Federal Reserve Bank News

U.S. stocks slipped by afternoon trade on Monday as indexes struggled to break above their record levels with investors hesitant to rush into the market.

Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Narayana Kocherlakota speaks at a macro-finance conference hosted by the Boston Federal Reserve Bank and Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts November 30, 2012.

A recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says because smartphones are increasing in popularity so quickly, scammers are following suit.

Columbia Bank CEO Melanie Dressel has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco , where she will become an adviser on the economy, lending conditions and regulatory policies.

A near-term recovery of the global economy was given no better than 50/50 odds by Mohamed El-Erian , CEO and co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co.

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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday that the shadow banking system continued to pose a threat to financial stability, and that bank funding markets might still not be able to cope with a major default.

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy has not created more jobs because Congress has not provided clarity on tax policy, regulations, federal spending and other issues, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank president Richard Fisher said in an interview today on CNBC.

's 2.0 percent target, the central bank is facing a major test and some experts wonder whether it will eventually need to ramp up its already aggressive bond buying program.

Janet Tavakoli is president of Chicago-based consulting and expert witness firm Tavakoli Structured Finance.

Bond investors are gaining confidence that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will unwind the central bank's unprecedented $3.3 trillion balance sheet without sparking a crash similar to 1994, when Alan Greenspan surprised the market by doubling benchmark lending rates in 12 months.

I know it sounds crazy to suggest that the Federal Reserve Bank is in trouble, but it's true.

The United States is headed into a period of higher inflation because of a constellation of factors under way in Washington, according to an American economist who has spent most of his career advising crisis-stricken economies around the globe.

In this file photo, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting during the Spring Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, April 20, 2013.

As the Federal Reserve meets this week, it's nearly a given on Wall Street that Chairman Ben Bernanke will not be presiding over the Fed at this time next year.

There are often shades of grey in interpreting people's views but the NYT seems to be giving us assessments of Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Janet Yellen's views that are 180 degrees apart.

I know it sounds crazy to suggest that the Federal Reserve Bank is in trouble, but it's true.

Mr Bernanke: The Fed chairman and his global counterparts have become 'not only the lenders of last resort, but the policymakers of last resort'. - [TOKYO] It is your first day as the new US Federal Reserve chief: the main interest rate is 4.5 per cent, the economy is overheating and the task is to keep inflation and unemployment low.