of Ohio announced a hearing for President Joe Biden’s nominee…
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Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates Again
Currently at 5 percent. Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates a quarter of a percent Wednesday. Rates are now at their highest since 2007. This increase is yet another…
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Treasury Reports $129 Billion Brought In on Tax Day
Financial analysts watching 2022 tax receipts closely. The Department of the Treasury released the daily financial statement for the annual tax filing deadline last week, showing a total…
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Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve
Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Labor Department Reports Inflation Fell in March
Still higher, at 5 percent, than the Federal Reserve target. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that inflation decreased one percentage point in March, ending at…
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Senators Questions Fed Banking Regulators
They ask why there was no federal response to the warning signs ahead of the bank’s collapse. The Senate Banking Committee pressed banking regulators on their failure to…
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Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates Again
The result will be tighter credit options for households. At its meeting on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to a target range of 4.75% to 5%,…
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Fed Again Considers Interest Rate Hike
Central bank members meet Wednesday. The two-day policy meeting of the Federal Reserve will meet Tuesday and Wednesday. Among their major considerations are the strains that have come…
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