Financial Risk

It also pledged to buy some $700 billion in Treasury and mortgage bonds in response to fallout from the coronavirus.

Fed watchers increasingly predict that U.S. interest rates will soon hit zero.

With the largest rate cut since 2008, the Fed aims to stabilize markets amid global spread of the coronavirus.

New study shows increasing proportion of companies are hedging FX and interest-rate risks—but where should a novice company start?

Financial reform policy of Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg includes a section on regulation of virtual currencies.

In fact, accelerating to real-time settlement will reduce banks' ability to continue their current fraud-prevention tactics.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank would pull out the stops to combat a global disinflationary downdraft, foreshadowing…

Meanwhile, outside the central bank, debate swirls about what tools the Fed will have available when the next downturn strikes.