James Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, voted for a bigger interest rate on September 18 cut to "provide insurance" against a slowing economy
AFP News
Sep 20, 2019
The Fed lowered its target interest rate by a quarter point on Sept. 18, the second such cut since July – and the first reductions since the Great Recession more than 10 years ago.
Michael Klein
Sep 20, 2019
For a fourth straight day, the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Friday will inject billions into US money markets to preserve the US central bank's control over short-term interest rates.
AFP News
Sep 19, 2019
The Fed cuts rates again but even this isn't enough for Trump, who wants zero interest.
Arthur Villasanta
Sep 18, 2019
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank will be willing to be aggressive to support the US economy
AFP News
Sep 18, 2019
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addresses reporters on Wednesday September 18, 2019
AFP News
Sep 18, 2019
Fed cut interest rates in line with expectations, far less than President Trump had demanded.
Marcy Kreiter
Sep 18, 2019
US Federal Reserve benchmark lending rates
AFP News
Sep 18, 2019
For the first time in more than a decade, the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Tuesday pumped billions of dollars into financial markets to keep short-term interest rates in line with the Fed's target range.
AFP News
Sep 17, 2019
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has said the central bank will 'act as appropriate' to sustain GDP growth
AFP News
Sep 17, 2019
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to cut interest rates again next week, part of 180-degree shift in monetary policy by the US central bank
AFP News
Sep 14, 2019
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said banks would have to come up with new fees to protect profitability should interest rates go to zero or lower.
Marcy Kreiter
Sep 11, 2019
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, pictured in July 2019, blaming him for failing to stimulate the economy fast enough
AFP News
Sep 06, 2019
Powell spoke at an economic forum in Switzerland and assured interest rate decisions would be made on data, not political pressure
Marcy Kreiter
Sep 06, 2019
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, blaming him for failing to stimulate the economy fast enough
AFP News
Sep 06, 2019
US President Donald Trump (left) and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ordered fresh increases on hundreds of billions of dollars in two-way trade in August 2019
AFP News
Sep 04, 2019
New York Federal Reserve Bank chief John Williams said the US economy was in a good place, for now
AFP News
Sep 04, 2019
In September 2019, unemployment is low, GDP growth remains steady around two percent and inflation is below the Fed's target, Boston Federal Reserve Bank head Eric Rosengren noted
AFP News
Sep 03, 2019
Mary Daly, President of San Francisco Federal Reserve has expressed support for more U.S. monetary policy easing.
Kalyan Kumar
Aug 29, 2019
Interest rates for US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, 2005-2019.
AFP News
Aug 23, 2019
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says trade tensions pose a risk to growth, but the central bank will act to ensure the US economic expansion continues
AFP News
Aug 23, 2019
Interest rates for US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, 2005-2019.
AFP News
Aug 22, 2019