Federal employees under the General Schedule (GS) get an annual pay raise most years. Articles in this section are an important resource for federal employees to stay informed about their pay and any potential changes that may affect their salaries. Thes
"The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. In support of these goals, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent. The Committee will continue to assess ...
while contacts in a couple of Districts conveyed increased optimism about the outlook. A few participants noted that government spending was supporting business expansion in their Districts. Consistent with a solid outlook for businesses, a couple of participants noted that their contacts ...
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“Tighter credit hits borrowers with less-than-stellar credit ratings the hardest – whether the borrower is a consumer, corporation, municipality or a national government,” McBride says. “The business of lending doesn’t stop but is instead more intensely focused on borrowers posing the least...
that we saw utilities and REITs do poorly is because the prospect of tax cuts causing the yield on the 10-year note to rise as investors worry that there be that much more debt that the government would have to contend with. So higher yielding assets now have even greater competition from...
The reason, however, that we saw utilities and REITs do poorly is because the prospect of tax cuts causing the yield on the 10-year note to rise as investors worry that there be that much more debt that the government would have to contend with. So higher yielding assets now have even ...
Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew more quickly in the first three months of this year, a trend that could contribute to higher inflation and raise concerns about the future path of price increases at the Federal Reserve.
My advice to the Fed: raise rates. You might be surprised to find that higher rates lead to greater employment. Economies don’t work well when there is no place for savers to park funds, or when investors don’t have an alternative to risk assets. Economic agents don’t react well whe...
Since the last meeting of the FOMC in April, US equity markets have rallied, while borrowing costs have dropped from recent highs, as investors wagered that the Fed will keep its monetary stimulus going and this year’sinflationary pressureswill be transitory. US government bonds sold off sharply...