Monetary policy

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will remain aggressive in fighting inflation despite promising economic data.

Directors at two of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional branches favored a 100-basis-point increase in the discount rate in July, minutes of discount-rate meetings show.