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On Wall Street January 1, 2010 Steven Sloan |
Curbs on Fed Power Move from Fringe to the Forefront Once considered the biggest winner under the Obama administration's regulatory revamp plan, the Federal Reserve Board is likely to lose substantial power if reform legislation is enacted, as expected. |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2011 Stephen L. Carter |
Ugly Senate Confirmation Hearings Are the American Way Is Senate confirmation of Presidential nominees worth savaged reputations and political grandstanding? Unfortunately, yes, argues a Yale legal scholar |
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 Peter Coy |
An Embattled Fed Fights Back Bernanke is unapologetic and warns that moves to weaken the central bank would jeopardize economic stability |
BusinessWeek December 1, 2010 Rich Miller |
Bernanke and Geithner Fight Back How the Federal Reserve chairman and Treasury Secretary are battling to defend the Fed's latest moves -- and preserve its independence. |
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Rich Miller |
An Inflation Dove Rises at the Fed Janet Yellen is serving as vice-chair of a Fed under siege |
BusinessWeek January 20, 2011 Scott Lanman |
John Taylor: The Republicans' Shadow Fed Chairman The Stanford University economist's blistering policy critiques have inspired GOP leaders |
Salon.com May 10, 2001 Jake Tapper |
Holding court Bush unveils the beginning of his legacy -- the people he wants to shape the law. But Democrats are plotting to keep a say in the nominations... |
BusinessWeek December 2, 2010 Mattingly & Schmidt |
Monetary Policy: Fed Critic Ron Paul's Power Play After waiting decades, Fed critic Ron Paul is in line to chair the House's monetary policy subcommittee. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
A Rough New Year for Congress Let's preview the political implications for financial regulatory reform and the market. |
Fast Company October 2008 McCorkle & Rockwood |
The Federal Open Market Committee Do you know who to blame for those crazy-low CD returns? The 10 men and women of the FOMC, who will gather soon to set monetary policy and consider interest rates. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Schmidt & Mattingly |
A Wall Street Sheriff with Fewer Bullets The FDIC's Bair is losing out to the Fed in the regulatory overhaul |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Stacy Kaper |
Will Close Vote Doom Card Reform? Although the Senate Banking Committee has voted to adopt comprehensive credit card reforms, the close margin cast doubt on its odds for enactment. |
BusinessWeek February 18, 2010 Rich Miller |
Interest Rate Tightening: It's All in the Timing Details are emerging on how the Fed will tighten credit. But Congress really wants to know whether it will happen before the fall elections. |
Registered Rep. March 2, 2010 Kristen French |
Senate Nears Deal, Consumer Protection At The Fed Circulated Monday by Chris Dodd, Senate banking committee chairman, the latest proposal would house a semi-autonomous consumer protection agency inside of the Federal Reserve, according a story in the Financial Times. |
BusinessWeek April 28, 2011 Rich Miller |
Why a Fed Rate Hike May Be Delayed The GOP's calls for austerity increase the likelihood of long-term budget cuts, and mean interest rates may hold longer than expected. |
BusinessWeek February 17, 2011 Craig Torres |
The Fed's A-Team Hunts for Signs of Risk LISCC, as the Fed team of analysts and economists is called, probes the banks. |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Peter Coy |
Is the Fed Creating New Bubbles? Its easy-money policy has Asia worried. But Bernanke says fears of a speculative surge are overblown |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Rich Miller |
What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows. |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2010 Paula Dwyer |
How the Political Gridlock in Washington Might End Anger at Washington and midterm elections are driving both parties to recalibrate their self-interest. A tentative bipartisanship is emerging. |
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 David J. Lynch |
The Fed Partially Lifts the Veil on Its Discount Window As the Fed insists on better risk management by banks, pressure may grow for it to release timely data on discount window lending. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Peter Coy |
The Fed: Invasion of the Inflation Doves In a rare breach of decorum at the central bank, an intellectual rumble breaks out over the Fed's inflation target. |
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 Tackett & Dorning |
Voters to Republicans: Don't Get Too Comfortable The lesson of the midterms may be that voters no longer trust incumbents and are willing to keep shifting the balance of power. |
U.S. Banker January 2010 Steven Sloan |
