Nick Timiraos
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Federal Reserve Raises Rates, Signals Potential Pause
Central bank officials remove earlier guidance that had pointed to further increases. → Read More
Biden to name Fed's Lael Brainard to lead National Economic Council
President Joe Biden is set to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard to serve as his economic-policy coordinator at a difficult time when the U.S.... → Read More
Fed Officials Signal Higher Interest Rates Will Be Needed to Contain Inflation
New York Fed chief John Williams said quarter-point rate increases seem like “the right size to adjust policy,” at the WSJ CFO Network Summit. → Read More
Retiring Fed President Challenged the Consensus Inside Central Bank
Kansas City’s Esther George is leaving next month after 40 years at the regional Fed bank → Read More
Fed Official Warns Against Prematurely Concluding Inflation Has Peaked
The U.S. economy and the pace of wage growth needs to slow down in order for the Federal Reserve to be confident that its interest-rate increases will bring inflation down, a central bank official said Wednesday. → Read More
Fed Officials Preparing to Lift Interest Rates by Another 0.75 Percentage Point
Policy makers are leaning against a full-point interest-rate increase at their next meeting despite the inflation surge in June. → Read More
For the Fed, Easing Too Soon Risks Repeat of Stop-and-Go 1970s
Just as it proved difficult for the Fed last year to tell when to start raising rates, it is tough to know when to stop. What happens if the economy begins slowing sharply but inflation stays high? → Read More
Jobs Report Could Keep Fed on Track for 0.75-Point Rate Rise in July
The latest strong employment figures keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates by 0.75 percentage point at its meeting later this month to cool high inflation. → Read More
Two Fed Officials Endorse Another 0.75-Point Rate Increase
The central bank could debate whether to shift to more traditional quarter-point rate rises in November, Fed’s Christopher Waller says. → Read More
Powell Says Fed Must Accept Higher Recession Risk to Combat Inflation
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates at an aggressive pace as price pressures hit a 40-year high. → Read More
Fed Officials See Economy Skirting Recession Despite Large Rate Increases
Interest rates will need to rise to higher levels if supply constraints don’t ease, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said in a speech. → Read More
Fed’s Jerome Powell to Head to the House With Interest Rates in Focus
The Fed chairman has signaled that a new 0.75-percentage-point rise is possible in July to fight inflation, despite the risk that higher rates cause a recession. → Read More
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Higher Interest Rates Could Cause a Recession
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress the Fed’s battle against inflation could lead it to raise rates high enough to cause an economic downturn, but he said it is “essential that we bring inflation down.” → Read More
Fed Paper Finds Elevated Probability of Recession
The U.S. economy faces elevated risks of a recession over the next one to two years due to rising imbalances in markets for goods and services, including labor, according to a research from a Federal Reserve economist. → Read More
Fed’s Waller Supports 0.75-Percentage-Point Rate Hike in July
The Federal Reserve is “all in” on re-establishing price stability, governor Christopher Waller said in remarks Saturday. → Read More
Interest Rates Are Well Below What Academic Formulas Suggest, Fed Report Says
Policy rules used to guide the central bank call for a rate between 4% and 7%, a Fed report says. The Fed raised rates to a range between 1.5% and 1.75% this week. → Read More
Fed Raises Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point, Largest Increase Since 1994
Officials signaled a much more aggressive path of rate rises to combat inflation that is running at a 40-year high. → Read More
Fed’s Stern Message Amplifies Worries About Stock Valuations
The prospect of faster-than-expected monetary tightening has rattled Wall Street, forcing investors to reassess the stock market. → Read More
Fed Likely to Consider 0.75-Percentage-Point Rate Rise This Week
A string of troubling inflation reports is likely to lead Federal Reserve officials to consider surprising markets with a larger-than-expected interest rate increase at their meeting this week. → Read More
Higher Unemployment Rate Looms as the Fed Fights Inflation
Central-bank officials are beginning to signal that higher unemployment rates might be a necessary consequence of their efforts to damp inflation by raising interest rates. → Read More