Lael Brainard

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said Tuesday that more government fiscal aid is needed to prevent deeper damage to a U.S. economy coping with a fresh surge in coronavirus cases.

Fed Governor Lael Brainard has slipped from among top contenders for Treasury secretary under Joe Biden, according to people familiar with the matter, as the president-elect’s team winnows its choices for key positions.

How “progressive” the new leadership decides to act will affect what roles the Fed will need to assume and support. Greater transparency and responsiveness to congressional leadership will be primary among them

Fed finds most areas improving, with different sectors showing greta variation in activity.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s search for a Treasury secretary is widely seen as focusing on Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve, a choice that would keep both Wall Street and progressives in line.

The Fed will have to "pivot from stabilization to accommodation" during the pandemic, Fed governor says.

Uncertainty makes downside risks prevalent, and the Fed will need to be accommodative when the crisis ends, according to Lael Brainard.

The Federal Reserve has already unleashed a barrage of new policies to keep the economy out of depression. Investors reckon it’s lining up another one.

The Federal Reserve issued a stark warning Friday that stock and other asset prices could suffer significant declines should the coronavirus pandemic deepen, with the commercial real estate market being among the hardest-hit industries.

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard on Friday called for the adoption of new strategies by the central bank to achieve its 2% inflation goal and fight off future recessions.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard presented her alternative to quantitative asset purchases.

Interest rates should be less than 1.5%, not the current 1.75% to 2%, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari.

Atlanta Fed President Rafael Bostic said he would do "whatever it takes" should tariffs cause consumers to cut back spending.

The debate over the success of quantitative easing continues, even as the threat of recession slips.

A weakening economic outlook in the U.S. and abroad argue for a “softer” path for interest rates than central bankers previously envisioned, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said.

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 Governor Lael Brainard said U.S. economic momentum is strong and a gradual approach to interest-rate increases remains appropriate for now.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that while the central bank has made progress toward a “strong economy” with rising wages, many lower-income workers have been left behind.

The Treasury market has functioned normally despite the Federal Reserve’s balance-sheet reduction, according to Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard.

Gradual Federal Reserve rate hikes remain appropriate, and while this may invert the yield curve, Fed Gov. Lael Brainard said she believes there are reasons to “temper somewhat” implications of a negative curve.