Prosecutors are exploring whether to strengthen deferred or nonprosecution agreements from two years ago, or scrap them altogether and force the banks to plead guilty to a crime, say lawyers briefed on the cases.
Early stumbles in the handling of the Ebola crisis and the belated response to the Islamic State have fueled speculation that President Obama may shake up his staff.
Ms. Hickox threatened to go to court if Maine does not let her move freely by Thursday, setting up what could be a test case of whether state quarantines are legal.
The central bank noted recent weakness in some gauges of inflation expectations, but it said the likelihood of persistently low inflation had diminished.
For all the fuss about the decision to end quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve is far from any kind of monetary tightening.