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Fed’s default crisis tools back on the shelf – for now

August 24, 2021 at 4:28 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials sighed in relief on Thursday after the U.S. government avoided a potentially devastating default, relieving the central bank of the need to take...

Fed’s Yellen often warns about lingering unemployment: ECB official

August 24, 2021 at 4:22 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Janet Yellen, the nominee expected to run the U.S. Federal Reserve beginning next year, regularly warns at meetings of the world's central bankers that short-term unemployment...

Fed’s Bullard: fiscal problems make October QE cut less likely

August 24, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is less likely to reduce its bond-buying program this month given the U.S. government shutdown and resulting lack of economic data, as well...

U.S. Treasury, Fed planning for possible default: source

August 24, 2021 at 4:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials worried about the growing possibility of a catastrophic default are crafting contingency plans to mitigate the economic fallout if Congress...

Fed will be able to smoothly wind down aggressive policy: Dudley

August 24, 2021 at 3:40 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winding down the Federal Reserve's unprecedented policy accommodation is feasible even with the U.S. central bank's swollen balance sheet, though there are bound to be unforeseen...

Fed will be able to smoothly wind down aggressive policy: Dudley

May 23, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winding down the Federal Reserve's unprecedented policy accommodation is feasible even with the U.S. central bank's swollen balance sheet, though there are bound to be unforeseen...

White House not yet vetting Yellen for Fed chair: sources

August 24, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House has yet to begin vetting Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen to take over the top job at the U.S. central bank, according...

Facing lawmakers, Bernanke to walk a fine line on Fed policy

August 24, 2021 at 1:07 p.m.

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday is expected to balance a message of enduring central bank support for the U.S. economy with a reminder that the Fed's...

High hurdle to ramping up QE3, but possible: Fed’s Dudley

August 24, 2021 at 12:56 p.m.

STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - The U.S. economic recovery would need to stumble badly to spur the U.S. Federal Reserve to ramp up the pace of its stimulative asset purchases, William...

Fed’s Stein puts focus on September as time to assess QE3

August 24, 2021 at 12:37 p.m.

NEW YORK/WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (Reuters) - September could be an opportune time for the Federal Reserve to consider scaling back its assets purchase, an influential official of the...

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