Under Powell, the Fed Makes Monetary Policy Boring Again
The central bank no longer needs to play a prominent role in the U.S. economy, which is running more normally as the pandemic ...
Trump's Fed Appointments Could Shift Monetary Policy—But Maybe Not Right Away
President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants more influence over Federal Reserve policy. He recently indicated that he won’t ask Fed Chair Jerome Powell to step down, meaning he may not be able to ...
Central Banks to Keep Markets Lively Into Year’s End
A run of hard-to-predict central bank decisions in the world's biggest economies is coming up. Nine Group-of-10 central banks ...
China Eases Overall Monetary Policy Stance for First Time in 14 Years
Faced with a faltering economy and falling prices, the Politburo loosened the policy approach of China’s central bank and ...