Monetary policy

The Federal Reserve notched two badly needed wins last week, as inflation showed signs of easing and the financial system withstood the collapse of one of the world's biggest crypto firms. Here's what that means for the central bank moving forward.

While banks appear to be well capitalized, the Fed outlined several areas of potential weakness in its biannual supervision and regulation report.

The Federal Reserve's semiannual financial stability report said the threat of continued high prices and the Fed's response to them are top threats for banks and other market participants.

A growing number of economists and lawmakers think the Fed has gone too far in its battle against inflation. Powell is worried it hasn't gone far enough.

In a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee warned that the Fed was in danger of going too far in its efforts to tame inflation.

Inflated home values were already making homeownership unattainable for millions of Americans; now it's interest rates. To change this dynamic, we need some creative thinking.

The day after the FOMC announces its policy decision, Christian Scherrmann, U.S. Economist at DWS Group, will offer his take on the meeting, Fed Chair Powell's press conference and what comes next.

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.

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.

The report from Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, details China's campaign to infiltrate the Federal Reserve. But even amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China, response to the report has been muted.

The day after the Federal Open Market Committee's next meeting we will analyze the increase and the signals about what rate hikes may be coming.