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BRIEFLY: Clarida resignation will leave three seats open on Fed Board; Powell testifies for a second term as chair

(Jan. 14, 2022) There will soon be three vacancies on the governing board of the nation’s central bank, as the current vice chair resigned, effective today (Jan. 14). Citing only...

Nominations for Harper, Fed leaders, resubmitted

(Jan. 7, 2022) The nomination of Todd M. Harper to be reappointed chairman of the NCUA Board, for a six-year term to run through April 2027, was resubmitted by the...

Biden begins making his mark on Fed

(Nov. 24, 2021) Leadership at the Federal Reserve would be solidified at least through 2026 if President Joe Biden’s (D) nominations for chair and vice chair of the board, made...

Ahead for the Fed: Quarles resignation signals big changes

(Nov. 12, 2021) There will soon be two open seats on the Federal Reserve Board – and maybe three as early as January – because of the announced resignation of...

Like cicadas, buzz about U.S. digital currency grows

(May 28, 2021) Discussion of digital currency and if (or when) the Federal Reserve will begin issuing its own version of the new money was ramped up over the last...

BRIEFLY: Fact sheet on LIBOR demise published; Powell inflation indicators only ‘transitory’

(April 30, 2021) A two-page fact sheet that lays out what’s behind the demise of the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR), a widely used rate used for such lending products...