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Crisis measures improved financial market conditions: Chicago Fed paper
Chicago Federal Reserve study shows Fed crisis measures led to significant improvement in financial market conditions
Fed minutes reveal split over exit strategy
Minutes from Federal Open Market Committee meeting show division among ranks over monetary policy exit strategy
Bernanke urges government to promote R&D
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says government can support research and development by fostering better climate for private investment
Fed critic Ron Paul to run for Republican presidential candidacy
Ron Paul announces he wants to be Republican candidate for presidential elections; fierce Fed critic wants central bank abolished
Bernanke to make motion picture debut in “Too big to fail” film
New film chronicles the months leading up to Lehman Brothers’ collapse in 2008; centres on treasury secretary Henry Paulson
Philly Fed’s Plosser offers perspective on economic outlook
President of Philadelphia Federal Reserve notes “somewhat troubling” movements of inflation expectations
Thai governor becomes latest to attack IMF capital controls framework
Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul’s criticisms of IMF framework on capital controls come after similar comments from Brazilian, Indian officials
Frank’s FOMC attack offers further evidence of the politicisation of Fed policy
Attempts to rescind regional Fed presidents’ voting rights as members of the Federal Open Market Committee manifest an unfortunate trend in US monetary policy, Thomas F. Cargill believes.
Fed’s Duke on the wonders of virtual collaboration
Federal Reserve’s Elizabeth Duke on how Fed is using the web to reach out to the public
Yellen defends IMF proposals on capital controls
Federal Reserve vice-chair takes Fund line on framework to tackle capital inflows; follows criticism of framework from Indian, Brazilian officials
Too big to fail must end; FDIC chair Bair
Being labelled a Sifi will not mean being anointed too big to fail, leading to automatic bailouts, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman, Sheila Bair warns
Bernanke sheds light on new macroprudential approach
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke touches on benefits of new macroprudential approach in the United States under the Dodd-Frank Act
Dallas Fed’s Fisher urges policymakers to focus on underlying inflation
Dallas Federal Reserve president Richard Fisher says policymakers should pay greater attention to underlying rather than headline inflation
Bernanke heeds unemployment effects on housing market
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says high unemployment rates were increasingly forcing households to fall behind on mortgage payments
Barney Frank in bid to revoke regional Fed presidents’ FOMC votes
Former chair of House Financial Services Committee says regional Fed presidents shouldn’t vote because they are appointed by business, not Congress
Bernanke holds first press conference
Federal Reserve chairman reiterates US commitment to strong dollar, voices concern over shift in outlook for US debt
Fed historian Meltzer scoops 2011 Bradley Prize
Author of definitive history of the Federal Reserve Allan Meltzer to receive a 2011 Bradley Prize
Role of Fannie, Freddie failure in crisis has been underplayed: ex-Fed’s Warsh
Recently departed governor Kevin Warsh tells Central Banking that decision to take government-sponsored enterprises into state ownership had significant ramifications
Overdraft surveys reduce balances in the red: Philly Fed paper
Philadelphia Federal Reserve study examines impact of overdraft surveys on bank balances
New York Fed RMBS sales go smoothly
Auctions of AIG legacy portfolio delivering a solid result for the Fed
Chicago Fed’s Evans warns against leaning on asset-price bubbles
Chicago Federal Reserve president Charles Evans says use of monetary policy tools to address systemic stability will burden Fed’s dual mandate
NY Fed paper proposes two-tier capital model
New York Federal Reserve study suggests creating a two-tier capital model to solve leverage conflicts
Fed Beige Book reveals concern over impact of Japanese tragedy
Federal Reserve releases Beige Book; shows improved economic activity across the US but concern over impact of tragedy in Japan
Non-US sovereigns should collateralise swaps, say US bank regulators
Progress towards sovereign collateral posting has been slow. Now, US regulators are proposing to make it mandatory - for all non-US entities