Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn sounded the alarm about an imminent global financial crisis if urgent action is not taken. Kohn made his unsettling remarks on Saturday during the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual Jackson Hole…
The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation soared by the fastest rate in 30 years. The personal consumption expenditures price index rose 4.2% year over year in July – the most since January 1991. The price index for American consumer…
How long will today’s low-interest rate environment last? No one knows for sure, though we can glean some clues from recent comments out of the Federal Reserve about interest rates. One thing’s for sure: the Fed won’t keep rates near…