After Fed Members Disclose Million-Dollar Stock Trades Fed’s Powell Initiates...
The Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has directed his staff to start an ethics inquiry into the financial activities of Fed members, as a number of senior central bank officials are being questioned for their investments. Reports indicated last week that the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve branch, Robert Kaplan, benefitted from “multiple million-dollar-plus stock trades” in 2020. Fed Presidents Profit From Multiple Million-Dollar Stock Deals Members of the Federal Reserve seem to have a mess to deal with as politicians and the media have called out a....
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As a number of Federal Reserve presidents have been criticized for their 2020 stock moves, Fed chairman Jerome Powell has been cast into the limelight for owning $1.5 million municipal bonds like the ones the U.S. central bank purchased in 2020 during the pandemic.
All Eyes Are On Jerome Powell’s Municipal Bond Portfolio
Three days ago, the topic of senior Federal Reserve members making multi-million-dollar stock deals in 2020 caused senator Elizabeth Warren to write a letter criticizing the bank member’s ethics, and chairman Jerome Powell said he would initiate an....
On Friday, Jerome Powell spoke at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium and the Federal Reserve chair explained that the U.S. central bank is focused on fighting the country’s red-hot inflation. Powell stressed at the event that strict monetary policy is necessary, and his commentary hinted that the Fed won’t hit the brakes on monetary tightening until inflation is tamed. Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says US Central Bank’s Inflation Policy Could Bring ‘Some Pain to Households and Businesses’ Jerome Powell had a lot to say on Friday while the Fed’s....
Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday on matters related to the economy and the Covid-19 pandemic. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell believes the federal government needs to regulate the cryptocurrency market, but that a blanket ban on Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets is not in the cards.Speaking in response to a question from Republican Representative Ted Budd of North Carolina, Powell clarified that a China-style ban on digital assets was not something he’s considering. Rep. Budd’s question came in response to Powell raising doubts about....
On November 3rd, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell finally hinted at the beginning of tapering resulting in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies taking a loss. The market has been moving sideways since then, cooling off after a rally that took BTC from $40,000 into price discovery above $65,000. Related Reading | FED’s Powell Confirms Persisting […]
Jerome Powell says Congress should agree further fiscal stimulus as U.S. public debt tops $27.2 trillion. The United States Federal Reserve is still unintentionally advertising Bitcoin, as Chair Jerome Powell argues for more money printing.In a tweet on Nov. 6, Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of exchange Gemini, said that Powell’s latest speech this week was “code for buy Bitcoin.”Powell: Congress should agree more stimulusPowell was addressing a news conference, which followed the Fed’s Nov. 5 meeting on the state of the economy and future measures.As before, he reiterated that the central....