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WASHINGTON—Newly released transcripts show that many Federal Reserve officials had concerns in late 2015 over whether they were making a mistake in raising a key interest rate for the first ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve announced on Nov. 5 that it would keep U.S. interest rates near zero as the ongoing ...

In Kenosha, Wisconsin, businesses are preparing for another night of riots. We hear from a local non-profit on ...

Big tech leaders are answering questions about their business practices. Lawmakers want to know whether they have too ...

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said Tuesday she backed the central bank’s emergency rate cut in the ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has signaled the central bank's readiness to slash interest rates to cushion the ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and signaled borrowing costs are likely to remain unchanged ...

There has been no discussion of having U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell step down from his position, ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve announced July 31 that it's cutting its benchmark federal funds rate for the first time ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged on June 19 but signaled that it could cut interest ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve’s key inflation gauge rose at a slow pace in March, remaining well below the central ...

President Donald Trump dined with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the White House on Feb. 4 in ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Jan. 30 but said it would be patient in lifting ...

These appear to be turbulent times for the U.S. economy and stock market. On the upside, the gross ...

WASHINGTON—Despite President Donald Trump’s warnings, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by 25 basis points after its ...

WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump on Dec. 18 called again on the Federal Reserve to refrain from hiking interest ...

WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida, in his first public remarks since taking office last month, said some ...

Japan’s central bank announced on Tuesday, July 31, that it will maintain the current extremely low levels of ...

NEW YORK—Before 1994, the Federal Reserve (Fed) did not even announce interest rate decisions. The markets were left ...

The chief editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer has been an eloquent observer and astute analyst of markets ...

The market is expecting a rate hike in December, after the Fed said it thought the economy was ...

A British judge sentenced a former Citibank and UBS trader to 14 years in prison Monday after a ...

The Conservative government tried to turn bad economic news to its political advantage as the Bank of Canada ...

Another week, another effort by the Chinese authorities to boost the economy. This time the People's Bank of ...

Former Fed chairman defends his policies in blog posts

The exchange rate of Chinese yuan (YUAN) against the US dollar has reached a four-and-a-half month low, affecting ...

The statement released by the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday reflected few changes from July’s statement.