Lawrence Kudlow is host of CNBC's The Kudlow Report and co-host of The Call. He is also a former Reagan economic advisor and a syndicated columnist. Visit his blog, Kudlow's Money Politics. Subscribe to Larry Kudlow RSS Article Feed.
With everybody focused on Obamacare, and its new entitlement spending and taxing, the administration has tried to sneak in yet another bailout for housing. Yet again,...
Surprise, surprise. Sen. Chris Dodd's financial-regulation proposal raises the possibility of substantial progress on the road to ending "too big to fail" (TBTF) and...
The new Obama Fed is going to be very dovish when it comes to fighting future inflation and defending the value of the dollar.
The president has nominated Janet Yellen...
Rather than a post-partisan olive branch to congressional Republicans and the American public, President Obama's latest health-care speech was a declaration of war. He's...
The New York Times ran a front-page story this week called "Party Gridlock in Washington Feeds New Fear of a Debt Crisis." As usual, they got it wrong. Instead, the...
The disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country has never been greater. Why can't the political class in D.C. produce a fiscal product that voters,...
Sen. Scott Brown's epic victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday night dealt a crushing blow to Obamacare, cap-and-trade, card check (and other union favors), and most...
President Obama's misbegotten bank tax is precisely the wrong policy at precisely the wrong time. It will wind up backfiring across the board. Why? Because bank...
After the arrival of a disappointing December jobs report, my thought on putting America back to work is simple: ) de-stimulate.That's right. Get rid of the Obama...
Despite the historic expansion of the federal government's involvement in, intervention in, and control of the economy - including Bailout Nation; takeovers of banks,...
What's a yield curve and why is it so important?
Well, the curve itself measures Treasury interest rates, by maturity, from 91-day T-bills all the way out to 30-year...
Helicopter Ben Bernanke passed his reconfirmation vote in the Senate Banking Committee this week. But he passed by 16 to 7. Most of the Republicans voted against...
Thursday, December 17, 2009Should Helicopter Ben Withdraw His Name? [Larry Kudlow]Helicopter Ben Bernanke passed the Senate Banking Committee vote on his...
The Fed is fighting the wrong battle. Helicopter Ben Bernanke still believes that deflation is an economic threat. As a result, today's FOMC meeting is not likely to...
First the good news on the economic recovery that everybody loves to hate:
Retail sales totally beat Wall Street estimates with a huge 1.3 percent gain in November. Core...
Thursday, December 10, 2009Household Healing [Larry Kudlow]Another important sign of economic recovery came today from the Fed’s release of household...
Fed head Ben Bernanke got hammered during his reconfirmation hearing in front of the Senate Banking Committee yesterday. Jim Bunning was Bernanke's toughest critic,...
President Obama took his declining dollar to the Asia-Pacific economic conference, and he added to it a declinist opinion of America's economy. His big message? Don't...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009Addicted to Easy Money? [Larry Kudlow]In an interview with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo yesterday, Richmond Fed president Jeffrey...
Against the backdrop of high unemployment and a public revolt against a Democratic health-care bill - which would significantly increase taxes, slash Medicare spending,...
It must be something in the water. The ruling Democrats know their tax-hiking, re-regulating, and big-spending policies have failed to rejuvenate job-creation or reduce...
Dow Jones 10,000 arrived on Wall Street Wednesday for the first time in a year. It's a milestone of sorts, and it certainly represents a vote for investor confidence in...
Team Obama is in economic trouble on two fronts right now: The dollar could be headed toward its demise while the jobs and unemployment numbers have gotten worse. (The...
Attendees of the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh and members of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington should carefully read a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Fed governor...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009Bernanke: 'Recession Is Very Likely Over' [Larry Kudlow]Fed head Ben Bernanke declared “the recession is very likely over at...
The day after President Obama's impassioned speech for big-government health care, Wall Street bet heavily that the so-called government-insurance option he supports is...
The jobless-recovery theme re-emerged on Friday with the arrival of a disappointing employment report. The daunting number was the unemployment rate, which jumped from...
Believe it or not, sometimes good news on the economy can be bad news for stocks.
It's a distant point, but one worth considering in view of conservative pessimism over...
Now we say good-bye to Robert Novak, who passed away early Tuesday morning at the age of 78. Yet another conservative icon has left us. He was a good friend, and an...