Federal Reserve System
Economists propose solutions to Fed’s liquidity problem
New York Fed prepares for sustained series of interventions in coming weeks
New York Fed injects liquidity for third straight day
Operation was oversubscribed for second day in a row, with banks requesting $83 billion
SNB holds despite recent ECB and Fed easing measures
Swiss central bank increases threshold on banks’ deposits exempt from negative rates
Fed cuts rates and makes further ‘technical adjustment’
Fed doesn’t see funding pressure episode having implications for its ability to control rates
Economists use payments data to build high-speed indicator
Team says transaction-based metric gives quick insight into consumer spending
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
Fed provides update on future RTGS system
FedNow cross-border payments could be considered in future, the central bank says
Global growth will strengthen in 2020, says strategist
Central banks should be cautious about responding to manufacturing slowdown, Kevin Gardiner says
Fed policy is reinforcing overvalued equities, Shiller warns
Robert Shiller talks to Central Banking about his latest research, “Narrative Economics”
Fed ‘boneheads’ wasting opportunity of a lifetime, Trump claims
Trump calls for negative rates and a longer balance sheet term structure
Law could help central banks fight the next recession
Brookings panel discusses using countercyclical regulations to boost spending at the ZLB
Fed proposes new capital rule for insurance firms
Fed does not anticipate firms would have to raise new capital
Macro-pru is no panacea
Many central banks need better macro-pru frameworks
30 years of forecasting: have central banks learned anything?
Forecasting models are constantly being upgraded, but forecast errors are still persistent
Inflation targets may have to rise, new study finds
Optimal policy would see targets rise by roughly the same amount as the decline in neutral rates
Fed floats new stress test reforms after industry pressure
Previous proposal drew criticism from major global banks
Households respond more forcefully to rate cuts than QE – Dallas Fed
Fed should improve communications for QE and forward guidance, researchers say
FOMC members appear split as meeting nears
Rosengren says “no immediate” need to cut, while Bullard urges Fed to take “aggressive” steps
People: Banque de France deputy nominated to EU Commission
Additional appointments in Turkey, the US and at the Financial Stability Board
Fed balance sheet could surpass crisis-era peak by 2025
Central bank may start buying Treasuries outright this year – New York Fed report
Modernising currency management
Central banks strive to optimise currency operations, even as relative importance of cash drops
Fed economists propose alternative to floor system
Pre-crisis BoE framework may preclude need for further ‘technical adjustments’, researchers say
Inflation edges higher as Fed prepares for next meeting
Consumer spending boosts economy, but recent sentiment data suggests it could be about change
A key message from Jackson Hole: policy must globalise
Setting policy in isolation is becoming untenable and spillovers must be considered more, remarks suggest