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St Louis Federal Reserve - Annual Report 2007
A retrospective conversation with William Poole, the outgoing president of the St Louis Federal Reserve, is one of the highlights of the institution's latest annual report.
Monetary policy accommodative: Fed's Evans
Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Federal Reserve, has hinted that US interest rates are now low enough.
Bernanke wants Fed to pay interest on reserves
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, wants to pay interest on banks' reserves to stop interbank charges falling below the federal funds rate.
Challenging idols won't win fans: Fed's Hoenig
Regulatory reform is likely to prove a desperately unpopular task for the Federal Reserve, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Kansas City Fed, noted.
Fed has little control over rates
The Fed's ability to control short-term interest rates may be greatly exaggerated, research published by the St Louis Fed suggests.
Federal Reserve - Annual Report 2007
Policymakers expect US inflation to moderate in 2008 and 2009, with expectations remaining reasonably well anchored in spite of the recent pick-up in price growth, the Fed's annual report states.
Fed moves to protect borrowers
The Federal Reserve has proposed a raft of measures to clamp down on unscrupulous lenders and strengthen consumer rights.
Limiting foreclosures essential: Bernanke
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has called on both the public and private sector to do everything they can to limit preventable mortgage foreclosures.
FOMC could do with a revamp: ex-Fed deputy
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) should introduce staff, instead of committee, forecasts, recommended Alan Blinder, a former vice-chairman of the Fed.
Relaxing collateral standards presents risks
By accepting poorer collateral central banks can reduce banks' incentives to hold sufficient amounts of higher-quality assets, said Stefan Ingves, the governor of the Sveriges Riksbank.
Securitisation linked with lending standards fall
Lending standards in the subprime mortgage market declined more in areas with higher mortgage securitisation rates, reports a new International Monetary Fund paper.
Fed cuts to 2%
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered rates by a quarter point on Wednesday.
Good year ahead for US farming
US farmers could enjoy another bountiful year, due in large part to rising export opportunities, finds an economic report published by the Kansas City Federal Reserve.
Fed welcomes SWF investment
Scott Alvarez, the general counsel of the Federal Reserve, has told the US Senate that the central bank welcomed investments by foreign sovereign wealth funds in American banks and financial institutions.
San Francisco's Rudebusch on future of regulation
In this Fed Review, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Glenn Rudebusch, a senior vice president at the central bank, discusses recent initiatives by the Fed to promote liquidity and tackle ongoing problem in credit markets.
Fed would examine SWF bank takeovers
The Federal Reserve would investigate any sovereign wealth fund taking a controlling interest in a US bank, Scott Alvarez, the general counsel at the central bank, said.
Fed's Plosser on the benefits of education
Education is critical to the long-run well-being of our economy and everyone who participates in it, said Charles Plosser, the president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.
Fed's Kohn calls for tighter regulation
A relaxation in banking supervision has contributed to the current turmoil by altering the nature of risk, Donald Kohn, the vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve, said in a call to strengthen rules for investment banks.
Fed dissenter warns against "inflation remedy"
Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve and a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), has said that he remains strongly reluctant to cut rates.
Dallas Federal Reserve - Annual Report 2007
Turning away from globalisation's call risks squandering a golden opportunity, writes Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve, in his opening letter at the start of the institution's 2007 annual report.
Latest Beige Book makes grim reading
The April edition of the Federal Reserve's Beige Book, a summation of economic conditions in the US based on reports from the 12 regional Feds, signals that events in the financial markets are beginning to have a marked impact on the real economy.
Former NY Fed chief to author report on crunch
Gerry Corrigan, a former head of the New York Federal Reserve now a managing director at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, is to lead a study on the current turmoil.
Term Auction Facility has done little to help
The Term Auction Facility operation, introduced in December to temper money-market tensions, has failed to narrow interbank spreads, a research paper co-authored by John Taylor, the creator of the influential Taylor rule on monetary policy, finds.
FOMC publishes 2002 transcripts
Want to know everything that was said at the Federal Open Market Committee's meetings in 2002?