Federal Reserve: rising inequality jeopardizes economic recovery

To curb drunken driving, the federal National Transportation Safety Board has voted to recommend that states tighten the legal limit for drivers' blood alcohol. The threshold now for drunken driving is a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent.

The battleground is the hearts and minds of the seven people who make up the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System. The critical contest will be about bank capital and how large financial institutions should fund themselves. The fog of ...

A group of bankers that advises the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors has warned that farmland prices are inflating "a bubble" and that growth in student-loan debt has "parallels to the housing crisis," Bloomberg reported. The concerns of the ...

Frederic Mishkin, former Federal Reserve Board governor and Columbia University professor, says it's very unlikely the Fed will increase QE. "They want to cut off those asset purchases,"

Federal Reserve Board Governor Jeremy Stein said some progress has been made in removing the perception that financial authorities will bail out failing mega companies. However, Stein said more needs to be done, such as stronger credit ratings for ...

Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers a luncheon speech on "Resilience and Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities Conference Agenda" in Washington April 12, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal ...

New CNMI Hospital Corp. CEO: Failure Is Not An Option Muna, governing board to put full attention on certification issues SAIPAN, CNMI (Marianas Variety, May 1, 2013) The Northern Marianas Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation's (CHC) newly appointed ...

letter to The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC re: National Bank Enforcement more+ less- Barry Fagan Contact Senator Elizabeth Warren Pushes Feds For Answer On Big Bank Enforcement WASHINGTON ...

US-USA-FED-TARULLO: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo said on Thursday that U.S. banks were in better shape now than prior to the financial crisis, but he remained worried by the vulnerability of the very big firms ...