Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got ...
US bond market lukewarm on Bessent's 10-year yield pledge
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's pledge to contain yields on 10-year Treasury notes met some skepticism in the bond ...
Bessent's focus on 10-year US Treasury yield may let Fed off the hook
The Trump administration's emerging focus on long-term Treasury bond yields may show growing sensitivity to market ...
Bessent says Trump is focused on the 10-year Treasury yield and won't push the Fed to cut rates
While in the past Trump has implored the Fed to cut its benchmark rate, Bessent said the current strategy is using the levers ...
Fed Vice Chair Jefferson advocates remaining cautious on rates as policy drama unfolds
Jefferson echoed recent statements from other officials that it’s in the Fed’s best interest to move slowly as it evaluates ...
Fed Official Pushes Back on Pre-emptive Policy Moves
Mary C. Daly, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the central bank needed to assess the “scope, ...
Will Tariffs Keep the Federal Reserve From Cutting Interest Rates This Year?
Like everyone else, Federal Reserve officials are watching and waiting to see what tariffs Donald Trump will impose and how they will affect the economy.
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Does Monetary Policy Tightening Reduce Inflation?
Recent research has identified periods when the Federal Reserve intentionally acted to slow inflation when it exceeded ...
Real World Economics: The Fed cannot save our wayward economy
An applied Friedmanite, Volcker understood that excess growth of the money supply was the root cause of this ...
Top Fed officials’ comments highlight split on central bank about next interest-rate cuts
The split came into clear focus on Friday, the first day Fed officials spoke publicly in the wake of the decision earlier in the week to hold its benchmark interest rate steady in a range of 4.25%-4.5 ...
Federal Reserve's Bowman says further rate cuts should be gradual, cautious
Bowman said on Friday she expects declining inflation to allow further interest rate cuts this year, but feels many factors ...