Federal Reserve
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said trade issues between the U.S. and China won’t get resolved soon and warned of potential damage.
April 10 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said he’s “sympathetic” to the need to press China to engage in fair trade, yet emphasized it’s too soon to assess the full impact of the U.S.-China trade spat on the economy.
April 9 -
The Federal Reserve should continue gradually raising interest rates if data on consumer prices available by the central bank’s mid-June policy meeting indicate inflation will soon reach the 2% target, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said.
April 9 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic sees a buoyant U.S. economy lifting inflation to the central bank’s 2% target “sometime in the next quarter or two” but said he doesn’t think this should prompt the central bank to choke off the expansion.
April 5 -
Inflation is expected to grow, but remain below target, and the yield curve may invert in the next year, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Wednesday.
April 4 -
Asset valuations are stretched across a broad set of financial markets and some cryptocurrencies have witnessed “extreme volatility,” Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said, though overall risks to the financial system are still low.
April 4 -
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John C. Williams has been selected to become president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
April 3 -
The federal funds rate is near neutral and the Federal Open Market Committee doesn’t need to raise rates much more, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari.
April 3 -
The Federal Reserve is facing a backlash over its lack of diversity in key positions after it emerged this weekend that John Williams, the current president of the San Francisco regional branch, is a front-runner to succeed William Dudley as head of the powerful New York Fed.
March 26 -
Two regional Federal Reserve bank presidents said they favor raising interest rates twice more this year following a hike this week, but were open to shifting their views if the outlook warranted a different policy approach.
March 23 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said he backed the Fed’s rate hike and would vote for others, even though inflation could potentially surpass 2%.
March 23 -
Bill Gross, the billionaire bond manager with Janus Henderson Group Plc, doesn't expect three or four hikes this year.
March 22 -
In his first press conference as chair following a Federal Open Market Committee Jerome Powell stressed that “one decision” was made at the meeting: raising rates 25 basis points to a 1.5% to 1.75% target range.
March 21 -
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the federal funds rate target to a 1.50% to 1.75% range, as expected, while the Summary of Economic Projections still calls for three hikes this year.
March 21 -
Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said higher interest rates will be needed to keep the U.S. economy from overheating.
March 20 -
The municipal bond market will focus more on the Summary of Economic Projections and the press conference, with a rate hike assumed.
March 19 -
Directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said they had narrowed their search for the bank’s next president to a “handful of final candidates,” without naming any.
March 16 -
The House has approved similar municipal securities and Puerto Rico provisions, but has wanted more sweeping bank deregulation legislation than the Senate.
March 15 -
Bryce Doty, senior vice president with Sit Investment Associates, says the Fed needs to appear more aggressive in order to stay ahead of inflation expectations. Gary Siegel hosts.
March 13 -
A fourth-quarter surge in municipal bond issuance spurred by tax reform led to the largest market in years.
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