The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States and conducts the nation's monetary policy. The primary goals of the Fed's monetary policy are to promote maximum employment, stable ...

US banks are sitting on an estimated $650 billion in unrealized losses on their bond holdings. The surge in interest rates over the past 18 months drove bond prices lower, leading to bank failures ...

Learn how open market operations and quantitative easing differ in scale and purpose, impacting economic growth and monetary ...

The Federal Reserve’s next moves on the size of its balance sheet could matter for banks as much or more than its rate decisions, says Heard on the Street columnist Telis Demos. Last week, the Fed ...

While the economic scenarios were mostly unchanged in the Federal Reserve's 2024 stress test of banks, the hypothetical economic storm took a heavier toll on bank balance sheets this year, the Fed ...