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The Fed continues quantitative tightening, reducing its balance sheet while managing excess reserves and liquidity to stabilize markets. Read about the Fed's main challenges.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said markets are demanding higher Treasury yields due to concerns about tax cuts widening the federal budget deficit.
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 of the federal workforce despite the agency’s independence from the executive branch.
The Federal Reserve plans to shrink its workforce by about 10% over the coming years, bringing the U.S. central bank in line with President Donald Trump's broader efforts to streamline the federal government,
The Federal Reserve is planning to reduce its workforce by 10% over the next few years, according to a memo by Fed Chair Jerome Powell sent to employees on Friday.
The Federal Reserve should do more to show the public how it is thinking about the economy, former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said. Over decades, the Fed has gradually moved toward greater transparency, a
President Trump's tax plan has sparked concern among investors, driving Treasury bond yields to a nearly two decade high, amid growing worries over U.S. debt.
In January 2019, after a series of discussions around long-run frameworks for monetary policy implementation, the FOMC communicated its intention to maintain an ample supply of reserves, affirming the framework that, de facto, had been in place since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). 2, 3