Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
Janet Yellen’s term as chair of the Federal Reserve is slated to end in February 2018. Speculation is underway about who President Donald Trump might choose to be her successor in the highly influential role leading the central bank of the United States.
Johns Hopkins University has several experts available, all with extensive media commentating experience, to discuss this and any news related to The Fed.
October 19, 2017 Tags: Alessandro Rebucci, economics, Economics experts, Experts on The Fed, Federal Reserve, Financial market experts, Janet Yellen, Johns Hopkins University, Jon Faust, Jonathan Wright, Laurence Ball, Robert Barbera, The Fed
| Category: Business and Economics, Public policy
With the unemployment rate inching lower and lower, policymakers predict recovery from the recession is imminent. But the Federal Reserve could help create even more jobs by keeping interest rates near zero and tolerating a little inflation, a Johns Hopkins University economist argues.
March 25, 2015 Tags: economics, economy, Federal Reserve System, inflation, Johns Hopkins University, Laurence Ball, unemployment
| Category: Business and Economics
