Kyle Campbell covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Previously, he wrote about institutional investment in real estate for PERE. He has also held staff positions at Real Estate Weekly, the New York Daily News and the Southampton Press.
The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation moved closer to the 2% target last month, but the impact of tariffs remains to be seen.
The Federal Reserve chair said he made no commitments on the central bank's next monetary policy adjustment, only that the decision would be made based on incoming data.
During its meeting last month, some members of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee expressed concern about persistent supply chain disruptions while others were confident price growth would be constrained.
U.S. households were financially sound last year, but the Federal Reserve's annual well-being report highlighted a few emerging trends, including rising buy now/pay later delinquencies and incidents of financial fraud.
The Federal Reserve and several industry groups agreed to put an indefinite stay on their legal fight over the annual examination process.
With licensing bills progressing through both the House and Senate, stablecoins are poised to become part of the regulated financial sector. How the banking and payments landscape will respond to that is up for debate.
Bond yields are shooting up for the second time in as many months. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller attributes the volatility to concerns about rising national debt levels.
The House of Representatives passed a joint resolution to nullify the rule finalized by the agency last and prohibiting it from implementing similar reforms in the future. It will now go to the president's desk for his signature.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said the central bank is in the "early stages" of enabling banks to pledge assets to both the Federal Home Loan bank and discount window liquidity facilities.
Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said tariffs could have an outsize impact on small businesses and hardships could outlive the trade policy debate.