Fed rate hike seen in June 2015 as traders hedge against taper
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Traders boosted bets Thursday that the U.S. Federal Reserve will deliver its first rate hike in years by June 2015, as recent signs of an economic...
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Fed’s Evans says open-minded on December taper, but prefers waiting
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official said on Friday he was open to reducing the U.S. central bank's bond buying stimulus program this month, although he would like...
Fed’s Evans: Open to December taper, but prefers to wait
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official, who has been one of the most ardent supporters of the U.S. central bank's bond-buying stimulus program, said he was open to...
Fed’s Evans: Can’t imagine rate hike even at 6.25 percent jobless rate
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With inflation as low as it is, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans told reporters Friday that he "can't imagine" raising the fed funds rate even when unemployment...
Fed could delay rate hikes with inflation ‘floor’: Fed study
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could bolster its commitment to ultra-low interest rates by ruling out a rate hike until inflation heads closer to its 2-percent goal, according...
Fed’s Williams: Cutting rate on banks’ reserves ‘would make sense’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has more reason than ever to cut a key U.S. lending rate it has kept at just above zero since the depths of...
Fed should give more detail on rate hike plans: Williams
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve needs to be more aggressive in providing detail on what would lead it to eventually raise interest rates in order to prevent uncertainty...
Mexico’s Carstens urges careful unwinding of Fed’s QE
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens on Thursday called on the Federal Reserve to execute a "careful unwinding" of its massive bond-buying program, and said...
Fed in no rush to cut bond buys, top policymakers say
SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should scale back its asset purchases only when the U.S. economy shows clearer signs of improvement and even then it should act slowly,...
In debate over bubbles, one Fed official warns against tighter policy
CHICAGO/BOSTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should be "extraordinarily careful" about hiking interest rates to head off potential risks to financial stability, a top U.S. central banker said on Friday,...