Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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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.
September 21 -
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Nellie Liang, a former Federal Reserve economist with expertise in financial stability, to the central bank’s Board of Governors.
September 20 -
Richard Clarida was sworn in as vice chairman and a member of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Monday.
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