Monetary policy

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percent this week, but chair Jerome Powell said the question now is how long to keep monetary policy tight.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that interest rates could climb less quickly as early as December, but warned that cutting rates "is not something we want to do soon."

The Federal Reserve notched two badly needed wins last week, as inflation showed signs of easing and the financial system withstood the collapse of one of the world's biggest crypto firms. Here's what that means for the central bank moving forward.

A growing number of economists and lawmakers think the Fed has gone too far in its battle against inflation. Powell is worried it hasn't gone far enough.

In a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee warned that the Fed was in danger of going too far in its efforts to tame inflation.

The day after the FOMC announces its policy decision, Christian Scherrmann, U.S. Economist at DWS Group, will offer his take on the meeting, Fed Chair Powell's press conference and what comes next.

The Fed's interest rate hikes are meant to tame inflation, but the secondary impacts on housing could give the central bank a reason to pump the brakes.

The mortgage market is reeling from the central bank's strategy of raising rates and reducing its holdings of mortgage-backed securities. Lenders face the worst headwinds in more than a decade.

The central bank has recently stepped up its efforts to reduce its balance sheet, but doing that without forcing a liquidity crunch requires careful planning.

The September Federal Open Market Committee meeting may provide a turning point in monetary policy. Brendan Murphy, head of global fixed income, North America, at Insight Investment will offer his thoughts about the meeting and what to expect going forward.

The Fed chair said actively selling securities will become necessary as it looks to reduce its balance sheet, but not anytime soon.

Comments from Federal Reserve officials in Jackson Hole last week have markets bracing for further tightening of monetary policy in the near term.

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will remain aggressive in fighting inflation despite promising economic data.

Federal Reserve officials stressed the need to keep raising interest rates even as they reserved judgment on how big they should go at their meeting next month.

The day after the Federal Open Market Committee's next meeting we will analyze the increase and the signals about what rate hikes may be coming.

As the Federal Reserve implemented its second 0.75% rate hike in two months, the chair said the system is able to withstand any financial stability risks that rising rates might create. 

The Federal Reserve has started a hiking cycle that's expected to continue with half-point increases in June and July, Marvin Loh, senior macro strategist at State Street Global Markets, will assess the June Federal Open Market Committee meeting and tell what he expects the panel to do in the future.

President Biden used a rare meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to declare that he’s respecting the central bank’s independence — while simultaneously shifting responsibility for taming decades-high inflation ahead of the November midterms.

The Federal Reserve will begin shedding as much as $47.5 billion of assets monthly starting June 1 to tamp down on inflation. But doing so could undermine the banking industry’s preferred source of liquidity.

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee voted Wednesday to raise interest rates to between 0.75% and 1%, the largest single rate hike since 2000.