US banks sue Federal Reserve after stress test overly restricts bank capital: Report
Banking associations and business groups are suing the United States Federal Reserve as they claim that the annual banking stress tests overly restrict bank capital, reported the news portal CNBC on December 24. Banking associations, including The Bank Policy Institute,…
Federal Reserve Watch: 2025 | Seeking Alpha
This article was written by Follow John M. Mason writes on current monetary and financial events. He is the founder and CEO of New Finance, LLC. Dr. Mason has been President and CEO of two publicly traded financial institutions and…
Inflation Likely To Rise as New Policies are Enacted – All Otsego
(Graphic from FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data) The Myth Busting Economist by Larry Malone Inflation Likely To Rise as New Policies are Enacted An earlier column this year asked “Where Did All of the Inflation Come From?” A big myth…
Asian Markets Sway As Investors Look Towards Fed’s 2025 Moves
What’s going on here? This Friday, Asian markets danced to a volatile tune with the dollar holding steady, as traders set their sights on 2025, anticipating a measured approach from the Federal Reserve on interest rate cuts. What does this…
How much can Americans spend? Check the money supply.
Lots of economic reports and data releases get plenty of attention: job numbers, inflation data, retail spending. But some economic releases go all but unnoticed. One of those is the money supply — how much money is circulating in the…
What’s the Outlook for Interest Rates in 2025?
Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve expects to cut its influential federal funds rate at a slower pace in the new year than previously anticipated. That could influence all borrowing costs, including car loans, mortgages and other credit types. Some of…
Federal Reserve being sued by major banks and business groups
Banks are Fed up: In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a major law regulating large financial institutions. The goal of the law was to prevent another financial crisis. Among the law’s many provisions…
What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?
Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions, as well as how markets process information. Brandy Hadley is a finance professor who leads a student-managed investment fund and studies…
A new year’s resolution for the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut rates in December is puzzling yet also illuminating. It has given me greater appreciation for the many virtues of monetary-policy rules. I’m not ready to turn such decisions over to a computer, but the…
Big banks, business groups sue US Federal Reserve over annual ‘stress tests’
Major banks and business groups sued the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, alleging the U.S. central bank’s annual “stress tests” of Wall Street firms violate the law. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, claims the Fed’s practice…