The Most Powerful Regulator You Don't Know The New York Fed's Bill Dudley oversees the nation s largest banks and is responsible for the Fed's myriad liquidity programs. His biggest jobs lie ahead, though. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Bernanke Is Sentenced to 4 More Years President Obama announced his nomination of "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Fed. Bernanke is game -- but is he the right choice? |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Stop Listening to the Fed Trying to understand the Federal Reserve will just get you confused. If you have a solid long-term investment plan, you shouldn't use news about the Fed to guide your trading decisions. If the noise will distract you, it's best just to tune it out. |
BusinessWeek November 25, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Danger in Tying the Fed's Hands Near term, inflation is under wraps. Down the road, however, the Fed's credibility as an inflation fighter could suffer if Congress exerts control over monetary policy - and that spells trouble. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Peter Coy |
A Friend Of Ben With A Bold Idea Frederic Mishkin thinks the Fed should cut rates quickly if home prices tumble. |
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 Peter Coy |
The Fed: Low Rates as Far as Bernanke Can See Why the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping short-term interest at historic lows has such broad support. |
U.S. Banker August 2009 Joseph Rosta |
Piling Up on the Fed Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree that the Federal Reserve Board isn't doing much right. |
Inc. February 1, 2003 Eamon Javers |
Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy. |
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Amy Borrus |
Who's Right, The SEC Or Ned Johnson? The agency says independent chairmen at mutual funds are better for shareholders. |
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Rich Miller |
Wanted: Fed Chief With Foreign Flair With so much U.S. debt held overseas, Greenspan's successor must be a diplomat. |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The Fed: Who Knew? You know it has the power to move markets, but what else do you know about the Fed? Here are some interesting facts that may surprise you. |
BusinessWeek July 5, 2004 Rich Miller |
What Keeps Greenspan Up At Night The Fed chairman must fend off the threat of inflation without stealing momentum from the recovery. Can he walk that fine line? |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Peter Coy |
Smile. The Economy Isn't in a Second Depression Don't get too angry over bailouts. That sort of rage could prevent a sustainable recovery. |
Salon.com June 30, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Campaign reform chic What made 33 Republicans suddenly change their minds about a bill that cracks down on stealth PACs? |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Rich Miller |
Central Bankers Can't Return to Simpler Times There's no end to the political demands, even as economies recover |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Michael Mandel |
Behind Bernanke's Charm Offensive The Fed's New Worry: Popularity. For a central bank dependent on Congress for bailout funds, approval ratings matter. And they're not good |
BusinessWeek June 24, 2010 Scott Lanman |
William English's Very Big Job at the Fed The new top monetary policy adviser at the Fed will help decide when to lift rates and shrink the balance sheet. |
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 Vekshin & Kopecki |
Not So Radical Reform How New Democrats and Wall Street are watering down financial regulation in Congress. |
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Stanley Reed |
Barclays: Anything But Stodgy President Bob Diamond has turned the once-troubled investment banking unit into a powerhouse. Is there still more he can accomplish at Barclays? |
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 Peter Coy |
Credit and the Bernanke Code The Fed's new foray into bond purchases has to lower long-term rates to succeed. The $600 billion is less than it has already spent. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Alexandra Starr |
Democrats: A Hill Too Far? Not so long ago, Democrats were bragging that they could win back the Senate this November -- and it didn't seem like bravado. Now, two seats short of a Senate majority, the party faces a risk of backsliding. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Rich Miller |
The Bond Market May Lead The Next Rate Rise Expect less focus on the Fed and more on the economy. |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Rich Miller |
Why Greenspan Isn't That Worried Some of his colleagues see looming inflation risks. But the Fed chairman isn't likely to shift gears. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Rich Miller |
Why Greenspan Will Just Let It Ride Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will wait till there's less economic slack to raise interest rates. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James Mehring |
Inflation Takes A Backseat--For Now The Federal Reserve has put its inflation concerns on the back burner as it focuses on the financial markets and the potential risks they pose to economic growth. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz |
Live Blog: Bernanke's First Press Conference The Fed speaks. |
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 Peter Coy |
The Bernanke Agenda The Fed chairman feels the pain of subprime borrowers and the Street, but he's got his priorities. |