Monetary Policy

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Global Hunt for Yield Prompts Fresh Surveillance by Regulators

By Alexander Weber
October 13, 2019, Bloomberg

Investor appetite for risky assets amid an extended period of low interest rates is drawing fresh scrutiny from global financial regulators.

The Financial …

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Powell: Fed’s treasury purchases shouldn’t affect monetary policy

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell delivers a speech on the U.S. economy, monetary policy, and more.…

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Powell: Negative rates not an ideal tool in our institutional context

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell takes questions on the U.S. economy after delivering a speech in Denver, Colorado.…

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As U.S. banks battle interest rates, loans may be silver lining

By Jonathan Garber
October 15, 2019, Fox Business

The Fed’s recent rate cuts will be in the spotlight when the big banks kick off the third-quarter earnings season this week.…

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Fed Will Purchase Treasury Bills at Least Into Second Quarter of 2020

By Nick Timiraos and Paul Kiernan
October 11, 2019, The Wall Street Journal

The Federal Reserve said it would buy short-term Treasury debt beginning next week to avoid a recurrence …

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We Are Primed for a Third Fed Rate Cut, Economist Rupkey Says

Christopher Rupkey, chief financial economist at MUFG Union Bank, discusses market expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”…

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Here’s how the Fed’s balance sheet expansion that’s got the market excited is going to work

By Jeff Cox
October 11, 2019, CNBC

Investors likely will have to wait a few weeks before finding out how the Federal Reserve will resume its asset purchase program, but …

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Powell’s Repo Remedy Leaves Money Markets Clamoring for Details

By Alex Harris and Emily Barrett
October 8, 2019, Bloomberg

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has outlined a plan for boosting the level of bank reserves in the system, but …

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Central bank stimulus is distorting financial markets, BIS finds

By Martin Arnold and Brendan Greeley
October 7, 2019, Financial Times

The unprecedented growth in central banks’ balance sheets since the financial crisis has had a negative impact on the …

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UBS’s Weber on Economic Risks, Negative Rates, Central Bank Policy

UBS Group AG Chairman Axel Weber talks about the German economy, negative interest rates and central bank policy. He speaks with Matt Miller in Zurich on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”…