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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Federal Reserve
      Fed officials double down on rate rise decision citing high inflation

      Central bank pressed ahead with tightening campaign this week despite banking turmoil

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      The Fed passes on a pause

      The FT’s Global 2023 MBA rankings show a change at the top

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      News in-depthFederal Reserve
      ‘Close to thin ice’: looming credit crunch puts pressure on Fed

      US central bank’s rate-raising campaign thrown off course by worst bout of financial turmoil since 2008 crisis

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed presses ahead with quarter-point rate rise despite banking turmoil

      US central bank signals it may soon call time on its monetary tightening campaign

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      News in-depthFederal Reserve
      ‘Firefighter and policeman’: Fed faces rate rise dilemma

      US central bank’s next move complicated by uncertainty over efforts to shore up sector

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Central banks
      Central banks announce dollar liquidity measures to ease banking crisis

      Turmoil prompts authorities to launch daily operations to access dollar funding via standing swap lines

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      US inflation
      Economists think Fed will keep raising rates despite bank turmoil

      Survey comes as traders scale back expectations of tightening amid worries about financial instability

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      InterviewCarl Icahn
      Carl Icahn urges Fed to keep fighting inflation ‘disease’

      Comments by activist investor come ahead of US central bank’s rate-setting meeting next week

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      US politics & policy
      SVB collapse exposes fresh divisions over US banking reform

      Lawmakers from both parties at odds over future legislation to shore up the financial system

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Markets
      Turbulence strains interest rate markets as traders bet on Fed cuts

      Dramatic moves force futures halt while investors resort to phones to arrange big deals

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Ukraine
      IMF poised to announce $15.6bn lending programme for Ukraine

      Multilateral lender has been under pressure to provide war-torn country with a comprehensive aid package

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      US Securities and Exchange Commission
      SVB collapse shows need for stronger financial ‘guardrails’, says SEC chair

      Gary Gensler calls for greater public protection amid efforts to push for new rules against Wall St resistance

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      The Fed’s SVB balancing act

      Buyout titans weigh purchases from Silicon Valley Bank loan book

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Federal Reserve
      Fed’s dilemma over rate rises complicated by strong inflation

      US central bank must thread needle between taming price pressures and stabilising financial system

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      US banks
      Fed considers tougher rules for midsized banks after SVB’s collapse

      Central bank to review how it supervised and regulated California-based lender amid fears of wider fallout

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      US inflation
      US consumer prices rise 6% at tricky time for Fed amid SVB fallout

      Data comes as central bank contends with broader concerns about how rising interest rates have affected lenders

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      News in-depthUS banks
      The weekend US officials hatched a plan to stave off a banking crisis

      Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank prompted regulators to announce package to restore public confidence

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      ExplainerUS banks
      How Fed’s rescue package for US banks differs from 2008 bailouts

      Regulators have moved to bail out depositors of SVB and Signature Bank without the help of taxpayers

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      News in-depthSilicon Valley Bank
      Regulators face questions over missed warning signs at SVB

      Experts say red flags at tech lender could have been spotted if banking rules had not been weakened

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      SVB depositors to be fully repaid as regulators shore up US banking system

      Fed announces new lending facility to provide extra funding to eligible institutions

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      US regulators seek buyer for SVB as government rejects bailout

      FDIC holds auction to buy tech lender as Washington promises policies to stem fallout from its collapse

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Uninsured Silicon Valley Bank depositors seek fire sale of assets

      Customers with more than $250,000 in accounts face anxious wait to learn if they can recover funds

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Silicon Valley Bank shut down by US banking regulators

      Tech-focused lender failed in eleventh-hour attempt to raise new capital after facing $42bn in deposit outflows

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Federal Reserve
      Top Fed official signals openness to reverting to half-point rate rise

      Richmond Fed president Thomas Barkin tells the FT he remains undecided on decision amid persistent inflation

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      US employment
      US adds 311,000 jobs in February but wages cool

      Robust employment and cooling hourly earnings cloud Federal Reserve’s outlook

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