Tag: inflation

  • The Republican Party has an opportunity in front of it, but capitalizing on that opportunity would require a significant change in emphasis. This is not principally a question of becoming more conservative or more moderate. It is a question of…

  • Warsh Introduces the Latest Battle In his first appearance before the House Financial Services Committee as Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh declared that the Federal Open Market Committee has “no tolerance for persistently elevated inflation.” He described restoring price stability…

  • The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 through the Federal Reserve Act, which President Woodrow Wilson signed into law on December 23, 1913. The public explanation was stability: the United States had suffered repeated banking panics, including the Panic of 1907, where bank runs, failed banks,…

  • The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 through the Federal Reserve Act, which President Woodrow Wilson signed into law on December 23, 1913. The public explanation was stability: the United States had suffered repeated banking panics, including the Panic of 1907, where bank runs, failed banks,…