Reuters – U.S. policymakers may not be willing or able to wait for all global uncertainties to be resolved before they begin normalizing loose monetary policy, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Tuesday.
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Fed may tighten before global risks fixed: Bullard (Reuters)
Fed’s Bullard: may need to trim QE2: report (Reuters)
Reuters – The Federal Reserve should consider trimming its $600 billion bond purchase program given “pretty good” U.S. economic data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said on Saturday.
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Fed’s Bullard sees risks with "extended period" phrase (Reuters)
Reuters – Lengthening the “extended period” of low U.S. interest rates could encourage a liquidity trap, a top Federal Reserve official said on Saturday.
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Fed, in historic shift, to brief media on policy (Reuters)
Reuters – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will break nearly 100 years of tradition at the U.S. central bank next month when he begins talking to the media after policy meetings.
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US Fed to release crisis bailout data (AFP)
AFP – The US Federal Reserve said Monday it would release data on its emergency aid to banks after the Supreme Court rejected arguments to keep it secret.
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Fed to weigh in on bank dividends on Friday: report (Reuters)
Reuters – Some of the largest U.S. banks will be notified on Friday whether they passed a second round of stress tests conducted by the Federal Reserve, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Fed says economic recovery on firmer footing (AP)
AP – The Federal Reserve is sticking with its $600 billion Treasury bond-purchase program to strengthen the economy as Japan’s nuclear crisis raises worries around the globe.
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Fed to meet at a time of widening economic risks (AP)
AP – Higher oil and food prices. Unemployment near 9 percent. Crises in the Middle East and Japan.
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AIG offers to rebuy toxic assets from New York Fed (AP)
AP – American International Group Inc. is offering $15.7 billion for a heap of toxic mortgage bonds that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York took off its hands at the peak of the financial crisis in 2008.
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San Francisco Fed picks Williams to succeed Yellen (Reuters)
Reuters – John Williams, the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank’s head researcher whose work suggests the Fed’s bond-buying has helped restore millions of jobs, will succeed Janet Yellen to lead the regional Fed bank.
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Fed’s Sarah Raskin warns on mortgage servicing (Reuters)
Reuters – A top Federal Reserve official on Friday warned mortgage servicing industry executives they could face enforcement actions and that they shoulders some of the blame for a sluggish economic recovery.
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Fed official would oppose new bond purchases (AP)
AP – A Federal Reserve official says he would oppose going beyond the Fed’s $600 billion bond-buying program to boost the economy and would push to scale it back if inflation posed a threat.
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