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The U.S. Federal Reserve's policy difficulty in raising interest rates in 2015-2016
09/14/2015
The sharply slowing economy in China in September 2015 acts to put the Fed on another of a series of pause situations as it plans to raise rates. The Fed'd interest rate policy has shifted to raise rates vey gradually making the rate increases small and over an extended period of time, so that this does not affect the recovery. Very low inflation with the steep decline in commodity prices, especially oil, is making it easier for the Fed to make this pause.
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Lesson for Fed: Higher Interest Rates Haven’t Been Sticking
Wall Street Journal 09.14.2015
Here’s a Way Yellen Can Raise Rates Without Spooking Markets
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The Fed Gets a Last Data Point, and It Isn’t Good
Wall Street Journal 09.17.2015
Central Banks’ Lesson: Easy Money Alone Isn’t a Growth Salve
Wall Street Journal 09.18.2015
Watching the Fed, and Remembering the Tequila Crisis
New York Times 09.18.2015
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
New York Times 09.17.2015
Janet Yellen’s New Hat: Risk Manager
New York Times 12.16.2015
A January Pause, but Fed Affirms Plan for Gradual Rate Increases
New York Times 01.27.2016
Federal Reserve Won’t Backpedal on Interest Rates, Janet Yellen Says
New York Times 02.11.2016
Sharp Fall in U.S. Hiring Saps Chance of Fed Rate Increase in June
The New York Times 06.03.2016
A Trump Economic Boom? The Fed May Stand in the Way
The New York Times 12.13.2016
Will the Trump Era Bring Higher Interest Rates? Don’t Count On It
The New York Times 12.14.2016
The Fed’s Era of Easy Money Is Ending
The New York Times 03.13.2017
Fed Actions Show Confidence but Are Not at Trump Speed
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