Rich Miller
Fed Seen Holding Rates at Zero for Five Years in New Policy
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
The Federal Reserve looks likely to keep short-term interest rates near zero for five years or possibly more after it adopts a new strategy for carrying out monetary policy.
August 26, 2020Blue Collar Worker Shortage Reshapes Labor Market
George Frey/Bloomberg News
A surprise shortage of blue collar workers is changing the contours of the U.S. labor market, boosting their pay, narrowing wage inequality and drawing more women into those jobs.
December 13, 2018American Companies Are Raising Prices at a Brisk Pace
Craig Warga/Bloomberg News
President Donald Trump is giving many businesses an unexpected benefit on top of lower taxes and regulatory relief: He’s helping to restore their pricing power.
August 28, 2018US Recession May Come Just in Time for Trump’s Re-Election Bid
Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS
Here’s another reason to circle the 2020 election year on the calendar. It may well be the year of the next U.S. recession.
March 26, 2018Presidential Campaign Rancor Begins to Infect the Economy
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
The heated presidential election campaign may be starting to cast a chill over the U.S. economy.
April 26, 2016Early Warning Signs of Recession Flash Faintly in US Jobs Data
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
As the economy again started off the year on a sour note, the glass-half-full crowd pointed to the strength of the U.S. jobs market as a reason not to worry. As long as payrolls are racking up monthly gains of 200,000 or more, the economy remains in fine fettle, or so the optimists would have it.
April 19, 2016