Monetary policy

Monetary policy is well positioned, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Monday evening.

Former Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said he’s “amazed and baffled" at the attention the wind-down of the U.S. central bank’s balance sheet has been receiving.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell met President Donald Trump at the White House for dinner Monday to discuss the economy’s performance and outlook, but the central bank said its chief did not share his expectations for monetary policy.

A negative Federal Reserve monetary policy rate could have helped turn the economy around faster during the Great Recession, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco researcher.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said the Fed’s latest pause will help keep a “fundamentally healthy” economy on track.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard applauded the central bank’s shift away from its policy of raising interest rates.

Monetary policy is “appropriate” and in the range of the estimates of neutral, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve said it will be “patient” on any future interest-rate moves and signaled flexibility on the path for reducing its balance sheet.

Those betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates may have to wait until 2023 to see it happen.

The Jan. 29-30 Federal Open Market Committee may provide information that could strengthen the bond market, if it offers further signals of an expected pause in rate hikes and a softening of its stance on balance sheet normalization, observers say.

Donald Trump wants nominees for two open Federal Reserve Board seats who are sympathetic to his view that strong economic growth doesn’t risk inflation.

Leaders of the biggest U.S. banks don’t see 2018’s wild ending as reason enough for the Federal Reserve to reverse course.

Angela Merkel told an audience of global business leaders how she yearned for a resumption of conventional monetary policy.

With growth slowing and uncertainty in the economy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Friday, data will steer his view of future Fed activity.

The U.S. central bank can “easily” take a patient stance toward additional interest-rate increases, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said.

The Trump administration is considering whether to renominate Marvin Goodfriend to join the Federal Reserve Board.

Federal Reserve Governor Randal Quarles expressed optimism about the state of the U.S. economy, calling strong hiring and low inflation a “good environment” even as investors focus on mounting threats to growth.

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The Federal Reserve has plenty of reasons to pause its interest-rate increases in March to take stock of the economy, according to former Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said he wants the U.S. central bank to take its time and watch how the economy evolves before it lifts interest rates again.