After three decades with top rates below 40 percent, a big hike from today's 37 percent poses risks politically and perhaps economically.
"My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice," Warren Buffett has said.
Raising the marginal tax rate on the richest Americans to 70 percent would be a "terrible idea," former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said.
Five-term Fed Chair Alan Greenspan sits down with CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" to discuss the Fed, the economy, taxes and more.
Eli Lilly Chairman & CEO David Ricks sits down with Mad Money host Jim Cramer to discuss Lilly's acquisition of Loxo.
Five term Fed Chair Alan Greenspan sits down with CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" to talk about market volatility, the economy, and the Fed.
WASHINGTON/ SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30- Jerome Powell had a bumpy first year as Federal Reserve chairman when it came to talking policy, by turns spooking and comforting investors even as economic data offered increasingly mixed signals and President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on the U.S. central bank. A lawyer and former investment banker whose long career...
WASHINGTON/ SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30- Jerome Powell had a bumpy first year as Federal Reserve chairman when it came to talking policy, by turns spooking and comforting investors even as economic data offered increasingly mixed signals and President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on the U.S. central bank. A lawyer and former investment banker whose long career...
Greenspan says in an interview it is unlikely that the current market would stabilize and then take another big leg higher.
Alan Blinder, who served at the Fed during Clinton's administration, criticizes President Trump's latest prodding against more interest rate hikes.
**FRANKFURT, Germany- Speech by ECB board member Peter Praet at 33rd International ZinsForum 2018: Zinsen 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany 0900 GMT. LONDON- Bank of England Executive Director for UK Deposit Takers Supervision James Proudman gives a speech at Cass Business School, London- 1800 GMT. LONDON- Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and former Federal Reserve...
**FRANKFURT, Germany- Speech by ECB board member Peter Praet at 33rd International ZinsForum 2018: Zinsen 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany 0900 GMT. LONDON- Bank of England Executive Director for UK Deposit Takers Supervision James Proudman gives a speech at Cass Business School, London- 1800 GMT. LONDON- Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and former Federal Reserve...
CNBC's Jim Cramer questions whether the Fed chief is actually trying to throw a wrench in President Trump's agenda.
Both Powell and Trump need to change course, but "neither is likely to occur," CNBC's Jim Cramer says.
With entitlement spending set to explode in the United States, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan spoke to CNBC about how Sweden recovered from its financial crisis in the 1990s through entitlement reforms.
With entitlement spending set to explode in the United States, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan speaks to CNBC about how Sweden recovered from its financial crisis in the 1990s through entitlement reforms.
Former Fed vice chairman Stanley Fischer said Thursday that the central bank might be tempted to raise rates even more aggressively to show that it can't be influenced by the White House.
*FORMER FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ALAN GREENSPAN SAYS THIS IS THE TIGHTEST LABOUR MARKET HE HAS EVER SEEN- CNBC INTERVIEW Source: https://cnb.cx/2AgiTIg.
"You'll find every president has an insight into how the markets work," says the former Fed chairman whose tenure spanned four administrations.
Alan Greenspan, longtime former Fed chairman (1987-2006), and Adrian Wooldridge of The Economist join 'Squawk Box' to weigh in on the U.S. economy and 10-Year yields.
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