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The Fed Is Worried About Private Credit. Should It Be the One Regulating the Sector?
Fed officials fret that the $1.7 trillion market for private credit has grown so big it could pose a risk to financial ...
Powell defends Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the central bank’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Sunday in a Princeton ...
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What Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Says About Penny Production Ending in 2026
The U.S. rolled out the penny for the first time in 1793, more than 230 years ago. President Abraham Lincoln was the first ...
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Fed paper flags 'underappreciated' risks of private credit
As private credit tops $1 trillion, Fed researchers warn bank exposure to the sector could spark systemic risk if defaults spike.
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Federal Reserve Research Warns Bank-Private Credit Ties Create “Systemic Risk”
Boston Fed study finds banks' $1.2 trillion in funding to private credit funds could trigger liquidity crisis during economic ...
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Hacking the wealth gap
The Federal Reserve Bank of Bosto n’s update of the “Color of Wealth” was originally due next year but may take longer. It would be best if Mathematica, the research organization conducting the new ...
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When’s the next Federal Reserve meeting? What to expect — and how it affects your finances
Voting FOMC members always include the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and one each from the following four bank groups, based on a rotating schedule: Boston, Philadelphia and ...
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Boston Fed president says tariff-induced inflation ‘looks inevitable.’ She suspects the central bank will hold rates steady for longer
In her first public remarks since the central bank left interest rates unchanged, Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins said tariffs would fuel inflation, but it might not be felt for long.
Banks’ links to private credit could pose systemic risk, says Boston Fed
Report highlights how direct lenders are forging increasingly close ties to more tightly regulated financial groups ...
Federal Reserve Will Cut Staff By 10%
The Federal Reserve aims to cut 10% of its workforce over the next several years, Chair Jerome Powell told employees in a memo—following suit with the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size ...
Fed minutes: Uncertainty ‘elevated’ as risks of higher inflation and unemployment rise
Trump’s tariffs have created a dilemma for the Fed because the duties could both raise inflation — which the Fed would ...