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.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell brushed off concerns that rapidly tightening monetary policy could disrupt the financial system. Some economists and policy experts beg to differ, raising concerns about loan defaults or even the collapse of a key institution or counterparty.

In a letter calling for the Federal Reserve Board to establish penalties for officials who violate new ethics policies, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown and other Democrats expanded their push for enhanced Fed accountability.

Almost 100% of small-bank executives who responded to a recent IntraFi survey say they expect the U.S. economy to fall into a recession by next year. The top reason why: an overcorrection by the Federal Reserve as the central bank tries to tame inflation.

The Federal Reserve System is facing increasing demands from the Senate to revamp the process for granting master accounts, disclose more information to the public and pick more diverse leaders. That pressure makes executive searches at the Kansas City and Chicago Fed banks more complicated.

The next generation of Senate Banking Committee Republicans has signed on to the latest salvo by Patrick Toomey — who will soon leave Congress — against the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. That means the master accounts issue will live on.

Karl K. Klessig provided a fraudulent loan document and forged a signature in an application last year to acquire control of Golden Pacific Bancorp, according to the Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Board of Governors has a limited role in determining which firms are granted master accounts, an emerging point of contention between Congress and the central bank. 

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.

Democratic senators led by Bob Menendez urged the Federal Reserve to take a more active role in the selection process of the heads of its regional banks so that more diverse candidates would be considered.