Economic news

The Fed's interest rate hikes are meant to tame inflation, but the secondary impacts on housing could give the central bank a reason to pump the brakes.

The mortgage market is reeling from the central bank's strategy of raising rates and reducing its holdings of mortgage-backed securities. Lenders face the worst headwinds in more than a decade.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that while the U.S. financial system remains resilient, the current backdrop has created the conditions where risks to its stability could appear.

Toronto-Dominion Bank's U.S. commercial lending chief sees loan demand growing even as the Federal Reserve aggressively hikes rates that are already at the highest since 2008. 

The Federal Reserve sounded a note of caution on the U.S. economy, which expanded "modestly" through early October with slowing activity raising recession concerns amid some indications of easing inflationary pressure.

The megabank set aside a larger provision for credit losses during the third quarter as delinquency rates in its credit-card business ticked higher. Still, executives argued that the U.S. consumer outlook remains strong.

The American consumer is "in good shape" and spending more this month than a year earlier, even amid inflation, jittery markets and international tensions, according to Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan.

By declining to hear from the financial services industry as it reviews existing capital rules, the Federal Reserve risks making "consequential errors."

The central bank has recently stepped up its efforts to reduce its balance sheet, but doing that without forcing a liquidity crunch requires careful planning.

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy objectives are on a collision course with the post-2008 capital and liquidity framework, and it's time for regulators to decide what those reforms were for.

JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said "serious" headwinds are likely to push the U.S. and global economies into recession by the middle of next year.

During a visit to Buffalo on Friday, New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said the central bank may need to keep cranking up interest rates to gain greater control over high inflation.

The latest bout of global financial volatility has heightened concerns about regulators' continuing failure to resolve liquidity problems with U.S. Treasuries — the debt that serves as a benchmark for the world.

The September Federal Open Market Committee meeting may provide a turning point in monetary policy. Brendan Murphy, head of global fixed income, North America, at Insight Investment will offer his thoughts about the meeting and what to expect going forward.

Interest rate increases by central banks have compounding effects and could exacerbate weaknesses in the global financial system, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard argued in a speech Friday.

Two new academic research papers consider what the Fed is trying to communicate and what it means.

The Fed chair said actively selling securities will become necessary as it looks to reduce its balance sheet, but not anytime soon.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said Wednesday that there are signs that inflation is easing, but the central bank has no intention of laying off the throttle.

The Federal Reserve has made clear it intends to stamp out inflation no matter what, and that means interest rates are likely returning to the old normal of the  late 1980s and 1990s.  But interest rates on savings accounts haven't caught up. 

The bottom 50% of U.S. households, generally those with a net worth of $166,000 or less before the pandemic, are in the strongest relative financial position in a generation, according to the Realtime Inequality tracker.