Federal Reserve
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Newly minted Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will host his inaugural press conference on Wednesday. Bankers will be paying close attention to what he says — and how he says it.
June 16 -
The moves on Monday pushed yields lower on most tenors, led by shorter maturities that are among the most sensitive to changes in monetary policy.
June 15 -
The New York Fed's open markets desk plans to conduct the reserve management purchases over the monthly period ending July 13 and conduct about $16.5 billion in reinvestment purchases over the same time.
June 11 -
The catalysts for higher rates are strengthening even as President Donald Trump renews his calls for looser monetary policy on the eve of the first Fed policy meeting led by new Chairman Kevin Warsh.
June 8 -
The Federal Reserve governor warned in a speech Saturday that lower capital requirements and lighter supervision could create a credit 'sugar high' that could spur excessive risk-taking, with potentially significant long-term consequences.
June 8 - AB - Policy & Regulation
Members of the House Financial Services Committee pressed prudential bank and credit union regulators about the potential risks of bank lending to private credit firms in a hearing Thursday.
June 4 -
A retrospective paper on the former Federal Reserve chair's tenure offers takeaways that speak directly to his successor's policy agenda.
June 2 -
Beyond developments in the Middle East, a big focus will be Friday's release of monthly employment figures, which are projected to show the labor market remained resilient in May.
June 1 -
Through May 27, the Bloomberg Treasury Index gained 0.7% on the week, on course for its best weekly performance since Feb. 27, the day before the war started.
May 29 - AB - Policy & Regulation
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said Friday that she believes price growth is still heading toward the central bank's 2% target when factoring out one-time shocks such as tariffs and elevated oil prices.
May 29 -
US 10-year yields are poised to snap their longest streak of declines in six months, advancing one basis point to 4.49% due to waning optimism that a peace deal may soon be reached to the end the war between the US and Iran.
May 28 -
The 30-year bond's yield, which has closed above 5% every day since May 12, approached 4.98% at one point.
May 27 -
On Monday, Trump said talks with Tehran on an interim deal to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz were "proceeding nicely."
May 26 -
The shift gathered pace at the most recent policy meeting in April, when three voters on the Federal Open Market Committee voted against the decision to hold rates steady.
May 22 -
Warsh takes over at a tense moment for the economy and the central bank. Price pressures have reaccelerated in recent months, driven by the impact of war in the Middle East on energy supplies.
May 22 -
Higher energy and commodity prices are intensifying headline inflation, which means inflation is headed is not headed in the right direction.
May 22 -
With the war-driven price shock sending 30-year bond yields to a nearly two-decade high, Wall Street analysts say the technology is, for now, having the opposite effect on inflation.
May 20 -
The 30-year rate increased six basis points to 5.18% on Tuesday, a level last seen on the brink of the global financial crisis in 2007, rising alongside US government yields across maturities.
May 19 -
Yields dipped as much as three basis points Monday after Iran's semi-official Tasnim reported that Washington proposed a temporary waiver on Iran oil sanctions.
May 18 -
Three senior officials say attackers will eventually breach bank defenses, and supervisors should plan for it — while U.S. regulators stay nearly silent.
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