Federal Reserve

Media Sling Mud at Trump’s Conservative Federal Reserve Picks
Business
April 9th, 2019 4:12 PM
The liberal media launched an offensive against both of President Donald Trump’s selections for the Federal Reserve board of governors.
The media have outdone themselves slinging mud at the “controversial” and “unqualified” picks of economics writer and Club for Growth founder Stephen Moore and millionaire businessman, former CEO and former presidential candidate Herman Cain. Cain also served as…
Dangers of Government Control
January 4th, 2018 1:52 PM
We are a nation of 325 million people. We have a bit of control over the behavior of our 535 elected representatives in Congress, the president and the vice president. But there are seven unelected people who have life-and-death control over our economy and hence our lives -- the seven governors of the Federal Reserve Board. The Federal Reserve Board controls our money supply. Its governors are…

Two of the Three Networks Ignore Fed Decision on Interest Rates
Business
June 16th, 2016 5:07 PM
The Federal Reserve announced it wouldn’t raise interest rates, in part due to a poor May jobs report and economic “headwinds.” Two out of the three broadcast networks ignored the decision.

Media That Curse CEO Pay, Find College Presidents Make Double
Business
March 3rd, 2016 9:15 AM
For all that the liberal media and politicians rake CEOs over the coals for being paid too much, it turns out there is a group of people getting paid even more.
Turns out, the average college president is making $377,261 per year, more than twice the annual haul for the average CEO, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and CBSNews.com. Academia is known to be a bastion of liberal…

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Horrible Jobs Reports Leaves CNBC’s Santelli Worried About Economy
Business
October 2nd, 2015 1:52 PM
The September jobs report turned out to be a disappointment with fewer than anticipated jobs gains and labor force participation at its lowest rate since October of 1977.
CNBC’s Squawk Box discussion of the disappointing report quickly turned to Federal Reserve policy and whether it vindicated the Fed’s decision not to raise rates, or just proved they missed their chance to do so.
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Networks Dodge and Downplay Poor Economic News, Break in IRS Scandal
April 30th, 2015 12:09 AM
In the Wednesday edition of bias by omission, five of the English and Spanish network evening newscasts again refused to report on a troubling sign for the U.S. economy while all six omitted any mention of a new development in the IRS scandal. After completely ignoring the story all together Wednesday morning, the CBS Evening News stepped up to mention that the U.S. economy has screeched to a…
St. Louis Fed President: Shutdown ‘Not That Big a Deal’ for Econom
November 5th, 2013 2:15 PM
The government shutdown didn’t hurt the economy much after all. That was the assessment of St. Louis Fed President James Bullard in a Nov. 4 CNBC interview.
“I don’t think it’s gonna have that big of an impact on growth. … It’s probably not that big a deal,” said Bullard on “Squawk Box.”

Networks Tout Fed Nominee Yellen’s ‘Brilliance
October 10th, 2013 3:47 PM
President Obama nominated Janet Yellen, Fed vice chair, to head the Federal Reserve on Oct. 9. If confirmed, she will take on Ben Bernanke’s role as chairman and be the first woman in that role. Networks lauded her nomination that evening, after having paid little attention to her liberal policies in recent months.
Broadcast network evening and morning shows were giddy at the nomination of…
Miss America More Important to Media than Fed Nominee
October 9th, 2013 2:22 PM
The next Federal Reserve Chairman will be Janet Yellen. President Barack Obama plans to nominate her on Oct. 9. Ahead of the announcement, Yellen, the liberal Fed vice chairman, was considered the most likely candidate to replace Ben Bernanke ever since Larry Summers, her chief rival for the nomination, bowed out of the race on Sept. 16.
She was a frontrunner even before Summers’ withdrawal.…
CBS, ABC Positive About Economy Nearly 2-to-1; Fed Disagrees
September 25th, 2013 10:26 AM
So much for the recovery. Even liberals admit employment is “weak,” that household wealth hasn’t recovered and consumer experts say middle-class retailers are “struggling.” But two of the three broadcast news networks have been much more focused on “proof that the economy is getting stronger,” than on economic worries since the May jobs report was released June 6.