FOMC

Members of the Federal Open Market Committee appear to have raised their inflation target from about 1.5% in 2000 to 2% after the Great Recession.

Since future rate decisions will be based on data, the next move by the Federal Reserve will be up if inflation gains momentum, and down if activity softens too much or inflation cools further.

The Federal Reserve has monetary policy in a good position at current interest rate levels and may not need to make changes again until well into next year, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell asserted the Fed doesn’t consider political pressure in any way.

Stephen Moore, a proposed nominee for the Federal Reserve, said he’s planning to challenge the belief inside the U.S. central bank that growth causes inflation.

At least three Republican senators said they won’t back President Donald Trump’s choice of Herman Cain for the Federal Reserve Board, putting his prospective nomination in danger.

Although Federal Reserve policy makers agree they need an “ample” supply of reserves to ensure control over short-term interest rates, they’re having trouble agreeing on how much that actually is.

President Trump said that it’s up to Herman Cain to determine whether he can win Senate confirmation.

Equity investors have been worried about the wrong yield curve, according to a strategist at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The economy looks fundamentally sound, leading Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker to question the importance of a yield curve inversion.