Column-Fed Nears QT Crossroads as 'Excess Liquidity' Evaporates: McGeever
That may be true, but once there is no excess liquidity sloshing around the system, liquidity drained by QT will have to come ...
Solid Labor Market Gives Fed Cover to Extend Rate Pause
Across a number of metrics, the labor market looks remarkably stable even as it has cooled. Monthly jobs growth has stayed solid and the unemployment rate has barely budged from its current level of 4 ...
Trump’s Executive Orders Leave Imprint on the Fed
The central bank has halted hiring to align with a White House directive and pulled back its work on climate change.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got ...
Boston Fed maps out inflation response to Trump trade tariffs
The full suite of tariffs sought by the Trump administration would have created notable upward pressure for already high ...
Bessent on Powell: ‘I’m sure he’s going to do the right thing’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday he wouldn’t be commenting on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policies and expressed confidence in the central bank Chair Jerome Powell, ...
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Fed’s Jefferson signals patience on rates due to Trump’s policy uncertainty
Vice Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Philip Jefferson, said on Wednesday that he’s in no rush to change the central bank’s policy rate. According to a Reuters report, the VC mentioned that the ...
Fed's Jefferson: In no rush to reduce level of policy restraint
U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Wednesday said he is content to keep the central bank's policy rate in ...
Federal Reserve Releases Its Wall Street Bank Stress-Test Plans
The Federal Reserve released hypothetical scenarios for its annual stress tests, which seek to evaluate the resilience of big banks and ensure they can keep lending even in a severe recession.