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The Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike strategy has inadvertently caused a banking crisis as elevated interest rates slow bank loans.

Amid inflationary pressures and a weakened U.S. dollar, experts predict Wall Street will gravitate towards material wealth in precious metals like gold and silver, sending both to record highs in 2023.

The Federal Reserve reportedly issued multiple warning about Silicon Valley Bank's risk management starting at least four years before the bank's implosion.

Inflation fell but remained persistently high in February, squeezing Americans in the form of higher prices for basic necessities like groceries and rent.

The Federal Reserve Board says Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr will lead a review of the supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank.

Mortgage interest rates increased again this week after the year opened on a more optimistic note for homebuyers. Meanwhile, mortgage rate volatility persists as the Fed raises interest rates to fight inflation. But the tide may soon turn.

The inversion of the bond yield curve deepened to its widest spread for two- and 10-year Treasurys since 1981 as Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified before Congress.

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are expected to grill Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown is expected at Tuesday's hearing to criticize the Federal Reserve's continuous interest rate hikes.

The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) released its latest economic outlook survey which showed economists are divided over a potential recession.

The latest inflation data has Goldman Sachs expecting three more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve of 25 basis points each this year.

President Biden is appointing two top economic advisors for his administration on Tuesday amid economic uncertainty and high rates of inflation in January.

The latest read on consumer prices showed a mixed bag presenting more challenges for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the central bank looks to combat high inflation.

The New York Fed president on the central bank’s efforts to bring down inflation using interest rate hikes and scenarios where high prices could be persistent.

From President Biden's State of the Union address to a host of earnings from the likes of Disney, Uber and Mattel, investors are staring down a busy week.

The World Gold Council revealed that demand for gold hit highs last year not seen since 2011, fueled by central bank tightening cycles, including the Federal Reserve's.

The Fed's February meeting as well as earnings from automakers, oil companies and tech companies, including the biggie, Apple, will steer financial markets this week.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dismissed the idea of minting a $1 trillion platinum coin to raise the debt limit without Congress as a "gimmick" that the Fed may not agree with.

Central-bank digital currencies could lead to big changes in the most basic activity of any banking system: making and distributing money.