President Biden is seriously considering Michael Barr, a Treasury Department veteran and an architect of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, as the Fed’s chief banking supervisor, according to people familiar with the matter.

Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles and former Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo say the central bank's top regulatory role insulates the board from allegations of political bias. Otherwise, the agency and its staff have to account for their regulatory decisions.

The Federal Reserve permanently banned a former Goldman Sachs Group managing director from the financial industry for improperly using and disclosing the regulator’s bank-supervision information.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took a procedural step before the Senate leaves for a two-week break seeking to limit debate on Lael Brainard’s nomination for vice chair, as well as Lisa Cook’s nomination for Fed governor when lawmakers return. 

The Federal Reserve Board barred the former Merrill Lynch and Regions Bank employees from the banking industry for life after securing relief loans and grants under false pretenses. The move comes amid a broader crackdown on stimulus fraud.

Senate Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown said he and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are pushing to confirm all four Federal Reserve nominees this week, but doing so will require Republican cooperation.

Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, says changes in the office sector and monetary policy pose potential risks to property owners and their lenders.

Home prices have increased at their fastest rate since the mid-2000s housing boom and driven skyrocketing inflation. Fed Gov. Christopher Waller says lenders are better prepared for a shock than in 2007 but still need to be monitored — especially nonbank lenders.

Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown said Thursday he expects a Senate vote next week to confirm President Biden’s Federal Reserve nominees, though the timing may be affected by GOP opposition to Lisa Cook, who would be the first Black woman on the Board of Governors.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell outlined four qualities a hypothetical digital currency in the U.S. must have while adding that no final decision has been made on whether to proceed with creating one.

Scott Colbert, executive vice president and chief economist at Commerce Trust Co., will discuss the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision and where they go from here.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will take the “necessary steps” to get inflation down even if that means increasing interest rates more rapidly than currently anticipated and eventually to levels that slow the broader economy.

During his March Federal Open Market Committee meeting press conference, acting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed's supervision and regulatory panel was no longer active and key decisions about stress tests and bank mergers were being handled by the full board.

The Federal Reserve Board voted to lift the benchmark rate to target range of 0.25% to 0.5% and signaled more hikes at all six remaining meetings this year.

Sarah Bloom Raskin, whose views on the role of climate risk in bank supervision angered Republicans, said she has taken herself out of the running so the gridlocked Senate Banking Committee could move forward with the Biden administration’s other nominees to the Federal Reserve Board.

The White House’s ambition to bring new oversight to the banking industry and reverse Trump-era deregulation was dealt a blow when Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he would oppose Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination as the Federal Reserve's vice chair of supervision.

The West Virginia Democrat released a statement Monday saying that Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Biden's nominee to serve as the Federal Reserve's top regulator, "failed to satisfactorily address my concerns" and that he would not support her. Manchin's "no" vote puts her confirmation very much in doubt.

A supervisory letter detailing their failings in assessing exposure to a collapsed hedge fund suggests that the Federal Reserve believes banks are falling short in basic risk management.

Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination to be Federal Reserve vice chair of supervision has been dealt another blow as key Senate Democrat Joe Manchin suggested President Biden’s other four central bank nominees move forward without her. 

The Federal Reserve's models assume interest rates will decline if the economy falls into a recession, but as big banks prepare for their annual stress tests, they should also be considering the impact of rising rates and higher inflation on their operations.