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Financial crises may call for easier monetary policies: Fed’s Dudley

August 24, 2021 at 12:30 p.m.

(Reuters) - Monetary policies may need to be "more accommodative than otherwise" in the wake of financial crises that impair a central bank's ability to nurture the real economy, an...

Volcker warns on limits of Fed’s easy money

August 24, 2021 at 10:54 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on Wednesday waded into the debate over when to reduce today's ultra-easy U.S. monetary policies, arguing that the benefits of...

Fed officials dampen talk of imminent bond buying cutback

August 24, 2021 at 10:13 a.m.

NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the chances that the central bank would signal a readiness to reduce its bond buying at its...

Fed’s Plosser adds voice to too-big-to-fail criticisms

August 24, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is falling short in its effort to end the problem of too-big-to-fail banks and should require higher capital and adopt a fresh approach...

Little stopping fire sales in key short-term funding market: Fed paper

August 24, 2021 at 9:19 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Next to nothing stands in the way of a destabilizing fire sale in a vast part of U.S. financial markets if a dealer were to default,...

Workforce dropouts loom as Fed weighs tighter policy

August 24, 2021 at 2:37 a.m.

BOSTON (Reuters) - The droves of Americans who have abandoned hope of finding a job should make the Federal Reserve hesitant to remove its support for the economy, according to...

Focus on unemployment as inflation in check, Fed doves say

August 24, 2021 at 2:30 a.m.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Two dovish Federal Reserve policymakers on Saturday highlighted the U.S. central bank's good record keeping inflation close to target, arguing the Fed needs to stay focused on...

Unfazed by hawks, Bernanke refreshes easy-money message

May 23, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A crescendo of public warnings from hawkish Federal Reserve officials about the dangers of having a $3 trillion-plus balance sheet appears to have done little...

Plosser becomes second Fed official to want to pare asset buys

August 24, 2021 at 12:29 a.m.

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A second Federal Reserve policymaker is calling on the U.S. central bank to have some patience and begin tapering the amount of bonds it is buying,...

In AIG/BofA case, NY Fed reveals details of settlement with bank

August 24, 2021 at 12:11 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York this week made public a mortgage-securities settlement with Bank of America that could bolster the BofA's case against American...

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