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Fed’s Bowman urges global financial watchdog to be flexible. Bowman: Modernizing Financial Regulation Good morning. It is a pleasure to join you this morning. Today, I would like to discuss the work that is currently under way in the Financial Stability Board's Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation (or "SRC") on modernizing financial regulation and supervision. Our efforts in the United States have been progressing swiftly over the past year, and most jurisdictions around the world have undertaken similar reviews of their respective regulatory and supervisory financial system frameworks. Nearly a year ago, I assumed the chairmanship of the FSB's SRC. One of the SRC's workstreams under my leadership is the FSB's efforts to establish principles to guide regulatory and supervisory modernization around the world. Today, I will outline these principles, and I will share our approach to applying them in the United States. The Purpose of Modernization and Guiding Principles I will begin by describing modernization in this context. The financial system is constantly evolving, and our regulatory and supervisory framework must keep pace. We must ensure that our framework functions effectively and efficiently, preserves financial stability and bank safety and soundness, and promotes sustainable economic growth. Four principles should guide these efforts. First, we must prioritize material financial risks—these are the risks that can impair an institution's viability and financial stability more broadly. Recent experience illustrates the danger of drifting from this principle. In the United States, we experienced the direct consequences of supervisors losing focus on material financial risks. While we continue to understand the root causes that led to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, evidence suggests that supervisors failed to sufficiently identify, understand, and act upon the materia

Inflation in the euro area has exceeded the ECB's 2% target every year since 2021. That is surprising. In principle, a sufficiently determined central bank can always bring inflation back to target by raising interest rates. Why, then, has the ECB tolerated inflation above target for so long? Could it be that the costs of returning inflation from around 2½% ...

On CNBC Wednesday morning, I predicted that the FOMC minutes would be “much shorter and with fewer details.” Steve Liesman pushed back, arguing that the minutes are a committee document. (So is the FOMC statement, and it still got hacked in half, even deleting “maximum employment.”) In the end, the minutes came in about a fifth shorter, so I was right on ...

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The Federal Reserve told lawmakers it "will deliver price stability" amid higher inflation in the central bank's semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, released Friday. The semiannual monetary policy report comes as Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is set to testify before both houses of Congress next Tuesday and Wednesday — first before the House ...

The yield on the 10-year note finished July 10, 2026 at 4.56% while the 2-year note ended at 4.21%. The chart below overlays the daily performance of several Treasury bonds, starting from the pre-recession equity market peaks, along with the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) since 2007. chart This next table shows the highs and lows of yields and the Federal Funds ...

The June consumer price index (CPI) report is shaping up to be a classic head-fake for investors. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics drops its latest inflation data on July 14 at 8:30 am Eastern, market participants might see something they haven't witnessed in quite a while: A negative month-over-month headline inflation print. Look past the headline, ...

Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh has created five task forces to rethink the central bank's policymaking process. They are likely to bring outside-the-box ideas combined with intellectual chops to an often insular institution. The big picture: The task forces consist of economists and business leaders who bring serious credibility to the table but also ...

The most important line in the Federal Reserve’s July Monetary Policy Report is unusually direct: Measures of consumer price changes “began trending up last year and then stepped up further this spring.” That is a firmer characterization than simply saying inflation remains elevated. The Fed is acknowledging that the inflation picture has deteriorated, with ...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is firmly committed to fulfilling its statutory mandate from Congress of promoting maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. The Committee seeks to explain its monetary policy decisions to the public as clearly as possible. Such clarity facilitates well-informed decisionmaking by households and businesses, reduces economic and financial uncertainty, increases the effectiveness of monetary policy, and enhances transparency and accountability, which are essential in a democratic society. The Committee’s monetary policy strategy is designed to promote maximum employment and stable prices across a broad range of economic conditions. Employment, inflation, and long-term interest rates fluctuate over time in response to economic and financial disturbances. Monetary policy plays an important role in stabilizing the economy in response to these disturbances. The Committee’s primary means of adjusting the stance of monetary policy is through changes in the target range for the federal funds rate. The Committee is prepared to use its full range of tools to achieve its maximum employment and price stability goals, particularly if the federal funds rate is constrained by its effective lower bound. Durably achieving maximum employment fosters broad-based economic opportunities and benefits for all Americans. The Committee views maximum employment as the highest level of employment that can be achieved on a sustained basis in a context of price stability. The maximum level of employment is not directly measurable and changes over time owing largely to nonmonetary factors that affect the structure and dynamics of the labor market. Consequently, it would not be appropriate to specify a fixed goal for emp Fed report: housing market activity remains stagnant Fed report: indicators of long-term inflation expectations broadly align with 2% target Just in | Federal Reserve Reports Bank Reserves Remain 'Ample' Despite Reserve Management Purchases Fed report: Q1 2026 expansion boosted by tech investment, government outlays