Fed Chair Powell Says Defeating Inflation More Important Than Staving Off Recession... In a panel discussion with European bankers, Powell identified price stability as the biggest threat to the U.S. ...
Week In Review – June 27 2022
Fed Chair Powell Says Fed Efforts Might Push Economy into Recession... In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell said that it is getting harder to engineer a soft landing. What it ...
Week In Review – May 24 2022
The Fed Is Willing To Push Unemployment Higher To Fight Inflation... In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Fed Chair Powell reiterated that the central bank is committed to lowering inflation, ...
Week In Review – April 4 2022
The U.S. Economy Created 431,000 Jobs in March... The unemployment rate fell to 3.6%. What it means— The jobs number missed by 60,000, but the January and February totals were revised higher by ...
Week In Review – March 7 2022
The U.S. Economy Created 678,000 Jobs in February... The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised the December and January numbers higher by a total of 92,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dropped from 4% to ...