How Republicans calling for smaller government could use the Fed's balance sheet to wield more power
Both times, the Fed's balance grew in size, reaching a peak of almost $9 trillion in 2022, but the second period of asset purchases consisted mostly of lower-coupon, longer-duration bonds that plunged ...
Ron Paul Wants to Lay Bare the Fed’s Inner Workings. Musk Is Pushing Him as Fed Chair.
In an interview with Barron’s, Paul, called for an “audit” of the Fed that would reveal how the central bank conducts its ...
Fed seen on hold until September, with rising bets on earlier rate cut
The Federal Reserve will likely wait until September before cutting its policy rate, traders bet on Thursday, as data kept ...
Warren, Waters question Fed chair on proposal ‘upending’ bank stress test framework
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) teamed up to question the Federal Reserve’s proposal to ...
Fed's Powell: No Agency Other Than CFPB Tasked With Consumer Protection Enforcement
(Reuters) - No U.S. regulator other than the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with ensuring that banks abide by ...
Job growth slowed in January, but overall picture remains solid
The pace of hiring slowed slightly in January, signaling more subdued employment growth even as joblessness remained low.
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Fed Monetary Policy Report flags solid economy, elevated markets
The Federal Reserve's latest Monetary Policy Report to Congress, released on Friday, was upbeat about the state of the ...
Wall Street closes higher as investors digest earnings
All three major stock indexes closed higher on Wednesday, rebounding from declines earlier in the session as investors ...
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Langworthy, Tenney suggest Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station for ICE operations
Republican Reps. Nick Langworthy and Claudia Tenney want the Department of Defense to consider the Niagara Falls Air Reserve ...
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Trump Broke the Federal Email System and Government Employees Got Blasted With Astonishingly Vulgar Messages
Turns out that putting underqualified kids in charge of the federal government's HR agency wasn't the smartest ... "Goes to show you how fast this [new comms system] was cobbled together," one NOAA ...
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How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
“It’s alarming that Elon Musk is attempting to gain access to the Federal Government’s critical payment system, which is responsible for delivering Social Security checks, tax ...
Why the Fed may be done cutting interest rates, once and for all
Some economists were saying Wednesday that the rate-cutting cycle is over, while others think the Federal Reserve won’t ease ...