Monetary policy

Fed chair says recovery has started but will take time and follow "uncertain" path.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said he expects U.S. unemployment will be around 10% in the fourth quarter, with an uneven recovery from the COVID-19-induced recession.

Wearing masks and following guidelines will help boost the economy into recovery.

The Federal Reserve put a spotlight on job losses and risks to the financial sector in its semi-annual report to Congress released Friday.

Many observers expect the Fed to move to yield curve control in September. But not everyone is sure this move will be needed.

Recovery seen next year, but rates stay low.

With interest rates on hold until the picture is clearer, the Summary of Economic Projections should take center stage.

Federal Reserve action to keep credit flowing rewards risky behavior and the remedy may be tougher regulation in the future, said former New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley.

Federal Open Market Committee members have been adamant that negative rates would be a last resort.

When the pandemic ends, the Fed must remove accommodation, unlike after the Great Recession.

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.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard predicted the U.S. economy will recover from the highest unemployment since the 1930s with a rapid rebound that will push the jobless rate below 10% by December.

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.

Numbers in the fall will offer clearer picture of where economy is.

Steve Skancke, chief economic advisor at Keel Point, discusses negative interest rates and what parts of the market would suffer most from their implementation. Gary Siegel hosts.

More pervasive virus testing and further fiscal stimulus is likely needed to revive consumer confidence and foster growth in the U.S. economy, according to Robert Kaplan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank is prepared to use its full range of tools and leave the benchmark lending rate near zero until the economy is back on track.

The Federal Reserve chair says it may take a while, but the U.S. economy will get back where it was before the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

U.S. lawmakers will have to do more to support Americans financially in the coming months, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said.