Having publicly announced its interest in the social media, the Federal Reserve's effort could provide solutions to the nagging problem of how public institutions that must guard their privacy can be simultaneously transparent. READ»
The New York Federal Reserve Bank is embarking on an ambitious social media monitoring project. Starting this December, the Fed will be monitoring Facebook, Twitter, and the broader web to gauge public response to economic policy. Civil libertarians and anti-big government activists are upset, but should they be?READ»
As the economy sluggishly progresses towards recovery and President Obama announces new spending freezes. The Federal Reserve is focused on pulling back the billions in stimulus money pumped out to dampen the financial crisis. Set now ...READ»
Yesterday the Federal Reserve issued findings from a recent survey of the economy, something it calls the Beige Book (which is totally not code for a new Pottery Barn catalogue). In compiling the report, the Fed slices the country ...READ»
This annual powwow for the world's top economists and central bankers is so hush-hush
that the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, its organizer, declined to
share the who, when, where, or how. But our sources tell us that ...READ»
