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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said policy makers are “thinking very hard” about targeting specific yields on Treasury securities as a way of ensuring borrowing costs stay at rock-bottom levels beyond keeping the benchmark interest rate near zero.
May 27 -
Numbers in the fall will offer clearer picture of where economy is.
May 21 -
Fed officials also talk about the muni liquidity facility and efforts to help the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 20 -
While Fed officials repeated their contention that monetary policy is appropriate and rates can be held if the outlook remains as expected, the situation with Iran could cause preemptive cuts, one noted economist suggests.
January 9 -
The U.S. and the rest of the industrial world may have to resign themselves to an extended period of slow economic growth, subdued inflation and low interest rates. The trick will be in avoiding something even worse.
January 6 -
The economy should continue its moderate growth path, inflation may tick up, downside risks seem to have been put at bay by the Federal Reserve, and rates are likely to stay where they are, experts say.
December 18 -
Nonfarm productivity slipped, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, a day when comments from Fed presidents suggested cuts are done for now.
November 6 -
The U.S. economy is growing slower than it has in the past couple of years, and conditions may get worse in the next few quarters, according to Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard.
September 23 -
With the markets expecting rate cuts to continue, the Federal Reserve won't commit to further action before meeting later this month.
September 4 -
With the neutral rate of interest rate extremely low, New York Fed President John Williams suggested the keys are acting quickly and keeping rates lower longer.
July 18