Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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The Federal Reserve meeting May 2-3 will be closely watched for hints about what the FOMC's next move is. Join BNP Pariba U.S. Economist Yelena Shulyatyeva at 11 a.m. May 4 as she takes a look at the meeting and Chair Powell's press conference.
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The Federal Reserve Board governor said adopting policies on climate change are not necessary and risk hurting the central bank's credibility.
May 11 -
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said the performance of office loans is a top supervisory issue, but not an immediate threat to financial stability.
May 9 -
Bets are piling up on a wide range of trajectories for the Fed's path — with some expecting it to mount a major about-face as growth stalls and others hedging the risk it will tighten policy further as elevated inflation persists.
April 30 -
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he favored more monetary policy tightening to reduce persistently high inflation, although he said he was prepared to adjust his stance if needed if credit tightens more than expected.
April 14 -
Recent deposit flows raise questions about the Fed's support for these funds through its overnight lending facility, and whether that support is doing more harm than good.
April 5 -
The Cleveland Fed chief said she expects to make "some appreciable progress" toward taming price pressures in 2023, and estimates a closely watched gauge of inflation will reach 3.75% by the end of the year.
April 5 -
Throughout 2022, the California bank shed interest rate swaps that some believe could have prevented its failure.
March 31 -
The Federal Reserve wants a smaller balance sheet to help rein in inflation. But uncertainty in the banking system is pushing it in the opposite direction.
March 23 -
Economists have warned since last summer that speedy monetary tightening could be destabilizing. This week, the Federal Reserve will decide whether to stay on that course.
March 21 -
After the failure of two banks between $100 billion and $250 billion of assets, many are asking regulators to change their oversight practices for these banks. The Fed has a wide berth to make a wide array of changes.
March 14 -
One year after the Federal Reserve started frantically raising interest rates, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank answered what had become perhaps the hottest question on Wall Street: When is something going to break?
March 13 -
Such a move would increase the ability of banks to keep up with demands from depositors to withdraw, without having to book losses by selling bonds and other assets that have deteriorated in value amid interest-rate increases — the dynamic that caused SVB to collapse on Friday.
March 12 -
During his second day of congressional testimony this week, the Federal Reserve chair faced several questions about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's embattled funding mechanism.
March 8 -
Bond traders boosted bets that the Federal Reserve may re-accelerate the pace of rate increases at the policy meeting later this month.
March 7 -
"The committee is strongly committed to returning inflation to its 2% objective," the Fed said in its semi-annual report to Congress released Friday.
March 3 -
But even if plowing back into Treasuries proves to be a winning trade, sticking with it won't be for the faint of heart.
February 26 -
Cleveland Fed president says the central bank is still raising rates to a level that's high enough to bring inflation down to the target.
February 16 -
The markets are looking for a Fed pivot, but central bankers continue to say more hikes are coming and rates will stay higher longer. OANDA's Ed Moya joins us after the meeting to give a comprehensive look at what the Fed signals for the future.
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The central bank has raised rates aggressively for nearly a year, but experts believe the hiking cycle is nearly over.



















