Tag: Federal Reserve

November 17, 2020

It also generally means higher interest rates on loans, which is good for a bank’s bottom line. The United States has gone into recession, Federal Reserve-managed prime interest rates dropped to the 0%-0.25% range, and millions of people were losing […]

November 11, 2020

Economists and market analysts say that when President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office in January, he will inherit a battered economy. While most metrics of economic activity have risen from the record-shattering lows they hit in March and […]

October 28, 2020

Federal Reserve officials have been pressing Congress to provide more fiscal help to the U.S. economy, and with good reason: The central bank is running out of ways it can help. Since the expiration of key provisions of the $2.2 […]

October 12, 2020

The South Dakota-based bank was found to have “deficiencies” in enterprise-wide and compliance risk management, as well as its data governance and internal controls. As well as paying a hefty fine to the US Treasury, Citi will also have to […]

September 11, 2020

Sheila Clark, the Fed’s programme director for its diversity office, says submissions of diversity policy and practice assessments had “slightly increased” over the past two years. But in a congressional testimony published ahead of a hearing on Tuesday, the Fed […]

September 2, 2020

Long-dated U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as investors fretted over the fragility of the U.S. economic recovery which has led investors to expect the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at rock-bottom for an extended period. What are Treasurys […]

August 27, 2020

Gold futures moved lower Thursday in volatile trading that saw prices move in either direction by as much as 2%. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced changes to the central bank’s policy framework in a speech at the Jackson Hole […]

August 20, 2020

U.S. stocks opened modestly lower on Thursday after a weekly jobless benefit claims report suggested the recovery in employment was flagging. After the S&P 500 index achieved its record close earlier this week, investors have become more angst-ridden about pricey […]

August 19, 2020

Gold prices fell on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar halted its skid and as commodity investors watch for minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July policy meeting, which could provide further insights on the central banker’s outlook for the U.S. and […]

August 19, 2020

Federal Open Market Committee members expressed concern at their latest meeting over the future of the economy, saying that the coronavirus likely would continue to stunt growth and potentially pose dangers to the financial system. At the July 28-29 session, […]