Tag: interest rates
Government watchdog cautions against further interest rate hikes for risk of...
Accountable.US warns further hikes "would needlessly and unnecessarily cause a recession and result in millions of Americans losing their jobs."
Ignoring warnings of mass job loss, Fed hikes rates to highest...
"The Fed should end its rate hiking campaign for good."
The Fed is about to shaft American workers—or no good reason
Fed policymakers are poised to raise interest rates at their March meeting and then continue raising them, in order to slow the economy.
The disaster of negative of interest rates
President Trump wants negative interest rates, but they would be disastrous for the U.S. economy, and his objectives can be better achieved...
Is the economy growing too fast? Interest rates and the fed
The potential gains from allowing the economy to continue to grow and for the unemployment rate to drop further are enormous.
What’s Behind the Fed’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a...
It's clear that the Fed feels it needs to get interest rates back up before the bottom falls out of the US economy once again.
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A telling tale of two press lords
Rupert Murdoch made the world safe for grand fortune. E.W. Scripps had a better idea.
Wildlife living in cities exemplify ‘urban trait syndrome,’ study says
What can city dwellers do to help create and nurture a healthier environment for urban wildlife?
Writers reach tentative deal with Hollywood studios after nearly 150 days on strike
"It is the leverage generated by your strike, in concert with the extraordinary support of our union siblings, that finally brought the companies back to the table to make a deal."
Biden is the latest president to tout the Vietnam War as proud history
Efforts to portray the U.S. government’s military actions as well-meaning and virtuous are incessant. The pretenses that falsify the past are foreshadowing excuses for future warfare.