With rates at zero lower bound, and staying there, analysts are focusing on the post-meeting statement.

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said he will vote against Judy Shelton, one of two Trump administration nominees to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Having people who are “outside the mainstream” on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors won’t create “huge amounts of problems” because they won’t set the path for monetary policy alone, former New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said.

The nominations, essentially along party lines, move to the full Senate.

The Federal Reserve could discuss yield curve control, but some feel it may not be needed.

The study provides the first rigorous quantitative evidence supporting the widely held belief that the municipal bond industry benefits from the classification.

Without a return of inflation, rate hikes are off the table, according to Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen referenced a study from the Center on Budget and Policy that suggests the shortfall for just states was $555 billion through 2022. Bernanke agrees.

Both the American Hospital Association and the American Council on Education had urged the Fed to offer nonprofits a lower borrowing rate.

A $9.9 billion emergency bonding bill approved by the Democratic-controlled state legislature Thursday will likely face a legal battle.

Although economic activity increased, an uncertain outlook clouds the future.

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said the transition away from Libor “continues to be of paramount importance.”

The U.S. central bank should consider holding off on raising interest rates until inflation is above its 2% target, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said.

A top Federal Reserve official is issuing a warning about fast-growing and largely unregulated shadow lenders.

Uncertainty makes downside risks prevalent, and the Fed will need to be accommodative when the crisis ends, according to Lael Brainard.

Illinois paper is trading at tighter spreads than it did amid the original coronavirus surge, though they remain much higher than in February.

Gov. Phil Murphy reached a deal with Democratic state legislative leaders to pass nearly $10 billion of borrowing to deal with COVID-19 pandemic revenue shortfalls. The deal faces a legal showdown with Republican leaders.

During a Brookings Institution annual conference, the Fed's Kent Hiteshew said it is continuing to monitor the market and if extra help is needed, the Fed is poised to consider it.

The chance of the Federal Reserve using yield curve control is probably much higher than the market currently anticipates.

The panel later this month will vote on the nomination of Judy Shelton, whose views on certain policy issues have met with skepticism from both Democrats and Republicans.