Hearing: Senate Banking Committee
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress March 1, 2018 10:00 AM 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on […]
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Powell to appear one day earlier for House testimony
Changes in the House schedule have led to a change in the testimony date for the new chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the House Financial Services Committee said Friday. In a release, Chairman Jeb […]
The Fed
Infrastructure, innovation cited as keys to generating economic growth
Congress may consider policies to generate a sustained boost in economic growth, including improving the nation’s infrastructure and supporting innovation and adoption of new technologies, the outgoing chairman of the Federal Reserve Board said in […]
The Fed
Income, wealth gains found across spectrum of U.S. families, survey finds
Broad-based income gains across many different types of families were realized between 2013-16, with families lacking a high school diploma and nonwhite and Hispanic families experiencing larger proportional gains in incomes than other families between […]
The Fed
Chairman sees 2% inflation, although ‘misjudgments’ have been made
With gradual adjustments in monetary policy, inflation will stabilize at around the Fed’s 2% objective over the next few years, accompanied by some further strengthening in labor market conditions, the chairman of the Federal Reserve […]
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Fed gov: Disparities in labor, wealth have implications for economic growth
The Federal Reserve is keenly interested in disparities in employment, labor force participation, income, and wealth because they may have implications for the growth capacity of the economy, a member of the central bank’s board […]