The U.S. labor market hasn’t achieved enough progress to justify a pullback in the Federal Reserve’s stimulus program but is on track to reach a key threshold around the end of the year, a top central bank official said in a speech prepared for delivery Friday night.
The Fed cut its benchmark interest rate to near zero in March 2020 and has been purchasing at least $120 billion a month in Treasurys and mortgage bonds to provide extra stimulus to the economy. Officials since the end of last year said those purchases would continue until they see “substantial further progress” toward their goals of low unemployment and stable inflation.
Fed governor Lael Brainard signaled the central bank hasn’t met that standard yet but could do so by December or a little bit before that. In her remarks, she said the Fed would be in a better position to assess the job market’s progress in October, when spending, school and work patterns “should settle into a post-pandemic...
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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday tapped New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to head its enforcement unit tasked with policing markets, changing tack after the previous pick stepped down days in to the job.
Grewal, the first-ever Sikh-American attorney general, has been New Jersey's chief law enforcement officer since early 2018 after a lifetime working in government outside of stints earlier in his career. He previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey where he led the office's economic crimes unit.
"He has the ideal combination of experience, values, and leadership ability to helm the enforcement division," SEC Chair Gary Gensler said in a statement. "I look forward to working closely with him to protect investors and root out wrongdoing in our markets."
The appointment marks a change from the SEC's previous appointment of Alex Oh to the same role in April. Oh had worked in...
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