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Tom Barkin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, recently visited Nash and Edgecombe counties to listen and learn about workforce and housing opportunities in Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 10:06 am
By: ENC NOW
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American households currently have nearly $17.1 trillion in consumer debt, with balances standing $2.9 trillion higher than before the lockdown-induced recession, according to data released on Monday from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 12:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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Officials at the Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% increase in the target federal funds rate on Wednesday, marking a slowdown from previous rate hikes meant to combat inflation, even as the financial sector contends with the collapse of three medium-sized regional banks.
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 12:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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PacWest stock plummeted as investors remain worried about the financial sector, a decline which occurred despite Federal Reserve officials assuring market actors hours earlier that the banking system is “sound and resilient.”
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 11:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said on Thursday that she expects policymakers will increase the target federal funds rate beyond 5.0% as inflationary pressures continue to impact the economy.
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2023 @ 8:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republican lawmakers at the state and federal levels have introduced multiple bills this week meant to prohibit or discourage the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency, also known as a CBDC.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 4:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prevent the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration from establishing a central bank digital currency.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 8:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Stocks slid after officials at the Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% increase in the target federal funds rate on Wednesday, continuing a slowdown from previous rate hikes meant to combat inflation and marking caution from policymakers given recent tumult in the banking sector.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 4:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren called for a new Federal Reserve Chairman on Sunday as she lashed out at Jerome Powell’s job performance.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 1:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted in a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve might not guarantee large deposits at small community banks like they did for a failed California bank.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 11:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Federal Reserve has aggressively raised target interest rates over the past year to tamp down on rising prices. Even so, inflation persists at worrisome rates. According to today’s release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in February after rising 0.5%
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned lawmakers on Tuesday that the central bank would continue to increase the target federal funds rate as inflationary pressures remain elevated.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 12:18 am
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank will refrain from advancing social policy, especially with respect to climate change.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 10:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Regulators advised banks and other financial institutions to avoid cryptocurrencies, a warning that comes after the implosion of digital asset company FTX and deliberations over a possible central bank digital currency in the United States.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 @ 2:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Tina Smith (D-NM) asked the Federal Reserve to examine the banking system’s exposure to cryptocurrencies amid continued fallout from defunct company FTX.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 7:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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Household debt rose again in the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2022 @ 6:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell remarked during a Wednesday speech that central bankers will likely slow their implementation of contractionary monetary policy this month.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 4:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Launches Digital Dollar Initiative Days After Leading Cryptocurrency Firm Goes UnderThe Federal Reserve Bank of New York began a simulated digital currency initiative on Tuesday alongside multiple major banks as the cryptocurrency sector descends into chaos.
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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Atlanta Fed Chief: U.S. Economy Needs To Feel Pain Of Recession Now To ‘Avoid Deep, Deep Pain’ LaterAtlanta Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Raphael Bostic said Sunday that the country needs economic pain now to avoid even more pain later.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 @ 3:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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The American economy is expected to grow at a paltry 0.3% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2022, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 4:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said on Monday that the central bank increasing federal funds rate targets will have dramatic effects on economic activity.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 8:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Federal Reserve Board of Governors announced that six of the nation’s largest banks will take part in a process to examine economic risks posed by climate change.
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2022 @ 3:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed on Friday that the central bank remains committed to returning the economy to a stable rate of inflation.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 10:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to a report from Senate Republicans claiming that the central bank failed to combat a Chinese government information theft campaign by calling it “unfair, unsubstantiated, and unverified.”
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 3:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Federal Reserve announced on Thursday that the American banking system is projected to be able to weather the next recession.
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 4:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller warned on Saturday that efforts from the central bank to tackle inflation would produce higher unemployment.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 1:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Tom Barkin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, via Zoom
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 12:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Christopher Waller hinted that the central bank may begin tapering its aggressive quantitative easing.
Published: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 @ 2:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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After a brutal week, the stock market surged back Monday amid an increasing expectation from investors that the Federal Reserve and other major central banks will lower interest rates in response to coronavirus.
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 @ 7:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The econometric issue in question was a focus of mine in graduate school and as a faculty member at Columbia. It is the issue of how to generate causal estimates of the effect of policy changes.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 6:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Federal Reserve Bank, also known as "The Fed," was created in 1913 to regulate the banks and to ensure a stable dollar
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 11:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you are even an occasional reader of this space, you know that I put very little stock in "best places for business" lists. There are too many of them, reflecting too many different and mutually incompatible methodologies. They produce conflicting information and often bear little relationship...
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A 1997 bill that exempted "payday lenders" from state usury laws was allowed to sunset in 2001, and the last storefront lenders were shut down in 2005.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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