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…
US bank-led coalition files suit against Federal Reserve, criticizing ‘stress test’
Prominent U.S. banks filed a lawsuit against the Federal Reserve on Tuesday over stress tests, describing their implementation as “opaque” and a hindrance to economic growth. “For years, we have highlighted serious concerns about the stress testing framework and the…
US banks sue Fed over ‘opaque’ stress tests
(FILES) The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is seen ahead of a press conference by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington,…
US Federal Reserve Sued By Big Banks, Companies Over Stress Tests
Banking and business groups sued the Federal Reserve over the central bank’s annual stress tests, saying they’re seeking more transparency and input into how the rules are adopted. The groups, including the Bank Policy Institute and American Bankers Association, contend…
Does the Federal Reserve Have The Power To Block The Bitcoin Reserve Plan?
Recently, Fed Chair Jerome Powell made it clear that the Fed has no intentions of taking part in any government plan to accumulate Bitcoin. He underscored that such matters come under the jurisdiction of Congress and the Fed does not…