“Michael Barr has failed to meet the responsibilities ... While in office, Trump criticized Fed policy, blasting the central bank for raising interest rates too quickly. It was reported Trump ...

The central bank has halted hiring to align with a White House directive and pulled back its work on climate change.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank doesn’t need to rush to adjust interest rates, again signaling that ...

For example, central bank independence seems to go hand-in-hand with lower inflation when the rule of law is strong. But, in ...

It is likely to hold rates steady until it sees more progress on lowering inflation as it awaits more details on Trump plans.

Michael S. Barr is dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. The views expressed are his own, and not those of the school or university. As assistant secretary ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr has sought legal advice to ... might be looming between the incoming administration and the central bank. Barr, who was ...

The Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, Michael Barr, on Thursday defended the so-called Basel III Endgame proposed rules, which aim to strengthen the U.S. banking-compliance framework.

His decision to step down was fueled, in part, by the fact that a “risk of a dispute over the position” could be a distraction from the Fed’s mission of supervision and regulation of the ...

Michael S. Barr is the Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. He served from 2009-2010 as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Assistant Secretary for ...