To make financial conditions more supportive of economic growth, the Federal Reserve has purchased large amounts of longer-term securities in recent years. The Fed's resulting securities portfolio has generated substantial income but may incur financial losses when market interest rates rise. Such interest rate risk appears modest, especially relative to the Fed's policy objectives of full employment and price stability.Interest rates ; Monetary policy
U.S. Treasury yields and other interest rates increased in the months leading up to the Federal Rese...
Policymakers disagree over whether central banks should use interest rates to curb leverage and asse...
Nominal short term interest rates have been low in the United States, so low that some have wondered...
The Federal Reserve has purchased a large amount of longer-term bonds since December 2008. While the...
This paper examines interactions between monetary policy and financial stability. There is a general...
Recent macroeconomic conditions have heightened anticipation that the Fed may act, perhaps sooner ra...
The recent financial crisis has reignited interest in whether mon-etary policy should respond to fin...
This sideways movement of money market interest rates reflects a standoff of opposing forces. On the...
This paper explores the short and long-term effects of the Federal Reserve’s post-recession monetary...
After more than three years, the Federal Reserve has once again entered the interest rate hike cycle...
The Federal Reserve, in its midyear monetary policy report to Congress, downgraded M2 as a guide to...
With the federal deficit and the threat of fluctuating interest rates, it is important for investors...
The Federal Reserve lowered its traditional monetary policy instrument, the federal funds rate, to e...
Over the last several years, the Federal Reserve has conducted a series of large scale asset pur-cha...
The Federal Reserve has relied increasingly on communication to implement monetary policy. In additi...
U.S. Treasury yields and other interest rates increased in the months leading up to the Federal Rese...
Policymakers disagree over whether central banks should use interest rates to curb leverage and asse...
Nominal short term interest rates have been low in the United States, so low that some have wondered...
The Federal Reserve has purchased a large amount of longer-term bonds since December 2008. While the...
This paper examines interactions between monetary policy and financial stability. There is a general...
Recent macroeconomic conditions have heightened anticipation that the Fed may act, perhaps sooner ra...
The recent financial crisis has reignited interest in whether mon-etary policy should respond to fin...
This sideways movement of money market interest rates reflects a standoff of opposing forces. On the...
This paper explores the short and long-term effects of the Federal Reserve’s post-recession monetary...
After more than three years, the Federal Reserve has once again entered the interest rate hike cycle...
The Federal Reserve, in its midyear monetary policy report to Congress, downgraded M2 as a guide to...
With the federal deficit and the threat of fluctuating interest rates, it is important for investors...
The Federal Reserve lowered its traditional monetary policy instrument, the federal funds rate, to e...
Over the last several years, the Federal Reserve has conducted a series of large scale asset pur-cha...
The Federal Reserve has relied increasingly on communication to implement monetary policy. In additi...
U.S. Treasury yields and other interest rates increased in the months leading up to the Federal Rese...
Policymakers disagree over whether central banks should use interest rates to curb leverage and asse...
Nominal short term interest rates have been low in the United States, so low that some have wondered...