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Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks during a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. The meeting was to discuss a final rulemaking requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed will likely signal no rate hike anytime soon

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks with staff during a visit to the office of CONNECT, a coalition of local organizations that provides employment services in Chelsea, Mass. Yellen said Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, that the last several decades have seen the most sustained rise in income inequality in a century. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Yellen says US experiencing widening inequality

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

U.S.Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen read her notes at the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting during the World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings at IMF headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ailing global economy could lead Fed to delay hike

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

A Wall Street address is carved in the side of a building, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 in New York. European stocks wallowed Wednesday Oct. 15, 2014 on dour growth prospects while Asian shares were mostly higher as a slump in energy prices promised benefits for the region's major economies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

MORICI: Don’t panic, stocks will rebound

By Peter Morici

A television screen at the New York Stock Exchange shows the decision of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008. The emergency cut led by the Federal Reserve will at least temporarily provide relief for investors who have been battered this week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

MORICI: Fed’s low interest rates enable Washington’s dysfunctions

By Peter Morici

FILE - This Sept. 18, 2013 file photo shows the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington. Minutes of the Fed's discussion at its July 29-30, 2014 meeting show that some officials thought the economy was improving enough that the Fed would need "to call for a relatively prompt move" toward reducing the support it has been providing. Otherwise, they felt the Fed risked overshooting its targets for unemployment and inflation. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

What’s next for funds when Fed stops buying bonds?

By Stan Choe - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen arrives for an open session of the Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed officials link rate increase to economic data

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Supporting the Gold Standard Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

OLIVER: Liberty and wealth require sound money

By Daniel Oliver Jr.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., greets supporters during appearance at a campaign headquarters for U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., in northwest Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ** FILE **

Elizabeth Warren calls for corruption investigation of Federal Reserve

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: More machinations and manipulations from Fed

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the Democrats' Catalist by Alexander Hunter/The washington Times

KNIGHT: Catalist, the left’s secret electoral weapon, outguns GOP

By Robert Knight

Rep. Paul Broun. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House approves Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen arrives for a Board of Governors meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. The meeting is to discuss a final rulemaking to implement a quantitative liquidity requirement in the United States as well as a proposed rule on margin requirements for non-cleared swaps of prudentially regulated swap entities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed cuts back bond-buying again as economy strengthens

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Shifts and the Shocks’

By Jon Hartley - Special to The Washington Times

Former Republican congressman Ron Paul of Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ bill returns to Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends a Board of Governors meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. The meeting is to discuss a final rulemaking to implement a quantitative liquidity requirement in the United States as well as a proposed rule on margin requirements for non-cleared swaps of prudentially regulated swap entities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed ramps pressure for biggest US banks to shrink

Associated Press

President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi talks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, following a meeting of the ECB governing council. The European Central Bank has cut its interest rates and announced a new stimulus program that involves buying financial assets, a bid to salvage a weak economic recovery. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

EDITORIAL: The ‘monetary-easing’ money trap

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama, with First Lady Michelle Obama, toasts with Vice President Joe Biden during the inaugural luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Incomes fell for most families in past three years, while top 10 percent prospered: Fed

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times