Central banking
Raphael Bostic Says Fed Needs To 'stay The Course' Despite Lower Wage Gains
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The Atlanta Fed president said Friday that December's jobs report doesn't change his view on monetary policy. Read more
Goldman Sachs Says A Second Wave Of Coronavirus Could Make The Fed Rethink Negative Interest Rates
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But negative interest rates wouldn't be "very helpful" to the economy, said Zach Pandl, co-head of global foreign exchan... Read more
After Trying For A Decade, Central Banks Might Succeed At Generating Inflation
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"The forces that will bring about inflation are aligning," Chetan Ahya, chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley, said in ... Read more
Fed's James Bullard Says The Jobs Report On Friday Will Be One Of The Worst Ever
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Bullard's comments came minutes before ADP reported that private payrolls shed more than 20 million jobs in April amid c... Read more
Coronavirus Stimulus Just Pushed Fed's Balance Sheet Past $5 Trillion For The First Time Ever
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Though its efforts to keep markets running and boost the economy are just getting into gear, the Federal Reserve's asset... Read more
Bernanke Says Fed Chief Powell 'got Ahead Of This,' And 'going Big' Was Right Thing To Do
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Bernanke told CNBC the Federal Reserve acted with appropriate force. Read more
Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Sees 'very Sharp' Recession, Followed By 'fairly Quick' Rebound
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sounded an optimistic tone on the longer-term state of the economy, Read more
Fed's James Bullard Says After A Short-term 'unparalleled' Shock, Economy Will Boom Again
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The central bank official was in the news earlier this week when he forecast that the unemployment rate will skyrocket t... Read more
Fed's Bullard: Coronavirus Shutdown Is Not A Recession But An Investment In Survival
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Shutdown measures must be coupled with massive federal government support to sustain the population through isolation an... Read more
Federal Reserve To Shore Up Prime Money Market Funds Amid Wall Street Rout
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The new Money Market Mutual Liquidity Fund will provide loans to financial institutions to buy assets from prime money m... Read more
A Fed Rate Cut In 2020 Is Now On The Table As Coronavirus Spreads, Economist Says
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The spread of the coronavirus could lead global central banks including the Federal Reserve to leverage their policies t... Read more
Fed Could Use Negative Rates If US Recession Strikes, Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Predicts
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The Federal Reserve could announce negative rates in the future, despite its current doubts about this unconventional me... Read more
The Fed Could Cut Interest Rates 3 Times This Year, UBS Predicts
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Arend Kapteyn, global head of economic research at UBS, said the first Fed rate cut could come in March. Read more
Biden Says Trump's Pressure On The Federal Reserve Is An Abuse Of Power
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"It's his way of abusing power across the board. It's a big mistake," Biden says of Trump's attacks on the Fed. Read more
'Awfully High' Risks Of A Global Recession In The Next 12-18 Months, Moody's Chief Economist Says
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"Even if we don't have a recession ... I think it's pretty clear that we're going to have a much weaker economy," says M... Read more
5 Big Risks That The World's Fragile Economy Doesn't Need Right Now
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Global recession fears are rising. CNBC takes a look at some of the potential triggers for a contraction. Read more
Charles Evans Says Fed Has Turned Dovish, But Still Might Need To Do More
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Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said he was "open-minded" about further interest rate c... Read more
Powell Says It's Possible The Fed Will Have To Resume Balance Sheet Growth
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Powell said on Wednesday that the Fed may have to resume regular balance sheet growth to help ease money markets. Read more
Trump Says Powell And The Fed 'Fail Again' — 'No Guts, No Sense, No Vision!'
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The decision to cut rates followed a monthslong pressure campaign by Trump, who often criticized Chairman Jerome Powell ... Read more
Fed Rate Cut Is Coming, But Some Market Insiders Doubt It's Really Necessary
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A Federal Reserve rate cut at the end of this week's two-day FOMC meeting is considered a "lock" by the market, but chie... Read more