The Federal Reserve’s top bank cop blamed Silicon Valley Bank’s leaders, while previewing the cental bank’s review of its faulty oversight.
Category: Federal Reserve System
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Bond Trading May Be Sending a Recession Warning
Wild swings in the Treasury market are unlike anything many investors today had seen. They’re also potentially warning of a recession.
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The Fed Has Targeted 2% Inflation. Should It Aim Higher?
After raising interest rates again, the Federal Reserve will soon have to consider how much pain it is willing to inflict in its fight against inflation, our columnist says.
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Banks Are Borrowing More From the Fed: What to Know
As turmoil sweeps the United States financial system, banks are turning to the Federal Reserve for loans to get them through the squeeze.
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Republicans Say Spending Is Fueling Inflation. The Fed Chair Disagrees.
Jerome H. Powell has said that snarled supply chains, an oil shock following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and shifts among American consumers are primarily behind rapid price growth.
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Stocks Climb as Wall St. Weighs Fed’s Future Moves
Investors remain preoccupied with the health of banks as interest rates rise, putting balance sheets under pressure.
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Stocks Climb as Wall St. Weighs Fed’s Future Moves
Investors remain preoccupied with the health of banks as interest rates rise, putting balance sheets under pressure.
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Investors Try to Parse Jay Powell and Janet Yellen’s Next Moves on Banks
Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that more must be done to rein in banks. What that looks like is unclear.
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Double-Barreled Economic Threat Puts Congress on Edge
Republicans and Democrats disagree over how recent bank closures should impact the debt limit stalemate, and have taken divergent lessons from past economic crises.
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Powell and Yellen Suggest Need to Review Regulations After Bank Failures
Proposals for more scrutiny of the financial sector are meeting resistance from industry and Congress.
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7 Takeaways From the Fed Meeting and Powell’s News Conference
By raising interest rates a quarter-point, the Federal Reserve signaled that it was continuing to fight inflation, but it was holding off an aggressive move that might spook investors.
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Stock Investors Trade Cautiously Ahead of Fed’s Rate Decision
There is widespread uncertainty about whether the Federal Reserve will continue raising rates as the banking industry teeters. “It’s a coin toss now,” one strategist said.