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Meet the activists urging the Fed to worry less about inflation and focus on helping Americans get good jobs
"The worst-case scenario is high prices and high unemployment, and I really do worry that we're hea…
Ben Winck
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Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren says more research is needed before the US launches a central bank digital currency
While the central bank acknowledges the advantages of CBDCs, the Fed's Eric Rosengren said they can…
Isabelle Lee
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The Fed begins purchases of up to $250 billion in individual corporate bonds
The central bank will create a portfolio "based on a broad, diversified market index of US corporat…
Ben Winck
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Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida to resign 2 weeks early amid scrutiny over pandemic stock trading
Clarida landed in hot water in October for stock trades made just before a key Fed announcement. Up…
Ben Winck
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An economist explains how the euro could drop below the dollar after the world's top currencies reached parity - and why the ECB may not stop the fall
"I think the ECB is really not in any hurry to raise the euro, and it will let the export sector, i…
Phil Rosen
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The Fed is pursuing a more inclusive recovery. Its newest regional bank president shows it's doing so with a more diverse staff.
The Boston Fed just tapped economist Susan Collins to serve as the second Black Fed president ever.…
Ben Winck
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Fed's Powell says he wasn't aware two top policymakers were actively trading stocks as he promises a review of rules
"We need to make changes, and we're going to do that as a consequence of this," Powell said. "This …
Shalini Nagarajan
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The Federal Reserve will ban policymakers from buying individual stocks following trading controversy
The Fed's tougher rules on securities trading also include prohibiting purchases or sales during pe…
Carla Mozée
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The Fed's vice chair made multimillion-dollar stock trades right before Jerome Powell signalled pandemic-driven policy action in 2020
Regional Fed president Clarida traded between $1 million to $5 million out of a bond fund into stoc…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Americans are still getting larger-than-usual raises, but the wage rallies are starting to slow in some cities
In San Francisco, New York, and Chicago, above-average raises seem to be sticking around. Yet Phila…
Ben Winck
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A full economic recovery will be 'very difficult' as long as COVID-19 remains a threat, Fed president Rosengren says
"Because of the continued community spread of the virus, I am concerned that the pandemic will limi…
Carmen Reinicke
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Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira was reading a book on a porch when the feds showed up to arrest him
Jack Teixeira worked in the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. He was…
John Haltiwanger,Jake Epstein
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Jerome Powell's chances of another Fed term are slipping amid stock-trading controversies, betting markets show
The Federal Reserve chair's second-term chances have fallen from about 80% in August to 61% as of M…
Matthew Fox
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The Fed didn't just make America's rich richer during the pandemic. The world's wealthy class got a boost.
Global stocks and home prices are soaring, unlike the Great Recession. It shows how the Fed's quant…
Ben Winck
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Feds charge 4 in macabre black market scheme, saying human remains from Harvard's morgue ended up in creepy doll shop outside Salem, Mass.
Federal prosecutors say they've busted a nationwide ring trafficking in stolen human remains.
Jake Swearingen
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The Fed just made its last rate hike of the year. Here's what it means and what happens next.
The Fed just capped off 2022 with a half-point rate hike. Insider's Phil Rosen sits down with a top…
Phil Rosen
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High rents could be making the labor shortage worse, the Philadelphia Fed President says: 'Many workers can't afford to live where jobs are'
States like California, Illinois, and New York are home to expensive cities, and also have more job…
Dominick Reuter
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The Fed's watchdog is looking into whether officials' multimillion-dollar stock trades broke the law - after Elizabeth Warren piled on the pressure
The Fed's Office of Inspector General has been called in, after a report said Vice Chair Richard Cl…
Harry Robertson
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Elizabeth Warren demands SEC investigate Fed officials' investments, saying their transactions could be insider trading
Warren also laid into Powell, a week after she vowed to oppose his re-appointment and called him a …
Ethan Wu
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America's central bank helped spark the US housing boom. Now it fears it created a monster.
The Fed has bought nearly $1 trillion in mortgage bonds since March 2020. The purchases helped fina…