Lael Brainard’s White House Challenge: Shielding Fallout From High Inflation, Rates

[ad_1] WASHINGTON—As a top Federal Reserve official, Lael Brainard sounded an alarm four years ago that rolling back rules on midsize banks could sow the seeds of a future crisis. …

Why Top Washington Officials Chose to Rescue SVB, Signature Depositors

[ad_1] For more than a decade after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, Washington’s regulatory watchdogs sought to ensure that they would never again face fraught weekend deliberations about…

White House Considers Fed Vice Chair for Role as Biden’s Top Economic Adviser

[ad_1] The president is considering Lael Brainard as the next head of the National Economic Council. A final decision hasn’t been made, with Mr. Biden in the process of conducting…

Fed Sets Course for Milder Interest-Rate Rise in February

[ad_1] Officials could begin deliberations at their coming meeting on whether and when to pause rate increases this spring. [ad_2] Source link

Top Fed Official Sees Inflation Decline as Notable Improvement

[ad_1] A top Federal Reserve official said the recent decline in inflation was an important development that could raise questions over the extent to which the Fed needs to cool…