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US set for new regulator?
The United States administration is considering setting up a regulator to oversee certain financial products, it emerged on Wednesday.
Fed aids Treasury in toxic-asset removal
To support the Treasury's plan to rid banks of toxic assets, the Federal Reserve on Tuesday said that it will take some mortgage-backed securities on to its books from July.
Minneapolis Fed puts downturn in perspective
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve has produced a series of charts comparing the current recession with other downturns in the United States in the post-war period.
Income distribution impacts the economy
Movements in the distribution of income can have a significant impact on the macroeconomy, a new paper from the St Louis Federal Reserve posits.
Fed outsources in-house cheque images system
The Federal Reserve has decided to migrate its archive of cheque images to a private provider in an effort to reduce costs.
More payment systems caused cheque decline
The decline in cheque use occurred mainly via an increase in the number of payment instruments per consumer, a new paper from the Boston Federal Reserve reveals.
Stanford's Taylor warns of balance-sheet threat
John Taylor, a former Federal Reserve economist now a professor at Stanford, has told lawmakers that the expansion of the Fed's balance sheet risks exacerbating inflation.
An interpretation of the rise of inflation
A research paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research interprets the rise of inflation in the United States from the perspective of a simple macroeconomic framework.
Changing patterns of wealth and income in the US
The Federal Reserve has produced a paper examining the distribution of wealth and income and their joint properties, based on data from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finance.
Obama administration unveils derivatives overhaul
The United States on Wednesday proposed a series of radical reforms to the derivatives industry.
Ex-FDIC's Seidman dies
Bill Seidman, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) who presided over the savings and loan crisis, has died.
The rule of law reduces terrorism
Research from the St. Louis Federal Reserve finds that countries with authoritarian regimes or mature democratic systems experience less terrorism.
Solve dollar riddle with price-adjusted swaps
Countries caught in a dollar trap should demand that the United States swaps nominal treasury bills for inflation-adjusted instruments, two prominent economists have argued.
Fed's Lacker blames safety net for crisis
A senior Federal Reserve official has said that the implicit guarantee that the government would step in and save those institutions deemed too big to fail was a key cause of the current economic malaise.
NY Fed's Dudley to fill Geithner's boots at CPSS
William Dudley, the president of the New York Federal Reserve who took over from Tim Geithner earlier this year, will also replace his former boss as chairman of the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems.
US experience so similar to ours: Japan deputy
The current situation in the United States bears a "remarkable resemblance" to Japan's lost decade, Kiyohiko Nishimura, a deputy governor at the Bank of Japan, has said.
US payments systems still evolving
Research by the Kansas City Federal Reserve looks back at some early payments systems and examines their status today and where they may be heading.
Fed loan survey shows signs of recovery
The most recent Senior Loan Officer Survey from the Federal Reserve found some evidence of economic recovery emerging.
Fed's Maiden Lane down $10 billion
More than 14% was wiped off the value of the assets held on the Federal Reserve's books as collateral for its bailouts of Bear Stearns, a now defunct investment bank, and American International Group (AIG), a beleaguered insurer, in the three months to…
NY Fed's Friedman quits over Goldman controversy
Stephen Friedman, the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve, has resigned after coming under pressure for buying shares in Goldman Sachs, an investment bank.
Bernanke defines macroprudential approach
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Thursday detailed how a macroprudential approach to regulation would look.
Fed's Bernanke sees improved market conditions
Conditions in a number of financial markets have improved in recent weeks, said Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
China warns on QE inflation threat
The People's Bank of China has said that quantitative easing posed huge risks for international markets and the global economy.
FDIC recruits former Fed counsel
Michael Bradfield, a former head of the Federal Reserve's legal team, has been named general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).