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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.

Michelle W. Bowman was sworn in Monday as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Fed announced.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said further tightening could trigger a recession.

The risk that the Federal Reserve could soon hit the pause button on interest-rate hikes means the great flattening of the yield curve is almost over.

The U.S. central bank will stick with its campaign of gradual interest-rate increases, said Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said the Fed needs to rely on data since rates are now in the “vicinity” of neutral.

The Federal Reserve announced it will review monetary policy strategies, tools, and communication practices next year.

Monetary policy is near a neutral level, one that neither stimulates nor restricts economic growth, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic, who noted that caution should be used going forward.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy is strong but could face headwinds next year.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said a rising U.S. debt burden could derail the current expansion.

Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are causing the U.S. trade deficit to widen, not unfair Chinese trade practices, former Fed Chair Janet Yellen said.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said U.S. policy makers ought to be gradually lifting interest rates to bring an economy that’s running above potential in for a soft landing.

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and stayed on course to hike in December,

Republican gains in the Senate may alter the fate of at least one of President Trump’s nominees for the Federal Reserve.