Monetary policy

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina called for the panel to hold a hearing on what he termed the danger that the Federal Reserve will meddle in the 2020 presidential election.

Readers react to states investigating payroll advance companies and the GOP's weak response to cannabis banking, heed a warning that nonbanks are prepared for CECL and more.

The Federal Reserve's monetary policies have exacerbated the wealth gap, making the central bank a vulnerable target for Trump. He’s taking full advantage.

Former central bank chiefs Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke said the Fed must be allowed to act "free of short-term political pressures and ... without the threat of removal or demotion."

The firm joins $40 billion “technology megafund” sponsored by SoftBank Group; company says partnerships are taking longer than expected to bear fruit.

Finance ministers call for tight regulation of cybercurrencies; Williams says the Fed must “act quickly to lower rates at the first sign of economic distress.”

The U.S. lacks mechanisms authorized in other countries to flag nonbank risks, Eric Rosengren says.

The Justice Department is investigating the bank for possible money laundering violations; the Fed chair says Facebook’s plan raises “serious concerns.”

Powell sees need to "keep firms on their toes" while Quarles wants easier tests; €52 million paid to leaving execs nears total paid to board.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s job is safe for now, according to Larry Kudlow, top economic adviser to President Donald Trump.

Lawmakers have just three weeks before their August recess to make a host of decisions on issues related to credit unions.

Christopher Waller is a conventional choice drawn from within the Fed’s own ranks. Judy Shelton has spent decades outside mainstream economics. But both are expected to echo the president’s call for lowering interest rates.

The president says he’ll nominate Judy Shelton, Christopher Waller for Fed; the bank reportedly in talks to sell parts of its “once prized” equities business.

The president said that European Central Bank President Mario Draghi would do a better job overseeing monetary policy in the U.S. than Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

The White House general counsel’s office weighed the legal implications of stripping Powell of his chairmanship and leaving him as a Fed governor, the people said, in what would be an unprecedented move.

President Trump sharply criticized Jerome Powell in an interview aired Friday, blaming the Federal Reserve chairman for raising interest rates.

The president says the Fed is giving China a competitive advantage; bank stocks gained after tariffs on Mexican imports nixed.

The White House is considering conservative economist Judy Shelton to fill one of the two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Big banks may have found a way to lower needed reserve levels; with Brexit delayed, Goldman will hold off on expansion.

The announcement comes after several news reports that Stephen Moore would not back down from his anticipated nomination to serve on the Fed despite growing concerns from Republican senators.