Fed forecasts modest US growth, high unemployment into 2015, a sign rates...
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve foresees unemployment remaining high into 2015, suggesting it will keep short-term interest rates near record lows at least until then.
View ArticleBernanke says Fed won't alter its stimulus until it sees sustained...
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that even though the U.S. economy has improved in recent months, the Fed won't alter its aggressive stimulus policies until it is...
View ArticleBernanke says the Fed's low-interest-rate policies rates should support...
WASHINGTON - Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday that the Federal Reserve's low-interest-rate policies are helping to boost growth around the world, rejecting criticism that they could lead to a global...
View ArticleNo. 2 Fed official says old days of extreme secrecy at Federal Reserve should...
WASHINGTON - The No. 2 official at the Federal Reserve says she hopes the old days of extreme secrecy surrounding the Federal Reserve are gone forever.
View ArticleChairman Bernanke says Fed's 'stress tests' are better able to detect risks...
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Fed's annual "stress tests" of major U.S. banks have become better able to detect risks. He says the tests show banks have grown much...
View ArticleFed minutes, released early, show most members support bond purchases at...
WASHINGTON - A majority of Federal Reserve policymakers want to continue extraordinary bond purchases to help boost the U.S. economy at least through the middle of the year, according to minutes from...
View ArticleBernanke says housing gains are lagging in lower-income areas and urges...
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says housing remains depressed in many low-income neighborhoods even though the overall home market is making gains.
View ArticleBernanke's decision to skip US Fed conference in August fuels speculation...
WASHINGTON - Ben Bernanke is intensifying speculation that this year will be his last as Federal Reserve chairman by deciding to skip the Fed's annual August conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
View ArticleFed Chairman Bernanke says central bank working to increase financial system...
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has broadened its oversight beyond banks and now monitors a wide-range of financial institutions that could hasten another financial crisis, Chairman Ben Bernanke said...
View ArticleFederal Reserve orders Bank of Montreal to correct lapses in anti-money...
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are ordering the Bank of Montreal to take steps to correct lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering.
View ArticleBernanke says computer revolution likely to provide various future gains to...
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.
View ArticleBernanke warns that premature ending of Fed's stimulus efforts would carry...
WASHINGTON - Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.
View ArticleFed minutes showed some officials willing to consider trimming bond purchases...
WASHINGTON - Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June - if the economy showed strong and...
View ArticleBernanke delivers a range of wisdom to Princeton graduates, from Lily Tomlin...
WASHINGTON - Ben Bernanke gave the graduating class of Princeton University one of the more unusual speeches for a Federal Reserve chairman: He quoted everyone from Lily Tomlin to Forrest Gump and...
View ArticleBernanke: Fed could reduce pace of bond purchases later in year, if economy...
WASHINGTON - Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve could scale back its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases later this year if the economy continues to improve.
View ArticleBernanke declines to address his future at the Fed, says he wants focus to be...
WASHINGTON - Ben Bernanke declined Wednesday to address speculation that he will step down as chairman of the Federal Reserve in January when his term ends, saying he wanted to keep the attention on...
View Article'Deputized' to provide clarity, Bernanke explains Fed plan to scale back...
WASHINGTON - Wall Street investors wanted clarity from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
View ArticleFed official who dissented this week says announcement on bond buys...
WASHINGTON - A Federal Reserve voting member believes the Fed's decision to announce details about when it would trim its bond-buying program was "inappropriately timed," according to a statement...
View Article3 Fed officials stress that bond purchases won't be slowed until economy...
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials sought Thursday to calm investors by assuring them the Fed won't start trimming its bond purchases until the economy has strengthened. They said any pullback in...
View ArticleMinutes: Many Fed members want to see further job gains before slowing bond...
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials seem far from a consensus on the question that's consumed investors for months: When will the Fed slow its bond purchases?
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