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Forward guidance and quantitative easing became important tools for the Federal Reserve in the Great Recession, but received mixed reviews as to their effectiveness.

The Treasury market has functioned normally despite the Federal Reserve’s balance-sheet reduction, according to Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said the U.S. central bank will defend both sides of its inflation target.

Federal Reserve officials, meeting earlier this month, saw another increase in the benchmark lending rate as likely warranted “fairly soon” even while they set the stage for more flexibility in their series of gradual hikes.

Bill Merz, a director of fixed income at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, discusses monetary policy, when the Federal Reserve may pause and the yield curve. Gary Siegel hosts.

If Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell meant to walk back a misstatement from last month, he may not have meant to walk it quite this far.

Interest rates are nearing the neutral level — the rate that neither stimulates nor restrains economic growth — Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin privately asked bond dealers and investors whether they want the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy by raising interest rates or through faster cuts in its securities portfolio.

Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday sprinkled small doses of concern into otherwise upbeat assessments of the U.S. economy.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman said the central bank’s gradual approach to interest-rate hikes is appropriate.