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Municipal market participants are increasingly skeptical that an infrastructure bill will pass this year.
May 22 -
While futures signaled traders' expectations, analysts said conditions aren't ripe for the Federal Reserve to ease credit.
May 13 -
The White House is considering conservative economist Judy Shelton to fill one of the two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
May 13 -
The White House asked former domestic policy adviser Paul Winfree if he was interested in joining the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
May 6 -
The announcement comes after several news reports that Stephen Moore would not back down from his anticipated nomination to serve on the Fed despite growing concerns from Republican senators.
May 2 -
While groups were encouraged to see a bipartisan meeting with Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, some fear munis could be hurt in the compromise.
May 1 -
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that if the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by one percentage point and resumed bond purchases it would boost the economy “like a rocket,” as central bank policy makers met to decide on where to set borrowing costs.
April 30 -
President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said the White House still backs Stephen Moore for a position on the Federal Reserve Board despite growing criticism over past comments deriding Midwestern cities and women.
April 29 -
President Donald Trump said he won’t nominate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board after opposition from his own Republican party appeared to sink the former pizza company executive’s hopes for Senate confirmation.
April 22 -
Bankers, lobbyists, issuers and lawyers aren't necessarily optimistic on an infrastructure bill passing this year.
April 12 -
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell asserted the Fed doesn’t consider political pressure in any way.
April 12 -
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.
April 11 -
“I personally think the Fed should drop rates. I think they really slowed us down. There’s no inflation," President Trump said on Friday.
April 5 -
President Trump fired a fresh broadside at the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates last year, saying the economy is in good shape “despite the unnecessary and destructive actions” taken by the central bank.
April 4 -
President Trump’s top economic adviser said the president stands by his choice of Stephen Moore for an open seat on the Federal Reserve Board despite recent reports about the possible nominee’s failure to fully pay taxes and alimony.
April 3 -
President Trump blasted the central bank for “mistakenly’’ raising interest rates and for a “ridiculously timed’’ reduction in its balance sheet.
April 1 -
Stephen Moore, who Donald Trump may nominate for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, said the central bank should immediately reverse course and lower interest rates by half a percentage point.
March 27 -
Donald Trump said he’s nominating Stephen Moore, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a long-time supporter of the president, for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board.
March 22 -
President Donald Trump expressed hope the Federal Reserve had finished raising interest rates.
March 22 -
Stephen Moore, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a long-time supporter of Donald Trump, is being considered by the president for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board.
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