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Peter Ireland, an economics professor at Boston College and a member of the Shadow Open Market Committee, discusses why the Fed’s 2019 “reversal” made sense, the economy, low inflation, how referencing a rule could help the Fed with monetary policy, and the biggest challenge facing the central bank. Gary Siegel hosts.
December 5 -
The Federal Reserve’s banking regulation chief granted that Wall Street may have been right that the agency shares blame in September’s alarming strain in money markets.
December 4 -
Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard presented her alternative to quantitative asset purchases.
November 26 -
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell struck an upbeat tone in gauging the ability of policy makers to extend the record U.S. economic expansion, while signaling interest rates would probably remain on hold.
November 26 -
Analysts are not convinced the Fed's mid-cycle adjustment will deliver the elusive soft landing.
November 25 -
Judy Shelton, one of President Donald Trump’s most recent picks for the Federal Reserve board, challenged an article of faith regarding the U.S. central bank in private comments to a bank executive last month: that it should operate free of political influence.
November 22 -
Potential downside risks from “global developments” persuaded most members of the Federal Open Market Committee to vote to cut the benchmark rate in October, and then to hold it.
November 20 -
The minutes of the most recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting may offer perspective on the holding pattern for rates.
November 19 -
Fed Chair Jerome Powell doesn't see signs of recession in “the star economy,” while the St. Louis Fed's Bullard warns of a sharper-than-expected slowdown.
November 14 -
The most telling part of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's appearance before the Joint Economic Committee was when he refused to commit to the fed funds rate staying where it is for the next year.
November 13