Monetary policy

With inflation remaining low, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Tuesday, the data do not support any more rate hikes.

Monetary policy is close to a neutral level and the Fed needs to be cautious and patient about future rate hikes, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said Tuesday.

On paper, it still looks like a dynamite macroeconomic environment in the U.S. But outside the numbers, some cracks are starting to emerge, said former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell voiced concern that the central bank’s bond purchases were distorting financial markets and pushed for an early start to reducing them back when he was a governor in 2013.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and New York Fed President John Williams were among policy makers who in 2013 urged against referring to a government shutdown in the central bank’s post-meeting statement.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said the central bank should be ready to adjust monetary policy if headwinds to the economy from financial markets or global growth prove persistent.

The Federal Reserve can be patient in raising rates, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday, and he doesn’t expect the economy to go into recession in the near term.

Given that inflation has been below the Federal Open Market’s stated 2% target on an annual basis each year since 2012, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Thursday monetary policy might be “too hawkish.”

Minutes of the Federal Reserve's December meeting revealed policy makers took a more cautious approach to further rate increases than their statement indicated.

Given the pessimism in the financial markets, the Fed should hold rates until economic trends clarify, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said Wednesday.

The first six months of 2019 will play a big role in future monetary policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said Wednesday.

The Fed should be patient and not lift rates to restrictive levels, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said.

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said he’s concerned that any more interest-rate increases could push the U.S. economy into a recession.

President Donald Trump renewed his complaints about Federal Reserve interest-rate increases.

Former Federal Reserve economist Nellie Liang withdrew from consideration for a seat on the central bank’s board of governors, the White House announced Monday.

The U.S. central bank should only raise interest rates once this year but keep going with its plan to gradually shrink the balance sheet, said Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and one of the Fed’s more dovish policy makers.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers jumped into the debate about negative interest rates, signing onto a paper that gives the policy a damning review.

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland said the central bank is in a “good spot” with monetary policy and the U.S. economy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank can be patient as it assesses risks to the economy.

Bond traders are showing little sign of stepping back from their fight with the Federal Reserve over the path of interest rates and the market is now positioned for cuts on the horizon.