Federal Reserve

In a release late Sunday night, the Fed announced that it has agreed with other major central banks to reopen foreign currency swap lines in order to...

U.S. Treasury markets were relatively quiet most of this week, although some Friday morning news had translated into market gains, as of early...

In testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke once again affirmed his membership in our Announcement Effect...

Speaking in Dallas yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated the choices we will have to face to regain fiscal sustainability. He...

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Yesterday, the Federal Reserve ended its purchases of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) from the government-sponsored enterprises (GSE), including...

This week, the New York Federal Reserve announced the beginning of a new Reverse Repurchase Agreement Program to reduce some of the liquidity in...

For the first time since it began purchasing mortgage-backed securities, the Fed's holdings of federal agency MBS's passed the $1 trillion mark last...

Commission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the Executive Order officially creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...

Thomas Hoenig, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, had strong words today for lawmakers who want the Fed to bail them out of the...

Earlier this week, four Fed lending facilities came to a close (see Fed release here), as previously announced, in light of improved conditions in...

The Federal Reserve announced, this morning, that it will transfer $46.1 billion in FY2009 profits over to the Treasury, higher than the $31.7 billion...