Financial Risk

Even dovish FOMC members are now supporting faster and larger rate hikes—likely including a half-point increase in May and a total of more than 2 percentage points in hikes before the end of 2022.

As LIBOR rises—blowing past 1% yesterday, for the first time in nearly two years—more struggling junk-rated borrowers may end up with negative cash flow, unable to pay interest payments on their loans.

Fed chair Powell says digital dollar would have to simultaneously ensure privacy and offer identification for participants in a transaction.

Fed ramps up inflation fight in an economy that's tough enough to cope.

The order requires an assortment of federal agencies to research, and provide policy recommendations, on topics related to digital currencies, including the feasibility of a U.S. CBDC.

To what degree should treasury teams adjust their currency hedging programs in response to market volatility?

Fed Chair Powell told the House Financial Services Committee that he backs a quarter-point interest-rate hike this month, and he didn't rule out a larger move in the near future.

Addressing the big unknowns in the transition from LIBOR to SOFR.