Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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The Federal Reserve Board governor said adopting policies on climate change are not necessary and risk hurting the central bank's credibility.
May 11 -
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said the performance of office loans is a top supervisory issue, but not an immediate threat to financial stability.
May 9 -
The Fed's report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank describes a "shift" in supervisory culture that began five years ago. Some say the issue is much older than that.
May 8 -
The Federal Reserve claims to want to encourage the formation of de novo banks, but its treatment of Custodia Bank calls that commitment into question.
May 8 -
After years of implementing Dodd-Frank Act measures rules to streamline bank resolutions, regulators relied on their pre-crisis playbook to resolve Silicon Valley and First Republic banks. That choice has led some experts to question the rules' utility.
May 2 -
Bank groups say the focus on capital rules in Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr's report on Silicon Valley Bank are misguided. Others say he should have named names.
April 28 -
Besides negating the benefits of a central bank digital currency, the Federal Reserve's real-time payments system will bring about numerous positive changes, including helping consumers who live paycheck to paycheck.
April 28 -
The real-time payments system from the Federal Reserve will spur an increase in payments innovations and drive prices lower for existing products.
April 28 -
Apparently thinking he was speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Powell is seen in a video broadcast on Russian TV answering questions on topics ranging from the outlook for inflation to the Russian central bank.
April 27 -
The Federal Reserve's final rule severely restricting the ability of state member banks to engage in crypto-related activities was released without a legally required period of notice and comment.
April 26 -
The central bank believes it needs authorization to issue a digital dollar, but others say the hurdles to implementation are much lower.
April 25 -
Federal officials should have protected both banks' uninsured depositors by following the law's carefully designed framework for dealing with failures of systemically important banks.
April 25 -
The former senator said the Federal Reserve's use of a legal provision he authored last year is "plainly at odds" with the statute as written.
April 20 -
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin said he wants to see more evidence that U.S. inflation is easing back to the central bank's goal of 2%.
April 17 -
Federal Reserve Board Gov. Michelle Bowman said current capital requirements and application processes are driving consolidation and boosting shadow banking.
April 14 -
A former Citigroup CEO argues that effective federal guarantees on all bank deposits should be formalized, severing the connection between deposit-taking and lending.
April 13 -
All eyes will be on the minutes from the March meeting, set to be released Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Washington, for details about the debate over bank failures and how to respond.
April 12 -
The Twittersphere erupted last week with incorrect conflations of the Federal Reserve's imminent faster payments network and exceedingly nascent interest in a central bank digital currency. Those misunderstandings could pose a real risk to FedNow implementation.
April 11 -
The state's attorney general filed a motion to intervene in the bank's lawsuit over master account access, citing concerns about the effect of the Federal Reserve's decisions on Wyoming's special-purpose depository institution charter.
April 11 -
Eric Rosengren, who stepped down as CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in 2021, has been elected an independent director of Berkshire Hill Bancorp. He's its second new board member this year.
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