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The New Rules of the Road for Agentic Commerce

Image Credit: Mastercard From standards to scale: Mastercard joins Google on new protocol, works to bring Agent Pay to Microsoft Copilot Checkout and grows Start Path to turbocharge AI-powered commerce. January 20, 2026/Mastercard By Pablo Fourez, Chief Digital Officer, Mastercard Speed without trust is chaos. We’re able to zip along freeways precisely because […]

Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy

January 16, 2026/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman Good morning and thank you for the invitation to join you today.1 It is a pleasure to be with you here in Boston at the New England Economic Forum to share my outlook on the economy and […]

Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy Implementation

January 16, 2026/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson Thank you, President Hasner, for the kind introduction. It is an honor to speak at Florida Atlantic University, and I am glad to have the chance to talk with those here from the American Institute for Economic Research and […]