Federal Reserve System

Veteran banker Jeffrey Schmid picked to lead Kansas City Fed

The Kansas City Federal Reserve is about to get a new leader as the inflation-fighting central bank plots its course…

15 years of low interest rates reshaped the U.S. economy. Here’s what’s changing as rates stay higher for longer

The United States is entering a new economic era as the Federal Reserve has been hiking its benchmark interest rate.…

St. Louis Fed President Bullard says he’s stepping down in August

The St. Louis Federal Reserve announced Thursday that Jim Bullard will step down from his post as president, effective Aug.…

Corporate bankruptcies and defaults are surging – here’s why

The Federal Reserve plans to keep hiking interest rates to stem inflation, which means an increase in corporate default rates…

Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell speak live to Senate banking panel

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House Democrats release wave of bank reform bills

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Wednesday will release a slate of reform bills in response to the recent bank failures…

Rate cuts, hikes and pauses: The world’s central banks just made very different decisions

From hawkish pauses to rate hikes and dovish tones, the world’s biggest central banks last week struck very different tones…

One TikTok at a time: How Kyla Scanlon is making finance fun

She’s considered an influencer who uses TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to make financial education fun for young audiences. Kyla Scanlon,…

JPMorgan bond chief Bob Michele sees worrying echoes of 2008 in market calm

To at least one market veteran, the stock market’s resurgence after a string of bank failures and rapid interest rate…

Using cash like a millionaire may not make sense for most investors. Here’s why

Millionaires moved money out of stocks into cash and cash-like investments in the past year and may add to those…