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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said a healthy U.S. economy has faced some “crosscurrents and conflicting signals” that officials in January decided warranted taking a patient approach to future interest-rate changes.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said that when rates on shorter-dated bonds move above rates on longer-dated bonds, it can be a signal that an economic slowdown is coming.

Facing a long-term environment of low interest rates and low inflation, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said it’s a good time for the U.S. central bank to undertake a review of how it goes about pursuing its twin goals of maximum employment and price stability.

The Federal Reserve reiterated a patient stance on future interest-rate changes in a robust domestic economy facing potential headwinds including slower global growth and market volatility.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams voiced concerns that inflation expectations may have slipped downward after years in which price rises have failed to reach the central bank’s 2% target.

Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s January meeting showed widespread agreement on ending the runoff of the central bank’s balance sheet this year while officials expressed uncertainty over whether they would raise interest rates again in 2019.

A weather closure will keep journalists from getting the minutes in advance.

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled it may be harder than U.S. trade negotiators think to prevent China from manipulating its currency.

Mark Heppenstall, CIO at Penn Mutual Asset Management, discusses the Fed’s balance sheet normalization and whether its newfound patience can keep the economy growing. Gary Siegel hosts.

With monetary policy near the bottom of the range of Federal Open Market Committee estimates of its longer-run neutral rate, communications will need to change, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard indicated she favors ending the process of normalizing the U.S. central bank’s balance sheet in 2019.

Federal Reserve officials are getting their stories straight on the U.S. economy.

If the economy moves as expected, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker expects one rate hike this year and one next year.

While American politicians on both sides of the aisle have been mostly silent as the U.S. deficit swells toward $1 trillion and beyond, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says the lack of attention won’t last.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy is “strong” though its benefits haven’t been felt evenly across the country.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said the U.S. economy may be heading into a recession at a time when the Federal Reserve doesn’t have the firepower to properly combat a slump.

The Federal Open Market Committee needs to be careful because the market expects low inflation and the yield curve remains quite flat, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullardsaid late Thursday.

Negative interest rates could be harmful for U.S. banks, limiting their usefulness as an emergency tool in an economic downturn, said Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan.

President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said the White House currently is interviewing candidates to fill open seats on the Federal Reserve Board but said there’s no hurry to make a nomination.

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank must rely on incoming economic data to determine if its next policy move will be up or down.