Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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A modernized version of the Taylor rule suggests keeping the fed funds rate target near current levels through 2021, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Thursday.
October 18 -
Federal Reserve officials stepped deeper into a debate over how high to push interest rates, with a majority appearing to favor an eventual and temporary move above the level they deem neutral for the economy in the long run.
October 17 -
President Donald Trump called the Federal Reserve his “biggest threat,” again criticizing the central bank for endangering economic growth through interest-rate hikes.
October 17 -
In her first remarks as a monetary policy maker, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said that she favors continued gradual interest-rate increases as the labor market overshoots full employment and inflation comes in near-goal.
October 17 -
Janet Yellen cautioned that Donald Trump’s criticism of Federal Reserve policy threatens the institution she ran for four years, adding that it’s “not a desirable thing for a president to comment so explicitly on Fed policy.”
October 15 -
This month’s bond-market slump hasn’t jolted the majority of Wall Street strategists from one core view: that the Treasuries yield curve will keep flattening well into next year.
October 12 -
With upside and downside risks balanced, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said Thursday, gradual rate hikes remain appropriate.
October 11 -
President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve is moving too fast with interest-rate increases and dismissed concerns about inflation.
October 10 -
U.S. interest-rate increases will help reduce risk-taking in financial markets, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said.
October 10 -
The better-than-expected growth rates in the U.S. economy are set to dissipate unless productivity picks up, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said.
October 9 -
The Federal Reserve should continue to move to a neutral policy rate, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said, but said he may have underestimated demand.
October 5 -
The Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates at a gradual pace in order to extend the economic recovery while keeping inflation in check, Chairman Jerome Powell said.
October 3 -
President Trump won’t get Federal Reserve policymakers to call off their credit tightening campaign, former Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said.
October 3 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker wants the central bank to take its time in hiking to avoid inverting the yield curve.
October 3 -
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans says he’s “quite comfortable” with the prospect of another interest-rate hike in December.
October 3 -
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell played down the signal being sent by a flatter yield curve and said the risk of recession was not especially high.
September 28 -
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell said the removal of “accommodative” from the post-Federal Open Market Committee meeting statement doesn’t “represent a change in policy.”
September 26 -
Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates for a third time this year and reaffirmed their outlook for further gradual hikes well into 2019, risking fresh criticism from President Donald Trump.
September 26 -
Market expectations for rates appear to be catching up to the Fed’s own projections.
September 21 -
Jerome Powell has already put his own stamp on Federal Reserve communications. If he wants to shake things up a little more, he’s got a number of options.
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