Fed Bans Its Officials From Trading Bitcoin, Stocks, Bonds

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Fed Bans Its Officials From Trading Bitcoin, Stocks, Bonds

The new rules extended the ban first announced in October to include bitcoin 和加密货币。

Fed employees will no longer be able to invest in a cohort of assets, including bitcoin.The new rules come into effect on May 1 and prohibit Fed officials from buying stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, and other securities.The rules “aim to support public confidence in the impartiality and integrity of the Committee's work,” the Fed said in a statement.

Federal Reserve (Fed) officials will be prohibited from investing in a slew of assets, including bitcoin, as per new rules shared by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in a 周五声明.

“The rules, which were first announced in October 2021, aim to support public confidence in the impartiality and integrity of the Committee's work by guarding against even the appearance of any conflict of interest,” the statement said.

根据声明,自 1 月 XNUMX 日起,美联储高级官员将无法投资股票、行业基金、债券、机构证券、加密货币、商品、外币、衍生品合约或证券。

新规定比旧规定更进一步,旧规定禁止美联储官员在联邦公开市场委员会会议前后的停电期间持有银行股票和美国国债以及从事金融交易。

新规则将适用于董事会成员、区域银行行长和第一副行长以及一系列其他官员,包括定期参加 FOMC 会议的职员、债券服务台经理和副经理以及董事。 这些规则也适用于他们的配偶和未成年子女。

声明称:“美联储预计,在完成进一步审查和分析后,更多工作人员将受到这些规则的全部或部分约束。”

The move comes on the heels of last year's scandals that revealed several senior 美联储官员一直在交易股票和股票基金 与中央银行在 2020 年大流行开始时提振经济的行动相一致。这一争议导致地区总裁埃里克·罗森格伦和罗伯特·卡普兰 离开他们的位置.

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