Connecting the Dots Archive, December 2016

Bankers to Fed: Stop Riding the Asset Bubble and Raise Rates Already
  • December 13, 2016

Bankers to Fed: Stop Riding the Asset Bubble and Raise Rates Already

The stakes were high at last September’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Federal Reserve officials had hinted all year that a rate hike was coming. Traders assumed it would come at a quarter-end meeting, coinciding with one of Janet Yellen’s news conferences. If so, it would be the Fed’s last chance until December.

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Time to Trump the Fed
  • December 6, 2016

Time to Trump the Fed

The Trump administration’s economic team is beginning to take shape, but we still don’t have nominees for two Federal Reserve Board vacancies.

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