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Trader Warren Meyers, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. Stocks were modestly higher in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as the Federal Reserve ends its last two-day policy meeting of 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed will reduce bond purchases by $10B in January

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

In this March 18, 1980, file photo, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker listens to a question as he appears before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, D.C. The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. each unanimously voted to adopt the so-called Volcker Rule, taking a major step toward preventing extreme risk-taking on Wall Street that helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis. The rule which states that U.S. banks will be barred in most cases from trading for their own profit under a federal rule is named after Paul Volcker, a former Fed chairman who was an adviser to President Barack Obama during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity, File)

EDITORIAL: A bad idea making America even less competitive

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10), center left, greets Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, center right, during warm ups before the Washington Redskins play the Pittsburgh Steelers in NFL preseason football at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Monday, August 19, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

LOVERRO: Wall between Dan Snyder, Redskins’ locker room crumbles yet again

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

POWELL: The Fed’s scandalous monetary policy

By Scott S. Powell

** FILE ** A Wall Street street sign is pictured in front of the American flag hanging on the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Stocks edge lower as investors weigh economic news

By Steve Rothwell - Associated Press

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Stocks fall on Fed, consumer-spending worries

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Janet Yellen, of California, President Barack Obama's nominee to become Federal Reserve Board chair, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Nov. 14, 2013, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to succeed Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Janet Yellen nomination approved by banking panel

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Stocks hit round-number milestones, then slip

By Bernard Condon - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RAHN: The failed Fed

By Richard W. Rahn

Fed nominee Janet Yellen objects to audit of monetary meetings

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Janet Yellen, President Obama's choice to succeed Ben S. Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve, heads to Capitol Hill on Thursday for her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Banking Committee. Ms. Yellen, a labor economist, is the current vice chairwoman at the Fed. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Yellen to call for no change in Fed policy

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican says "the Fed continues to inflate our currency, wreck our economy and operate in the shadows. This will be the fight of our lives." (associated press photographs)

Fed chairman fight could rattle markets if Paul holds up vote on Yellen

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Destroying the checks-and-balances system

PAUL: Ending secrecy at the Federal Reserve

By Sen. Rand Paul

Fed sees strong signals but stays course

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fed holds steady on its easing policies

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SCHILLER: The Fed’s taper trigger

By Brad Schiller

** FILE ** In this March 14, 2013, file photo, a crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal Reserve stimulus drawdown likely on hold after jobs report

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GROVER: Solving the financial crisis by causing another

By Eric Grover

President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Senate voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown and the measure now heads to the House, which is expected to back the bill before day's end. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

NAPOLITANO: A rising torrent of debt and destruction

By Andrew P. Napolitano