The Fed prioritizes shrinking its balance sheet over rate cuts to fight inflation. See why its disciplined approach supports growth, jobs, and long-term stability.

As traders brace for another pivotal session on Monday, July 7, 2025, several critical U.S. economic updates could influence ...

Prohibiting the Fed from paying interest on reserves wouldn’t protect taxpayers and would undermine the central bank’s ...

Explore how Trump's spending bill, Fed policies, and aggressive rate cuts impact stocks, bonds, inflation, and the US dollar.

Financial markets were shaken but not stirred this past spring, according to the Federal Reserve, as swinging stock prices ...

The Treasury spent big on transfers to households via the Fed. A huge fiscal deficit emerged, and the national debt spiked upwards. But the Fed did not allow this to be reflected in higher interest ...

Furthermore, another underappreciated impact of the SLR change is its effect on the Total Loss Absorbing Capital (TLAC) and ...

If Republicans are serious about reducing federal deficit spending, it is important to consider the effect the Federal Reserve has on the nation’s budgetary outlook. If the numerical models imposed by ...

Unfortunately, central bankers can‘t wave a magic wand and make price inflation disappear while the same central bankers also ...

Together, the two rates are designed to keep the federal funds rate, the central bank’s main ... During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fed more than doubled the size of its balance sheet to a peak of $9 ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge fund leverage hit a five-year high last week, with speculators buying banks, trading companies and ...

Quantitative tightening’ is driving up borrowing costs and piling pressure on public finances, according to fund managers ...