The Federal Open Market Committee held the federal funds rate at current levels, citing "lack of further progress" toward meeting inflation goals.

Traders have built positions in options linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate targeting a scenario where officials keep rates steady past December's policy meeting.

The Federal Reserve chair's comments coincide with the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington. They also come as groups like the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision are being scrutinized.

The Federal Home Loan Bank System stepped up advances by 37% or more to Silicon Valley, Signature and First Republic banks ahead of their failures, the GAO says in a post-mortem on last year's banking crisis. The findings add to the debate about whether the system should be a lender of last resort.

The Federal Reserve Board governor and frequent regulatory critic says it would be appropriate for the U.S. to deviate from the agreed-upon international standards to reflect "unique characteristics" of the American banking system.

Wednesday's report adds to evidence that progress on taming inflation may be stalling, despite the Fed keeping interest rates at a two-decade high.

Traders ceased fully pricing in a Fed rate cut before September after the March employment report revealed that US payrolls expanded by the most in nearly a year.

He called the January and February inflation readings "a little bit concerning," and said he needs to see more progress on prices to gain confidence that they're moving toward the Fed's 2% target.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Barr Wednesday discussed regulators' ongoing concerns over banks' unrealized losses and commercial real estate values — particularly in the office sector.

The Federal Reserve Board governor also said the central bank needs to make operational improvements to its last resort lending facility.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s latest client survey showed that outright short positions in US Treasuries rose to the most since the start of the year in the week leading up to April 1.

Treasuries fell across the curve after data showed manufacturing unexpectedly expanded for the first time since September 2022 — while input costs climbed.

Powell reiterated it won't be appropriate to lower rates until officials are sure inflation is on track toward 2%, the rate they see as appropriate for a healthy economy.

Treasuries fell across the US curve, with shorter maturities leading the way after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he wants to see "at least a couple months of better inflation data" before cutting rates.

Harmonizing standards for liquidity coverage ratios and discount window pledges could prevent the type of strains that led to last year's bank failures, according to a new paper whose authors include former Federal Reserve Govs. Dan Tarullo and Jeremy Stein.

The Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision says the board is discussing ways to address the various concerns banks have raised about the capital reform proposal.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said at the Federal Open Market Committee press conference Wednesday that a slower pace of reduction could help the central bank avoid shrinking its holdings further without disrupting the banking system.

Rates won't fall far enough to drive meaningful mortgage volume gains this year, according to a Fitch Ratings analyst.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell last week suggested the central bank is getting close to the confidence it needs to start lowering interest rates.

The rule updates requirements for how systemically important clearing networks prepare for and respond to operational risks.