US President Barack Obama is strongly considering three candidates to fill vacancies at the Federal Reserve board, the White House said as he moves to revamp the central bank. San Francisco regional central bank chief Janet Yellen, a policy dove, is a ...
US President Barack Obama is giving "strong consideration" to naming three officials to fill vacancies at the Federal Reserve board, the White House said Friday as he moves to revamp the central bank. San Francisco regional central bank chief Janet Yellen, a ...
US President Barack Obama is giving "strong consideration" to nominating San Francisco regional central bank chief Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve Board number two, the White House said Friday. A policy dove, Yellen, 63, has strongly backed Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's ...
US President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco regional central bank chief Janet Yellen, a policy dove, as Federal Reserve Board number two, news reports said Friday. Yellen, 63, has been a strong supporter of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's policy ...
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul ...
Banks further reduce their borrowing from the Fed's emergency loan window Banks borrowed less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, providing further evidence that strains in the private credit markets are easing. The Fed reported that daily ...
Analysis: Washington, Toyota, the economy: Any wonder that people don't trust institutions? To understand why people don't trust institutions — and why America is so disgruntled — look no further than these doings in the nation's capital. At historic Blair House, President ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two top Fed officials on Friday offered divergent signals on interest rates, with one arguing they should remain near zero for at least six months and another wishing to raise them "sooner rather than later." Charles Evans reiterated ...
Interest rates fall after GDP is revised higher but home sales fall; Treasurys demand higher Interest rates fell in the bond market Friday after another surprisingly weak economic reading. The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes fell for the ...
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Days after the Federal Reserve seemed to sound the alarm that the era of near-zero interest rates is ending, Bernanke tempered those ...
