The financial crisis and the Great Recession left firms with excess capacity, reducing incentives to invest. If businesses expect slower growth to… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Higher capital requirements increase bank costs, and at least some of those costs will be passed along to bank customers and shareholders.… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Over the longer run, advanced economy policy actions that strengthen global growth and global trade will benefit the EMEs as well. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Given that trade benefited the Asian economies on the way up, it seems natural that the slowdown in global trade, whatever its… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
We need a national focus on increasing the sustainable growth rate of our economy. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Long-term economic growth depends mainly on nonmonetary factors such as population growth and workforce participation, the skills and aptitudes of our workforce,… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
We need a resilient, well-capitalized, well-regulated financial system that is strong enough to withstand even severe shocks and support economic growth by… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
While monetary policy can contribute to growth by supporting a durable expansion in a context of price stability, it cannot reliably affect… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Alignment of business strategy and risk appetite should minimize the firm's exposure to large and unexpected losses. In addition, the firm's risk management capabilities… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
The too-big-to-fail reform project is massive in scope. In my view, it holds real promise. But the project will take years to complete. Success… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
The financial crisis and the Great Recession left firms with excess capacity, reducing incentives to invest. If businesses expect slower growth to continue, that… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
All economic forecasts are subject to considerable uncertainty. There is always a wide range of plausible outcomes for important economic variables, including the federal… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Emerging market economies have long grappled with the challenges posed by large and volatile cross-border capital flows. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
A risk-insensitive leverage ratio can be a useful backstop to risk-based capital requirements. But such a ratio can have perverse incentives if it is… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve is not charged with designing or evaluating proposals for housing finance reform. But we are responsible for regulating and supervising banking… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Although I have never worked in a community bank, I have been a customer, and I know from personal experience the special skills that… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest challenge for the resolution of a systemic global bank is the possibility that public or private actors in different countries might… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
An efficient payments system provides the infrastructure needed to transfer money in low-cost and convenient ways. Efficient systems are innovative in improving the quality… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Higher capital requirements increase bank costs, and at least some of those costs will be passed along to bank customers and shareholders. But in… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
