The central bank is planning to reduce a capital buffer for the country’s largest banks, which critics warn will make the financial system less resilient.

By Manya Saini (Reuters) -Large U.S. global banks can expect as much as $6 trillion in additional balance sheet capacity and billions in freed up capital under a Federal Reserve plan to relax leverage rules,

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday proposed easing a key capital rule that banks say has limited their ability to operate, drawing dissent from at least two officials who say the move could undermine im

President Trump’s frustration with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over his hesitance to cut interest rates has prompted Trump to consider naming Powell’s successor as soon as this summer. But tho

A flurry of Federal Reserve officials this week made clear they’ll need a few more months to gain confidence that tariff-driven price hikes won’t raise inflation in a persistent way.

President Donald Trump says that tame inflation means the Federal Reserve should already be reducing its policy rate, but inside the U.S. central bank the idea has little traction, with only two Fed policymakers to date embracing the possibility of a rate cut at the central bank's next meeting in July.