Given the recent surge in inflation and the resulting sharp monetary tightening, this note asks whether bank profits are exposed to inflation. While most banks tend to match income and expense ...

The move illustrates that Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service aides are being asked to fulfill multiple roles at once. Trump also recently revoked Biden’s security clearance, and now has done the ...

Donald Trump's second presidential term could have huge implications for U.S. trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans' taxes and illegal immigration.

The report did not appear to suggest any broad threat to the economy from the financial system and said that "credit ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This note provides a conceptual framework to organize discussions of the appropriateness of the monetary policy stance and ...

"The Fed would prefer to stop short on rate cuts than reverse course and have to raise rates if inflation were to reignite," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG. "The embers of the pandemic ...

Central bank policymakers are widely expected to stand pat on interest rates. Investors await further details from Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference.

Monetary policy, a crucial tool wielded by central banks, plays a significant role in shaping the economic landscape. Its influence extends to interest rates, inflation, and credit access, directly ...

Trump as president has always had an impulsive nature. In Round 2, it's appearing to play a big role in his policy agenda. The Latest Biden says America is better-positioned thanks to his foreign ...

For more information, see Policy Basics: Federal Payroll Taxes. Our figures for fiscal year 2024 are derived from a database of account-level expenditures released by the Congressional Budget Office ...

The US Federal Reserve announced Friday its monetary policy meeting schedule for 2025 and 2026. Next year, the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) two-day meetings will conclude Jan. 29 ...