Federal Reserve

New $100 Bills Start Circulating Today

Nearly 100 years after first going into circulation, the one-hundred-dollar bill is debuting a high-tech makeover complete with enhanced security features and new paper. 

October Jobs Forecasts Cloud Fed Decisions

Forecasts for the October jobs data paint a grim picture that solidifies fears of a weakening economy and clouds the Fed’s plans for scaling back its easy-money stimulus policies.

Did Washington Just Make it QE4EVA?

Washington’s 11th-hour budget deal and the 16-day government shutdown has thrown a new wrinkle into projections of when the central bank will start tapering its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program. 

Economic Hypochondria

It’s time to get the markets back to relying on forward guidance from companies on earnings, and not the Federal Reserve’s forward guidance on its extraordinary policies in place for five years now.

U.S. Adds 169,000 Jobs In August

The U.S. added just 169,000 jobs in August, a number likely to intensify and prolong the debate over when and how the Fed should scale back QE3.