Jeanna Smialek

The Federal Reserve, Treasury and other regulators are worried that a technology that pledges stability will actually be a source of turmoil.

Senator Elizabeth Warren urged tougher restrictions after disclosures that two regional Federal Reserve presidents bought and sold stocks and real estate-tied assets last year.

The Consumer Price Index climbed 5.3 percent from August 2020, which is still faster than normal. But monthly gains are slowing, and that’s a good sign for economic policymakers.

Central bank regional presidents traded securities in markets in which Fed choices mattered in 2020. Here’s why critics find that troubling.

The president of the powerful New York Fed said that it was the level of the job market, not the pace of progress, that mattered.

Inflation has surged across advanced economies. The shared experience underlines that price gains come from temporary drivers — for now.

A jump in consumer prices is sure to come up at a news conference on Wednesday after the central bank’s meeting.

The Federal Reserve has said it is conditioning its policy decisions on the job market. That could make the August data a point of concern.-

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For Wall Street, and the dismal science as a whole, trouble is around every corner even as the economy booms.

A key inflation gauge again climbed 5.4 percent in July from a year earlier. Prices gains are expected to moderate — the question is by how much and how quickly.

Year 1 of the Fed’s framework, unveiled at its Jackson Hole conference in 2020, has included high inflation and job market healing. Now comes the hard part.

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July 27-28 meeting showed that “most” officials “judged that the standard set out in the committee’s guidance regarding asset purchases could be reached this year.”

As Jerome H. Powell nears the end of his term as Federal Reserve chair, Ms. Yellen will have a say over whether he should stay on. Many progressive Democrats want him replaced.

Consumer Inflation Expectations Ticked Up, a Fed Survey Shows  The New York Times

Some Fed officials think the central bank needs to get in the digital currency game, while others fret about crowding out the private sector.

Economists will dig through Friday’s labor data for signs that people went back to work as they lost emergency pandemic aid in some states.

Richard Clarida, the vice chair for monetary policy, said he expected inflation and the unemployment rate to reach the Federal Reserve’s goals by the end of next year.

Low interest rates are one reason that the housing market has taken off. They are far from the only one.

The Federal Reserve’s inflation gauge popped in June from a year earlier. Economists think it will begin to moderate.