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Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell announced the group's new policy framework, but didn't explain why it would work.

The Federal Reserve has already given enough guidance about the likely path of interest rates at this juncture and doesn’t need to offer more, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a new approach to monetary policy Thursday that takes a more relaxed stance on inflation and on its view of how low U.S. unemployment can go.

The big gain suggests the manufacturing sector will be a positive for economic growth in the near term.

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George, who has been among the most hawkish Fed policy makers, doesn’t oppose some overshooting of the central bank’s 2% inflation target and sees more risk of price pressures being too weak than too strong.

Observers expect the Fed to use the gathering, virtual this year, to release the new monetary policy framework it's been working on.

Recent inflation data suggests an expected pickup in inflation, but economists see a different picture.

A group of former Federal Reserve officials and staffers, including former Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, published an open letter Thursday calling on the U.S. Senate to reject President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judy Shelton to the central bank’s Board of Governors.

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A lot is at stake for the public finance industry in this fall's elections, in addition to the Fed's involvement in the municipal market. Bond Buyer editors Lynne Funk and Kyle Glazier discuss the climate in Washington. (10 minutes)