U.S. housing construction and sales numbers highlight a relatively quiet week for economic data. 1 min read

Answers to frequently asked questions about the survey plus links to survey stories and archival data.Long read

Newly published records shed light on officials’ debates over how fast to raise interest rates. 3 min read

U.S. retail spending and manufacturing fell at year-end as the Omicron variant and inflation surged, early signs that the latest complications of the pandemic could be weighing on the economy.6 min read

President Biden will seek to fill two seats on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors with academic economists Lisa Cook of Michigan State University and Philip Jefferson of Davidson College.5 min read

The state could lose federal aid if it doesn’t redesign two programs established with the money.2 min read

President Biden’s recent picks to the Fed’s Board of Governors would bring unprecedented diversity to the 108-year-old institution. 2 min read

Germany’s economy hit the brakes at the end of last year as the export powerhouse was slammed by global supply-chain bottlenecks, surging material prices and weakness in its biggest trading partner, China.4 min read

Rapidly rising prices have spurred politicians to explore for the first time in years how much leverage they have. 6 min read

The central bank increased its benchmark seven-day repurchase rate by 0.25 percentage point to 1.25%.3 min read

If confirmed by the Senate, Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Fed governor, would become the central bank’s vice chairwoman of supervision, the government’s most influential overseer of the American banking system. 7 min read