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Federal Reserve Chair Powell is speaking on Thursday

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers a speech on his economic outlook, followed by a question and answer session.

  • Powell participates in "Global Perspectives" conversation before event hosted by the Dallas Regional Chamber, World Affairs Council of DFW and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • @ 2000 GMT / 1500 US Eastern time

While the Fed seems committed to a December rate cut not all signs in the CPI data on Wednesday were encouraging.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.




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Remember, remember the 5th of November at the Federal Reserve Bank of NY with The Resistance Company

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Editorial: Why are interest rates rising while the Federal Reserve is cutting? Trump deficit worries could be at work.

Bond investors have sent Treasury yields significantly higher in recent weeks even as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates.




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Federal Reserve Vows To Help Economy Weather The Pandemic Recession

Updated at 4:12 p.m. ET The Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero Wednesday and once again promised to deliver whatever monetary medicine it can to an economy that's badly ailing from the coronavirus pandemic. "The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time," the central bank said in a statement . While noting that "financial conditions have improved, in part reflecting policy measures to support the economy," the Fed's rate-setting committee reiterated its intent to leave interest rates at rock-bottom levels, "until it is confident that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve its maximum employment and price stability goals." Notes released along with the committee's statement suggest no rate increases are expected at least through 2022. "We're not thinking about raising rates," Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said at a news conference. "We're not even thinking about thinking about




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Federal Reserve to announce potential rate cut decision Thursday

Prognosticators anticipate the Federal Reserve on Thursday will announce a second rate cut after lowering the federal lending rate by 0.5% in September.




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U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Thursday. Policymakers took note of a job market that has "generally eased," while inflation continues to move toward the central bank's two per cent target.




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Federal Reserve Signals Intentions to Raise Interest Rates in March

To temper elevated inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank intends to raise short-term interest rates in mid-March. Photo: Federal Reserve




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What Rule for the Federal Reserve? Forecast Targeting [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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The Power of the Federal Reserve Chair [electronic journal].




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Monetary Policy Strategies for the Federal Reserve [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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US Federal Reserve sets up new community for upcoming instant payment offering

The US Federal Reserve has created a new group to advise on its planned faster payments service, the FedNow...




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Despite Looming Interest Rate Hike by U.S. Federal Reserve, Majority of Current Home Shoppers Still Plan to Purchase

70 percent of Americans surveyed by Zillow Mortgages said they would not abandon their home buying plans should interest rates rise to 4.5%




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US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point: as it happened






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Federal Reserve may get less bang for the buck if it repeats 2016 rate pause

For the Federal Reserve, 2019 has started out looking a lot like 2016: The last time uncertainty over global growth roiled financial markets for months on end.




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NAFCU's Comments to Federal Reserve on Interchange Fraud Adjustment

Fred. R. Becker Jr., president and CEO of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions, on Sept. 28, 2011, submitted comments to the Federal Reserve Board's Jennifer Johnson on its interim final rule on the fraud adjustment for debit card interchange fees.




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Congressional Master Class: The Senate Filibuster, Congress and the Federal Reserve


In this podcast, congressional expert Sarah Binder explains why the Senate filibuster is a historical mistake. She talks about her research on Congress’s relationship with the Federal Reserve and addresses whether Congress is more polarized today than it has been in the past. Binder, a senior fellow in Governance Studies, is also a professor of political science at George Washington University and contributor to the Monkey Cage blog.

 

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Show notes:

• The Federal Reserve: Balancing Multiple Mandates (testimony by Alice Rivlin)
Boom! What the Senate Will Be Like When the Nuclear Dust Settles
Beyond the Horse Race to Lead the Fed
Droning on: Thoughts on the Rand Paul “Talking Filibuster”
• Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary
The History of the Filibuster

* In the image, Senator Henry Clay speaks about the Compromise of 1850 in the Old Senate Chamber. Daniel Webster is seated to the left of Clay and John C. Calhoun to the left of the Speaker's chair. (engraving by Robert Whitechurch, ca. 1880, Library of Congress)

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Political Takeaways From the Federal Reserve Transcripts


The Federal Reserve last week released transcripts of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings that took place in 2008 amidst a worsening global financial crisis. Sarah Binder describes what was found amongst the transcripts. Alongside financial and economic crises facing the Fed that year, the Fed faced a crisis as a political institution.  

      
 
 




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Federal Reserve seeks banks' advice as it gets into direct lending with coronavirus relief

The Federal Reserve has reached out to investment and retail banks for feedback on its Main Street lending program ahead of its formal launch, according to people familiar with the matter.




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New York City's subway system may turn to the Federal Reserve for a loan, meets bond investors Friday

Squeezed by a lack of ridership, the authority that runs New York City's subways and buses may go to the Federal Reserve for a loan




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What the Federal Reserve Can Do to Fight Recession

The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting the global economy. WSJ’s Greg Ip explains what the Federal Reserve can do to stem the damage. Illustration: Carlos Waters/WSJ




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Monetary easing still needed: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen

While the economy appears likely to rebound from a first-quarter contraction, Yellen said the progress “bears close watching.




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US dollar edges up amid Federal Reserve meeting

The US dollar strengthened modestly against its major rivals in late trading on Tuesday amid the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.




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US Federal Reserve won't take rates negative, say fund managers, economists

Fed funds futures, which are a gauge of where markets expect the Fed's benchmark overnight lending rate to be, are now pricing in a slightly negative rate environment beginning in December




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The myth of independence: how Congress governs the Federal Reserve / Sarah Binder, Mark Spindel

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