Narayana Kocherlakota

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will be conducting its April meeting this week as the U.S. COVID-19 economic shutdown drags on. With interest rates already essentially at zero and 11 different emergency lending programs already in place, some traders are growing concerned the Fed may...

The Federal Open Market committee held its policy steady on Thursday by keeping the fed funds rate target range at 0.0-0.25 percent. Here is how Wall Street's top Fed experts reacted to the announcement. Credit Suisse: Debate Turns To October Meeting Dana Saporta of Credit Suisse...

While global financial markets try to determine if the turmoil resulting from China’s economic weakness is enough to put a potential September Federal Reserve rate hike on hold for the time being, now is a good time to take a careful look at what 11 of the 13 Federal Reserve Bank Presidents...

U.S. stocks tumbled with the three major indices each shedding more than 1.5 percent as global economic growth concerns surfaced. The IMF lowered its global growth forecast for 2014 to 3.3 percent from a previous 3.4 percent. The agency also lowered its 2015 global growth projections to 3.8...

U.S. stocks erased early morning gains and finished lower following reports that Ukrainian artillery forces engaged armored vehicles entering Ukraine from Russia. Narayana Kocherlakota, Minneapolis Fed President, stated that labor strength in its current state appears to be far away from the...

The U.S. stock market has been on rocky footing thus far in 2014 with equities only managing meager gains through the middle of May. The old adage is to "sell in May and go away," but nimble investors may be able to find profitable, catalyst-driven ideas in the coming week. T The major event...

U.S. stocks rose as major indices finished the day just barely in the green as the Dow was up as much as 50 points and lower by 65 points before settling the day gaining 10 points. The Nasdaq bounced back sharply from its worst three-day performance since 2011 as investors went bargain hunting...

The goal of this report, which can oftentimes be classified as a meandering morning market missive, is to identify the primary drivers of the stock market. To be sure, there are certainly times when the drivers of the action are actually quite easy to identify. And then there are days like Tuesday...

U.S. stocks traded lower throughout the large majority of Tuesday's trading session, as investors continue to speculate on the timeline for the Fed's tapering measures. With the earnings season beginning to wind down and data on the economic front relatively sparse so far this week, traders'...

Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning to discuss Fed policy, including keeping the federal funds rate low so that unemployment can drop to under 6.5 percent. The market has taken a hit since the Fed's May 22...