Neel Kashkari

U.S. index futures are flatlining on Wednesday following three straight sessions of clocking losses. On Tuesday, the major averages closed lower as investors digested some weak Main Street data and an oil rally that took the commodity to near a 2-week high. The market opened slightly lower and...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) has rallied 3.2% in the past five days as investors seem to be taking an increasingly bullish tone toward the health of the U.S. economy, particularly on the inflation front. However, hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve officials this week suggest...

Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Neel Kashkari took a bearish stance on crypto Tuesday when he said cryptocurrency is mainly fraud, hype, noise and confusion. Jim Cramer expressed an opposing view Wednesday on CNBC's "Squawk On The Street." The Coinbase Global Inc...

A look at the economic calendar of the week shows that a host of Fed officials are scheduled to make public appearances this week. Fed speeches are market-moving economic events, given that they give clues to the monetary policy outlook. On Monday, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard...

The U.S. Federal Reserve would prefer to be predictable. However, when global markets are unpredictable, the Fed is left with no choice but to be unpredictable. When the Fed raised interest rates back in December, it’s likely that the members had planned a very predictable and steady rate...

Should the Federal Reserve raise interest rates any time soon? Many investors are assuming that a rate hike in the near term is no longer feasible, but the topic is still heavily debated among Fed members themselves. The Hawk: Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester The Federal Reserve's Cleveland...

Speaking on CNBC, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said that American people should not have a false sense of security that "too big to fail" can't happen again. He believes some of that risk remains and he thinks that it is necessary to consider more transformational...

Last month, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president Neel Kashkari spoke regarding the FOMC and the Federal Reserve System, offering a personal assessment of the "too big to fail" banking crisis. In 2010, Kashkari was an adamant supporter of financial reform. At the time, despite his desires...