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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 -
President Donald Trump invited Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell to meet at the White House with him and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, with few details released.
November 18 -
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 -
Economic Club of New York attendees questioned the president's claims of an economic boom as well his efforts to spur the Federal Reserve into cutting interest rates faster.
November 12 -
With the fed funds rate target cut to a range of 1.50% to 1.75%, the Federal Reserve may not have enough firepower to respond to the next economic shock.
November 12 -
Unlike previous central bank chiefs, Powell’s chances of being renominated by either the current president or many of the Democratic contenders are slim.
November 10 -
Two Federal Reserve policymakers warned that climate change poses current and future risks to the U.S. economy.
November 8