central bank

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Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, will tell Congress that he wants the central bank to “stay in its lane” and focus on its task of fighting inflation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

It’s hard to recall now, but the 1990s were something of a golden age in the recent history of the central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

So the central bank bought long-term Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to help get interest rates down and spark a recovery.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

The focus is on how the central bank assesses the longer-term impact of Middle East developments on the real economy and how that ties to the timing of the next hike, the economists said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

One kind of monetary policy, which involves the central bank buying private assets, is chunked as quantitative easing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker