Federal Reserve officials won’t be able to trade a slew of assets including stocks and bonds — as well as cryptocurrencies — under new rules that became formal Friday. Following up on regulation...
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Fed’s Bullard says inflation ‘could get out of control’ so action is needed now
James Bullard Olivia Michael | CNBC NEW YORK — St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard cautioned Thursday that without central bank action on interest rates, inflation could become an even m...
Minutes show Fed ready to raise rates, shrink balance sheet soon
Federal Reserve officials set plans into motion at their most recent meeting to begin raising interest rates and shed the trillions of dollars in bonds on the central bank balance sheet, according to ...
Inflation rises 7.5% over the past year, even more than expected
Consumer prices surged more than expected over the past 12 months, indicating a worsening outlook for inflation and cementing the likelihood of substantial interest rate hikes this year. The consumer ...
University of Michigan provost named as next head of the Boston Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today announced that Dr. Susan M. Collins will be its next president, CEO. Courtesy: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The Boston Federal Reserve, which is heading the...
Fed’s Mester says ‘each meeting is going to be in play’ for rate hikes this year
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester laid out an aggressive plan for reducing easy-money policies this year, saying the central bank will be ready to hike rates at any meeting and should...
Fed’s Bostic says more than 3 hikes possible this year, but needs to see how economy responds
Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Wednesd...
Seven hikes? Fast-rising wages could cause the Fed to raise interest rates even higher this year
Too much of a good thing, in the form of rapidly rising wages, is expected to push Federal Reserve interest rate hikes at an even faster pace. Average hourly earnings jumped 0.7% in January and are no...
Republicans grill Fed nominee Raskin over past views on climate and big energy companies
Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominated to be vice chairman for supervision and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, gestures during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirma...
After a huge year for growth, the U.S. economy is about to slam into a wall
Free food is handed out by the Brooklyn community organization PASWO during a weekly food distribution on December 08, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Spurred by a massive inventor...
Key Fed inflation gauge rises 4.9% from a year ago, fastest gain since 1983
A gauge the Federal Reserve prefers to measure inflation rose 4.9% from a year ago, the biggest gain going back to September 1983, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The core personal consumptio...
Federal Reserve points to interest rate hike coming in March
Facing both turbulent financial markets and raging inflation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday indicated it could soon raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years. In a move that ...
Inflation surge could push the Fed into more than four rate hikes this year, Goldman Sachs says
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell attends his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2022. ...
The Fed is about to see a lot of new faces. What it means for banks, the economy and markets
Sarah Bloom Raskin Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images In what likely will be just a few months’ time, the Federal Reserve will look a lot different: Three new governors, a new vice chairma...
Fed’s Harker calls for ‘action on inflation,’ sees 3 or 4 rate hikes
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said Thursday he foresees three or four interest rate hikes this year as likely to fight inflation. His thinking, outlined in a live interview on CNBC’s...
Fed Vice Chair Clarida to step down early following scrutiny over his trades during pandemic
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said Monday he will be leaving his post with just a few weeks left on his term and amid revelations regarding his trading of stock funds. In an announceme...
Fed Chair Powell says rate hikes, tighter policy will be needed to control inflation
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., January 11, ...
Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell testify live at his Senate confirmation hearing
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies Tuesday before the Senate Banking...
Dot-com bubble dynamic may drive S&P 500 above 5,500: Julian Emanuel
Market bull Julian Emanuel sees a dot-com era dynamic that could shatter the S&P 500’s record highs. In his first TV interview since starting at Evercore ISI, Emanuel told CNBC’s ̶...
Goldman predicts the Fed will hike rates four times this year, more than previously expected
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response...
Markets and the economy brace as the Fed’s first hike could come in two months
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images If everything goes according to plan, the Federal Reserve in a little over two months will en...