federal reserve

Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises.

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At 3%-Plus Rates, Forecasting Errors Have a Real Price Tag for CFOs

At 3%-Plus Rates, Forecasting Errors Have a Real Price Tag for CFOs
At 3%-Plus Rates, Forecasting Errors Have a Real Price Tag for CFOs
August 18, 2026  |  CFO

Corporate cash forecasting was easier to tolerate as an imperfect discipline when idle cash earned almost nothing. After all, for most of the zero-rate era,...

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Crypto Trade Group Backs Custodia’s Supreme Court Bid
Crypto Trade Group Backs Custodia’s Supreme Court Bid
August 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Blockchain Association is urging the Supreme Court to take up Custodia Bank’s long-running fight for access to the Federal Reserve’s payment system, warning that...

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Regulators Have 90 Days to Rewrite FinTech Rules
Regulators Have 90 Days to Rewrite FinTech Rules
August 17, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

A federal review that could influence how FinTech firms partner with banks, pursue charters and reach the payment system comes due Monday (Aug. 17), although...

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Mortgage Decline Masks Growing Card and Auto Debt
Mortgage Decline Masks Growing Card and Auto Debt
August 11, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

A rare decline in overall U.S. household debt has masked the fact that consumers are still adding balances to the forms of credit most closely...

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Consumers Cut Extras as Credit Card Debt Nears a Record
Consumers Cut Extras as Credit Card Debt Nears a Record
August 07, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

The June credit report indicates that the checkout total can keep rising even when the consumer’s financial cushion is getting thinner. Get the Full Story...

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Federal Reserve Readies Pilot Survey to Gauge Private Credit Markets
Federal Reserve Readies Pilot Survey to Gauge Private Credit Markets
August 05, 2026  |  Markets

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York plan to launch a pilot survey of the U.S. private credit...

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Fed and FDIC Move to Raise Regulation O Insider Lending Caps
Fed and FDIC Move to Raise Regulation O Insider Lending Caps
August 03, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have each proposed raising the thresholds of credit that banks can extend to insiders. Get...

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Fed Moves to Give Mutual Banks More Flexibility to Raise Capital
Fed Moves to Give Mutual Banks More Flexibility to Raise Capital
July 31, 2026  |  Banking

The Federal Reserve is seeking comment on a proposal that it said would modernize rules for mutual banking organizations and increase their flexibility to raise capital....

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