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In spite of rising borrowing costs, the US economy has shown surprising resilience. The labor market added 336,000 jobs in September, according to fresh data published Friday.

"The inflation rate is still too high, the level of inflation remains high, but at least we're seeing progress on it," Mester said Friday during an interview with CNN International.

Citing Silicon Valley Bank as an example of being ill prepared, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr says the central bank can only serve as lender of last resort if banks are "ready and able" to borrow.

Making the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding subject to congressional appropriations would bring some much-needed accountability to a runaway regulator.

The high court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 3 on whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding violates the Appropriations clause. A key issue is whether parameters can be placed around Congress' authority over the federal purse strings.

Increasing federal deposit insurance limits is not the answer to the banking system's woes. It would cause riskier behavior and more red tape. And it wouldn't prevent bank runs.

Each of the 11 Federal Home Loan banks will be sent a supervisory letter and an advisory bulletin on bank credit risk from their regulator the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to a report from the FHFA's Office of Inspector General.

In their latest economic forecasts, 12 of 19 Fed officials said they expect to raise rates once more this year. 

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lisa Cook said artificial intelligence holds great promise for the economy, but stressed the importance of human choice in decision making, both financial and otherwise.

The move to create data consortia and proprietary information networks is creating exactly the kind of information silos that money launderers exploit today.