Monetary policy

Janet Yellen cautioned that Donald Trump’s criticism of Federal Reserve policy threatens the institution she ran for four years, adding that it’s “not a desirable thing for a president to comment so explicitly on Fed policy.”

John Taylor, once considered a finalist to run the Federal Reserve, played down concerns that President Donald Trump’s criticism of the U.S. central bank would undermine the institution’s independence.

This month’s bond-market slump hasn’t jolted the majority of Wall Street strategists from one core view: that the Treasuries yield curve will keep flattening well into next year.

With upside and downside risks balanced, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said Thursday, gradual rate hikes remain appropriate.

President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve is moving too fast with interest-rate increases and dismissed concerns about inflation.

U.S. interest-rate increases will help reduce risk-taking in financial markets, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said.

The better-than-expected growth rates in the U.S. economy are set to dissipate unless productivity picks up, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said.

The Federal Reserve should continue to move to a neutral policy rate, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said, but said he may have underestimated demand.

The Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates at a gradual pace in order to extend the economic recovery while keeping inflation in check, Chairman Jerome Powell said.

President Trump won’t get Federal Reserve policymakers to call off their credit tightening campaign, former Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said.