Fed mulls firmer rate guidance, adding dates or goals, minutes show
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers last month opened a broad debate over what they can and should to do to boost the effectiveness of their monetary policy tools amid the…
Fed policymakers working to limit damage as pandemic puts U.S. economy on pause
(Reuters) – The U.S. economy was on a strong footing before the coronavirus pandemic and Federal Reserve officials are working to help the economy rebound quickly once businesses that were…
Fed policymakers broadly see eye to eye on 2020 outlook
SAN DIEGO/BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers who last year were frequently at odds over where to set U.S. borrowing costs opened 2020 telegraphing confidence in the state of the…
Fed holds rates steady, expects moderate economic growth next year
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and signaled borrowing costs are likely to remain unchanged indefinitely, with moderate economic growth and low unemployment…
Fed’s Powell: Monetary policy well positioned to support strong labor market
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) – Monetary policy is “well positioned” to support the strong labor market, which is just now starting to benefit workers on the margins, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…
As Fed policymakers comb data, few decisive signals on outlook
SAN FRANCISCO/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers on Friday signaled they are on high alert for signs that uncertainty over trade policy and slowing global growth are beginning to…
Evans: Larger balance sheet may avoid future repo market problems
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve bank president Charles Evans said on Wednesday that the Fed may be able to avoid future repo market problems simply by increasing its balance…
Evans says two rate cuts have Fed ‘well-positioned’ at this point
FILE PHOTO: Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans visits the online music retailer Sweetwater, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. September 14 2018. REUTERS/Ann Saphir CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Federal…
Fed’s Powell says politics play no role in interest-rate decisions
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during the “The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy” panel discussion hosted by the Swiss Institute of International Studies at the University of Zurich…
Fed Chair Powell repeats vow to act ‘as appropriate’
ZURICH (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to act “as appropriate” to sustain the economic expansion in the world’s biggest economy, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in…