Federal Reserve
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Market participants will be curious to see if the panel discussed “what the long term real rate is or about what the neutral rate is.”
July 2 -
President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser urged the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates “very slowly.”
June 29 -
When it comes to curve watching, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has a favorite: the 5-to-30-year Treasury yield gap.
June 29 -
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said worries over escalating trade disputes are weighing increasingly on businesses across his district.
June 28 -
With interest rates expected to remain low by historical standards, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said Wednesday, the Fed should consider ways to keep short-term interest rates from hitting zero.
June 27 -
Despite “significant uncertainty” in monetary policymaking, the Federal Open Market Committee continues to back gradual increases in the federal funds rate, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.
June 20 -
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell said he will hold a press conference after every Federal Open Market Committee meeting, beginning in January.
June 13 -
Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates for the second time this year and upgraded their forecast to four total increases in 2018, as unemployment falls and inflation overshoots their target faster than previously projected.
June 13 -
The Senate Banking Committee Tuesday advanced the nominations of Richard Clarida and Michelle Bowman for seats on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
June 12 -
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise the fed funds rate target by 25 basis points. Will this lead to more volume?
June 11 -
U.S. economic growth could face a challenging slowdown as the Trump administration’s powerful fiscal stimulus fades after two years, according to former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
June 8 -
Volume could increase as issuers try to lock in rates before the Fed raises interest rates again.
June 8 -
The latest Federal Reserve data shows the first decline in bank holdings of municipal securities in nearly a decade, a result of tax reform, according to experts.
June 7 -
The Senate Banking Committee is expected to approve the nominations of Richard Clarida and Michelle Bowman for seats on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in a vote on Tuesday.
June 7 -
With gradual tightening continuing, monetary policy will become slightly restrictive as the neutral rate remains low, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard said Thursday.
May 31 -
Alan Rechtschaffen, portfolio manager at UBS Financial Services, discusses how the Federal Reserve is working to normalize rates amid a shortage of members, and the nominees to fill those empty seats. Gary Siegel hosts.
May 31 -
The U.S. economy expanded moderately through much of April and May, with little indication of overheating, a Federal Reserve survey showed.
May 30 -
The Fed should slow its pace of policy normalization to help re-align price expectations around 2% and maintain the credibility of its inflation target, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said.
May 29 -
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said central banks shouldn’t take their independence for granted at a time when trust in public institutions is at “historic lows,” requiring extra effort to explain both their monetary and regulatory policies.
May 25 -
Federal Reserve officials said the economic outlook warranted another interest-rate hike “soon” and signaled they would welcome a modest overshoot of their 2% inflation target, indicating they're in no rush to tighten more aggressively.
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