On Prof. William English testified to a House task force considering a “new accord” between the Fed and Treasury, arguing that such an update is unnecessary and emphasizing the importance of Fed ...

The Federal Reserve's dual mandate — price stability and maximum employment — normally provides a clear directional signal for monetary policy. When unemployment rises, the policy prescription is ...

The S&P 500 (SPX) outlook remains cautiously positive near-term, supported by a $184B private sector surplus and record federal outlays. Fiscal policy is the dominant market driver into 2025–26, but ...

A rate cut will not rehire a federal employee whose position was eliminated, nor restore a job that has been automated.

BOSTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Saturday that she’s still leaning against the U.S. central bank cutting its interest rate target next month as it faces ...

Monetary policy will require "finely tuned judgments balancing progress" on each side of the Federal Reserve's mandate of price stability and full employment, Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said on ...

In this opinion column, Alexander Salter argues that affordability is a structural problem that monetary policy can’t fix.

The Economic Forecast was created in 2006 by Lyons Companies founder David F. Lyons, Sr., and UD Professor Emeritus of Economics James B. O’Neill. They were driven by a shared responsibility to ...