The Fed should be bound to fixed rules in conducting monetary policy because discretionary power can destabilize the economy.­ • Interest rate flexibility: The money growth rule was intended to allow ...

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C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Tom Barkin Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin discusses U.S. monetary policy and the outlook for inflation and labor markets. The C.

The first wave of Federal Reserve officials to weigh in after this week's policy meeting reiterated on Friday that the ...

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack on Thursday called for ...

Fed officials already seem inclined to revise their approach, though debate remains on key issues like how to manage ...

Monetary policy is on track to loosen later rather than sooner. Housing finance firms may look more to home equity until or ...

For most of its modern history, the Fed’s main monetary policy tool was buying and selling government securities to influence the federal funds rate—the interest rate at which banks borrow ...

Economists said they would not rule out another easing in the second ... Analysts polled by Reuters had widely expected the MAS to loosen monetary policy by reducing the slope of the band in ...