Economic Trends
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Rising Rate Consensus Is Wrong: Research Affiliates
By Gil WeinreichWorried about rising rates? Dont be. But theres ample room to be worried about the reason rates wont be rising much, Research Affiliates warns.
March 20, 2015
How the Fed erased 1% of the dollar's value in a single dayThe Federal Reserve's policy statement knocked 1 percent off the value of the dollar without even directly mentioning it.
March 19, 2015
How the Fed Erased 1% of the Dollar's Value in a Single DayThe strong dollar has curbed the Fed's urgency to tighten.
February 27, 2015
Keith Hall Named New CBO Director, Replacing ElmendorfKeith Hall, chief economist of the International Trade Commission, will start his four-year term on April 1.
February 24, 2015
Fed’s Yellen: Rate Hike Not Likely Coming SoonFOMC will consider a rate hike on a "meeting-by-meeting basis," Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen tells the Senate Banking Committee.
January 23, 2015
Roubini: Obama is right; gold bugs are wrongAt Davos, the economist warns about inequality and calls for higher taxes on the wealthy.
January 21, 2015
Roubini: Obama Is Right; Gold Bugs Are WrongAt Davos, the economist warns that deflation is a bigger threat than inflation and calls for higher taxes on the wealthy.
January 20, 2015
Congress Needs to Do Its Bit for EconomyThe U.S. is doing better than other regions, but politicians must improve conditions for more Americans in 2015.