Howard Schneider

(MAINNEWS) – WASHINGTON, – Minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest meeting out Wednesday are expected to detail the breadth of debate at the central bank over how much further interest rates may need to be raised to slow inflation and cool an economy …

(MAINNEWS) – WASHINGTON, In nearly a decade at the Federal Reserve, Lael Brainard argued for stricter financial regulations, traveled deeply in less-advantaged communities to explore how U.S. monetary policy affected them and, with subtle twists of language or analysis, …