Federal Reserve System
Covid hits women in US workforce – Bowman
Fed governor confident about greater employment opportunities for women, despite inflation headwinds
Fed issues guidance for banks using crypto assets
Federal Reserve seeks more disclosure from banks holding crypto
Housing affordability dropping across the US
Fed’s large rate hikes and constrained housing supply create tough market for buyers
Fed paper explores information problems in financial panics
Tight liquidity can cause investors’ beliefs to become “systematically divorced from fundamentals”
Fed announces new guidelines after master account controversy
Rules will impose tight scrutiny on non-conventional applicants
US academics praise reduction in Fed’s forward guidance
Central bank seeking to keep its options open on the path for monetary policy
Central banks should ‘overestimate’ inflation persistence, says economist
Academic argues central banks should act as if exogenous shocks are likely to be persistent
Fed’s Evans charts path for rates
Chicago Fed president is optimistic inflation will be near 2% next year
Fed governors still talking tough on inflation
Lower inflation expectations and CPI come as positive signals for the path ahead
People: Pimco re-hires Fed’s Clarida
Burundian president replaces central bank chief; Israeli research chief stepping down
How central bank mistakes after 2019 led to inflation
Central banks must acknowledge their own mistakes and outline concrete steps to restore the public’s confidence in their ability to ensure price stability, write Graeme Wheeler and Bryce Wilkinson*
Is the US heading for stagflation?
US academics weigh up the risks – and whether the Fed can avoid the worst outcomes
Blanchard and Summers clash with Fed over soft landing
Economists challenge Fed view that fall in vacancies can save US from mass unemployment
Inflation offers route to unconventional policy exit
Asset purchases and negative rates can be reversed, but Fed/ECB policy divergence raises major risks
Gulf central banks increase rates in line with Fed
Five banks raise rates 75bp, while Kuwait orders 25bp increase due to different currency peg
Fed announces another 75bp rise
Jerome Powell says Fed’s approach to forward guidance will change
Powell divests municipal bond holdings
Fed chair acted early to comply in with new ethics code at Federal Reserve
Fed faces years of losses as interest rates rise
QE brought major interest rate risk onto central bank’s balance sheet
Endlessly interim? The struggle to appoint top US regulators
Two-year OCC vacancy is not that unusual in US system, but it may hamper initiative
Larry Summers says Fed suffers from dangerous groupthink
Former Treasury secretary argues a massive recession is needed to combat inflation
IMF says US faces hard balancing act
Excessive tightening by the Fed could cause negative spillovers for global economy, fund warns
Fed internal watchdog clears Powell and Clarida
Inspector-general still examining Rosengren and Kaplan, while senators criticise new code
US Senate confirms Barr as Fed vice-chair
Democrat appointees now form majority of board of governors
US experts believe inflation will fall, eventually
CPI inflation surges above consensus forecasts, but economists expect a turning point soon