Federal Reserve System

The federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks charge each other to lend Federal Reserve funds overnight. These funds maintain the federal reserve requirement. The reserve requirement prevents them from lending every dollar they get. Make sure they have enough cash to start each business day. The Federal Reserve uses the federal funds rate as a tool to control US economic growth. Banks use the federal funds rate to base all other short-term interest rates. Banks also base the prime rate…

WASHINGTON — The Republicans said the Federal Reserve was secretive, ineffective and out of touch with the economic realities of ordinary Americans. The Democrats showered its policies with encomiums like “herculean.” And those were just the opening statements on Wednesday, as the Fed’s chairwoman, Janet L. Yellen, began two days of biannual testimony on Capitol Hill. Ms. Yellen functions as the nation’s economic weatherwoman, and on Wednesday, she sounded more worried than at her last public…

billionaire club has nearly doubled to over 800 members from the original 450 members they originally had. Chossudovsky has a firm stance on the highly controversial 2003 invasion of Iraq. He argues that the United States invaded Iraq to secure oil reserves for American oil giants and to secure the Dollar as the trading currency for Oil. With Iraq holding 11% of the 70% of available oil and being located in a prime location, the forced acquisition of Iraq was not made under the belief that…

2008 the Federal Reserve decide to lower interest in order to combat the high inflation and low employment growth. The recession slowly started to recover, during the summer of June 2009 it started to show improvement. After eight years of low interest rate (below zero). The Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen announced that the Fed would raise its targeted federal fund rate by 0.25, was post to do it June and/or September then decide to not to. Now in December 2016, the Federal Reserve is now…

The CFPB 's War on Installment Loans Hurts the Very People It Claims to Protect The CFPB 's War on Installment Loans Hurts the Very People It Claims to Protect The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s war on installment loans disenfranchises the people that it’s charged with protecting according to a report posted at Investors.com. The agency not only exceeds its legislative mandate but also uses questionable tactics that generate de facto legislative actions by enforcing laws that have not…

John Steele Gordon is a writer who for over the past 20 years has had articles published in multiple magazines and newspapers. He specializes in business and financial history, and he is a contributing editor to American Heritage, also since 1989 he has been the writer of a column titled “Business of America”. Not only has John Steele Gordon written for newspapers and magazines he has also written books such as; Hamilton’s Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt (Walker,…

Kelsie Dodd 08-25-16 Chapter 1 current event Earthquake in Italy Affects Economy in the Area Summary of Article The article discusses the disaster the earthquake in Italy has left behind and the affects it has made on the economy. The Prime Minister’s (Matteo Renzi) cabinet met to decide on the steps they should take to help people who have been struck by the disaster. Many people have died (Nearly 241 found dead) and rescue teams are still searching for survivors. The Prime Minister will have…

Summary Today, CNN reported that the Federal Reserve is not going to raise the key interest rate, as previously thought. In December of last year, Janet Yellen, leader of the Fed’s committee, forecasted a 2.4% increase in 2016. She also stated that the economy would raise its rates four times. But as of today, the Fed’s now estimate two rate hikes for the remainder or the year, and a 2.2% growth rather than 2.4%. Yellen also stated that any rates in the future will be gradual in accordance to…

Trumps Economic Policy: Economic policy refers to the actions that governments take in the economic field. It covers the systems for setting levels of taxation, government budgets, the money supply and interest rates as well as the labor market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the economy. A government has many aspects of economic components. Some of them are listed below: •Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy. •Trade policy. •Policies related to…

For most economists, the financial crisis of 2008 was the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression hit the United States and the world in 1929 and the early 1930s. This paper will analyze the causes that lead to the 2008 financial crisis. The paper will also explore the effects of the crisis, not only in the financial world and the economy, but also in the legislation governing financial institutions. The ethical implications that were involved in the crisis will also be studied.…