Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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Speaking at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said the Federal Reserve has a long runway for its balance sheet reduction.
January 20 -
In a speech delivered Thursday afternoon, the Federal Reserve's vice chair said she does not see a wage-price spiral driving inflation, but rather a "price-price spiral."
January 19 -
In remarks delivered at a central banking symposium, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called for changes to money market funds and the Treasury market.
January 10 -
Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, is retiring later this month. What's taking the bank so long to find a successor?
January 9 -
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percent this week, but chair Jerome Powell said the question now is how long to keep monetary policy tight.
December 14 -
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said his "holistic" review of capital standards is still underway, but noted the benefits of stronger requirements in a speech Thursday.
December 1 -
John Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, praised the Fed's new guidelines for granting fintechs and other nonbanks access to the payment system. He also echoed calls for new rules to govern stablecoins and cryptocurrencies.
November 28 -
There's no convincing evidence that central banks' purchases of trillions of dollars of bonds and other financial assets helped any economy.
November 22 -
The Federal Reserve's semiannual financial stability report said the threat of continued high prices and the Fed's response to them are top threats for banks and other market participants.
November 4 -
Legal experts are gaming out the various options for the CFPB after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled on Oct. 19 that the bureau's funding is unconstitutional.
November 1 -
Ahead of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, where it is expected to enact another large rate hike, 11 lawmakers sent a letter to the central bank, urging it not to go too far.
November 1 -
Almost two-thirds of banking executives believe the U.S. will see its highest interest rates this cycle in the first half of next year. And close to 60% of executives said they are concerned the Federal Reserve is hiking rates too quickly.
October 18 -
Interest rate increases by central banks have compounding effects and could exacerbate weaknesses in the global financial system, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard argued in a speech Friday.
September 30 -
Short-end rates for the first half of 2023 have already leaped higher, bringing market policy-rate expectations in line with those of officials near 4.6%.
September 22 -
Officials forecast that rates would reach 4.4% by the end of this year and 4.6% in 2023, a more hawkish shift in their so-called dot plot than expected.
September 21 -
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech in Jackson Hole reaffirmed that the end of accommodative monetary policy is coming to an end. This is a boon to banks, but only those that have managed their balance sheets just right.
August 29 -
The Federal Reserve released its large bank requirements for 2023 based on the results from this year's stress test. Most of the banks tested will need to maintain or increase their tier one capital holdings.
August 5 -
Markets expect the surge in consumer prices will soon peak and central banks will become less hawkish, but there’s a high risk that global cost pressures will remain elevated.
August 2 -
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell brushed off concerns that rapidly tightening monetary policy could disrupt the financial system. Some economists and policy experts beg to differ, raising concerns about loan defaults or even the collapse of a key institution or counterparty.
July 29 -
The yield on the two-year Treasury moved to be as much as 32 basis points higher than the 10-year yield, which slid in the wake of the Fed’s announcement that it was raising its overnight benchmark by 75 basis points.
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