Regulators will now accept feedback until Jan 16, 2024 — a six-week extension — concurrent with a Federal Reserve effort to gather additional information about the potential implications of the proposed capital changes.

The Federal Reserve is expected to pause at its September meeting. Jeff Timlin, a managing partner at Sage Advisory, will join us on Sept. 21 to provide analysis of the meeting.

The Federal Reserve Governor's remarks sounded somewhat less hawkish than her comments on Oct. 2, when she said multiple rate hikes would likely be needed to contain price pressures. 

While individuals are piling into cash, for many portfolio managers the debate now is about how far to go in the other direction.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lisa Cook said artificial intelligence holds great promise for the economy, but stressed the importance of human choice in decision making, both financial and otherwise.

The Federal Reserve's rate hikes so far are just "catching up," the JPMorgan chairman and CEO says. Dimon predicts inflation will be at 4% early next year and "won't be coming down for a whole bunch of reasons."

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said today's high mortgage rates are dissuading some would-be sellers from putting their homes on the market, further limiting lending opportunities in an environment already constrained by low inventory

The FOMC held its target range for the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, while updated quarterly projections showed 12 of 19 officials favored another rate hike in 2023, underscoring a desire to ensure inflation continues to decelerate.

The Federal Reserve has now offloaded about $1 trillion of its bond holdings since it began working down its bloated balance sheet last year, with no sign of the kinds of strains in financial markets that spooked policymakers the last time they oversaw such a program.

After remaining above $2 trillion for a year, the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase facility has seen steadily less use in recent months. The development is welcomed by banks, but could be a sign that certain financial players are shifting funds to riskier activities.

Demand-driven inflation will continue to be a problem in the U.S. economy until we somehow work through trillions of excess liquidity provided by the Federal Open Market Committee, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

A 2018 report laid the groundwork for the Biden administration's push to root out discrimination in home valuation. A counter study says no such practices exist.

Federal Reserve officials are more seriously discussing the possibility that they may not have to stop shrinking their massive balance sheet when they begin cutting interest rates, a readout from their most recent policy meeting showed. 

The Federal Reserve is leading the push for broader, more standardized risk-capital rules, yet some of its board members, other regulators and industry groups are uncomfortable with the proposal.

The Federal Reserve said that banks reported tighter standards and continued weak demand for loans in the second quarter, extending a trend that began before recent stresses in the banking sector emerged.

Wall Street securities dealers expect a glut of Treasury sales to start coming soon as the government steps up its borrowing.

Citing issues that arose during this spring's bank failures, the central bank and other agencies urge depositories to ensure they are ready to borrow at a moment's notice.

Analysts look at whether the FOMC will bring the last rate hike in the cycle, whether recession is coming, and whether the Fed is making a policy mistake.

By "going big" in 2020, the Federal Reserve has managed to disrupt the term structure of interest rates to an alarming degree, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Nearly all Fed participants support additional increases in interest rates in 2023, with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President as an exception who has called for holding steady for the rest of this year and "well into 2024."