Federal Reserve System
Fed bottom in government popularity poll
Gallup survey shows more than a fifth of Americans think that the Federal Reserve is doing a poor job as Bernanke steps up public relations efforts
Fed to take early snapshot of consumer conditions
Federal Reserve launches investigation into how households are faring with de-leveraging
Fed a natural for systemic-risk role: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says safeguarding systemic risk is a natural expansion of the central bank’s role
US regulators stake their claim
Barack Obama’s plans give too much to the Federal Reserve say Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chiefs
Richmond Fed hires new general counsel
Richmond Federal Reserve names Michelle Gluck as new chief legal officer
The real exit problem at the Federal Reserve (and ECB and BoE)
Central bankers must abandon their focus on targeting inflation in the medium term if we are to really consign the crisis to history
Bernanke details Fed exit strategy
Reserve balances key, but Fed chairman fears political interest in fund recipients
Bagehot 's tenets needs to be revised
New York Federal Reserve investigates whether Bagehot’s 19th lender-of-last-resort doctrine still applies
Nobel Laureates, GS head sign Fed independence petition
Petition signatories now include three Nobel Laureates, Lloyd Blankfein and Laurence Meyer
Ex-SEC heads look to limit Fed’s powers
An investor group chaired by two former SEC chairmen says Fed should not be granted responsibility for systemic risk
Central counterparties for CDS compared
Ad hoc industry group comprising both buy-side and sell-side publishes report on credit-default-swap central counterparties
Economists petition lawmakers for Fed independence
Former Federal Reserve governor Frederic Mishkin among the signatories of online petition to keep monetary policy independent
Lender recourse increases the likelihood of default
Richmond Federal Reserve shows the impact of lender recourse on mortgage defaults
Fed’s Greenlee: further stress testing needed
Federal Reserve’s Jon Greenlee says that many institutions would benefit from additional stress testing
Labour productivity fosters booms
New York Federal Reserve shows labour productivity helps create bubbles
Washington names nine to buy toxic assets
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation give nine firms the right to buy assets under the legacy securities programme
Fed’s Kohn sets out case for independence
Federal Reserve’s Donald Kohn appeals to lawmakers to maintain independent central bank
US policymakers should implement Brady Plan-like measures
Boston Federal Reserve shows that lessons from the Latin American debt crisis can be applied to the US credit securitisation markets
Fed Hoenig: new rules must be simple
Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Thomas Hoenig calls for new rules for systemically-important institutions to be comprehensible
Fed's Yellen: rates may stay low for years
Janet Yellen, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve and a respected senior US policymaker, has given a bleak assessment of the US economy’s prospects
Fed's Bullard: bailouts could prompt independence backlash
Regional president warns Fed actions could impact independence
Bernanke: public must grasp economic developments
Ben Bernanke says the public’s economic understanding is crucial for the conduct of monetary policy