Federal Reserve

Not long ago, it seemed a sure bet: The Federal Reserve would raise interest rates by year's end. Fed Chair Janet Yellen herself said she expected it.

The Fed should raise interest rates because inflationary pressures are greater than most policymakers admit and the economy ...

The recently slower pace of jobs creation likely takes an interest rate hike off the table when Fed ...

U.S. Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 203,000 jobs in September, which should further support ...

So the results are in: the Federal reserve decided to keep interest rates at around zero, delaying any ...

Since 2008, the Fed has kept the federal funds rate, or the banks' overnight borrowing rat, near zero. ...

Analysts and investors have been searching for clues as to whether Federal Reserve policymakers will begin raising interest ...

It's not just interest rates which will go up

Beijing’s devaluation of its currency will have knock on impacts, possibly for years.

Bernanke wrote that adding a woman is "a fine idea, but it shouldn't come at Hamilton's expense."

What is often seen as a sign of a strong economy is criticized by Bernanke as a problem, ...

Yellen fought back Thursday, saying that “economic inequality has long been of interest within the Federal Reserve.”

Some conservative lawmakers have been arguing for years that Congress should audit the Federal Reserve and take a ...

A debate has erupted whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has accumulated too much power and ...

US vs. Emerging Markets:  What are the Trends for 2015? We are still in the early months of ...

WASHINGTON—The House Tuesday rejected legislation altering a key provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank overhaul of financial services regulations ...

Can the U.S. hold everyone else above water? That is the question investors are asking as Wall Street ...

NEW YORK—This year showed how sheltered the U.S. economy is from geopolitical and health crises around the world. ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve is edging closer to raising interest rates from record lows given a strengthening U.S. economy. ...

NEW YORK—The U.S. stock market had its best day in more than a year after the Federal Reserve ...

The U.S. stock market ended slightly lower Tuesday, avoiding the sharp declines in Europe and Asia thanks to ...

Federal regulators are proposing that the eight biggest U.S. banks be required to further increase the amount of ...

U.S. stocks moved lower Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi hinted that the bank is ready ...

NEW YORK—U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday, keeping the major indexes near record levels, as investors assessed ...

A slump in energy prices pushed the stock market back from record levels on Tuesday.

US stocks rebounded Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index back into ...

Federal Reserve policy-makers discussed a variety of economic threats at their October meeting — from turbulent financial markets ...