Interest-Rate Surge Ripples Through Economy, From Homes to Car Loans
The Fed’s moves to chill inflation have driven up bond yields and many other borrowing costs linked to them. So...
Monetary Policy
Fed’s Patrick Harker Expects Steady, Deliberate Path of Rate Rises
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said a series of rate increases is needed to tame inflation. “I...
Fed’s Brainard Says Reducing Elevated Inflation ‘Is of Paramount Importance’
A top Federal Reserve official said the central bank is strongly committed to taking steps that will reduce inflation this...
Economists Seek Recession Clues in the Yield Curve
As yields on two-year Treasury notes this week moved above yields on 10-year notes, Wall Street analysts sent up warning...
March Jobs Report Keeps Fed on Track for Larger Rate Rise in May
Friday’s employment figures underscore the urgency Federal Reserve officials feel to quickly withdraw economic stimulus by raising interest rates in...
U.S. Inflation Rises to 40-Year Peak in February by Fed’s Preferred Measure
Inflation reached a new 40-year peak in February, according to the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge, buoyed in part by a...
Central Banks Grapple With Dual Threat of Slowing Growth, Rising Inflation
The war in Ukraine is casting a stagflationary shadow over the world economy and posing a dilemma for central banks:...
Home Sales Fell in February Amid Tight Supply, Rising Mortgage Rates
Sales of previously owned homes declined in February as rising mortgage-interest rates and a shortage of homes for sale made...
Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time Since 2018
The Federal Reserve said it would lift interest rates and penciled in a series of further increases this year aimed...
Economy Week Ahead: Retail, Central Banks, Home Sales
The Fed is looking to cool demand and control inflation. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS By WSJ staff March 13, 2022 3:00...
Powell Says Fed Is on Track to Raise Rates in Two Weeks
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he would propose a quarter-percentage point rate increase at the central bank’s meeting in...
Fed Sets Trading Restrictions for Top Officials
The Federal Reserve formally adopted new ethics rules aimed at limiting financial-market trading by its top officials, senior staff and...
Fed Officials Lean Against Expectations of Half-Point Increase in March
Federal Reserve officials pushed back Friday against the prospect that they would begin raising interest rates next month with a...
Fed Eyeing Potential for Faster Rate Increases to Ease Inflation
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month discussed an accelerated timetable for raising interest rates, beginning with an anticipated...
Boston Fed Picks University of Michigan Provost Susan M. Collins as President
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston selected University of Michigan Provost Susan M. Collins as its next president, filling a...
Strong Jobs Report Points to Likely Fed Rate Rises in March and May
A steady gain in hiring last month keeps the Federal Reserve on track to lift interest rates next month and...
Raskin Faces Senate Questions Over Views on Climate Change, Regulations
Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Biden’s nominee to become the government’s top bank regulator, defended her views on using financial regulation...
Stock Market Jitters Don’t Endanger Economy Yet
The past few weeks of stock market turmoil don’t mean the economy is about to be derailed, but rather that...
Fed Interest-Rate Decision Tees Up March Increase
The Federal Reserve signaled it would begin steadily raising interest rates in mid-March, its latest step toward removing stimulus to...
Economy Week Ahead: Fed, GDP, Consumer Spending
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. The central bank’s two-day policy meeting is scheduled to conclude on Wednesday. Photo: Graeme Jennings/Press Pool...
