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The president of the United States Federal Reserve Board (Fed), Jerome Powell, stressed that the US central bank is concentrating its efforts on returning the inflation rate to 2 % target and assured that the institution's commitment to price stability contributes to reinforcing the role of the…
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US lawmakers propose ECASH bill

Lawmakers Stephen Lynch,  Jesus Chuy Garcia,  Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib introduced a bill called the Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act (ECASH Act) that seeks to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to "develop and issue…

The FED will review its code of ethics

The president of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powell, requested that a review of the central bank's code of ethics be carried out after the multimillion-dollar transactions they carried out last year became known in…

Fed to present report on cryptocurrency launch

The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) plans to publish a report in a few months that will explore the implications of technology for digital payments, including a section focused on the possibility of the central bank issuing its own…

US Federal Reserve says economy is at a tipping point

The president of the United States Federal Reserve (FED), Jerome Powell, assured that the economy of the North American country is at a "turning point" due to the increasingly better prospects and the gradual reopening in almost all the…

Fed announces changes to leverage rules

The United States Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced that the temporary change to its supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) for US banks will expire on March 31st, as scheduled. In a statement, the Central Bank rejected extending the rule,…