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Most Americans don't pay much attention to what goes on at the Fed on a daily basis, and that's a good thing. Market pros and the media, on the other hand...

As the Fed unwinds its unprecedented easy-money policies market volatility is a sure bet. My advice to average investors: ignore it.  

Everyone’s debating whether Bernanke’s quantitative-easing experiment worked, but the truth is, we may be in deeper you-know-what than before.

The market didn’t act badly this past week, but if you just looked at Thursday and Friday, it felt awful.

Rising interest rates will impact everything from your cold hard cash to your 401(k) to your mortgage. Here's how.....

The economic data at-hand presents a very clear-cut case for the FOMC to begin normalization however, they won’t until December.

What did QE accomplish? Or, what didn’t it?

Betting the Federal Reserve’s stimulus slingshot will come back to hit us all in the head with hyperinflation anytime soon will make you broke.

Emac: The president took credit for major pieces of the economic recovery, but there are gaping holes in the recovery that he fails to mention. 

After initially rising, the 10-year Treasury yield is now trading slightly below where it was before news of the Fed's decision to taper bond purchases.

In the event that stocks rally in reaction to the FOMC decision, it’s possible that we’ll see new highs in the S&P 500 and possibly the Dow Jones Industrial Average as well.  Here are the numbers to watch.

The Dow and S&P 500 will head into Friday's session at record highs, after remarks from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Wednesday.  Meanwhile, drivers can expect major pains at the pump this summer.

A former president of the Federal Reserve just came out in support for negative interest rates, in effect, forcing consumers and companies to “pay to save.”

Any rise in interest rates will be a slow cycle, so stay focused on the long-term and avoid short-term noise.

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac relapsing with lenient lending initiatives?

Exclusive: Tim Geithner’s AIG deposition provides a somewhat different take on his actions during the financial crisis than what appears in his new memoir.

The Federal Reserve’s $10 billion taper announcement isn’t a significant cut in the central bank’s massive bond-purchasing plan, but experts say consumers could feel the impact.

On top of multiple regulatory probes, JPMorgan Chase is strengthening internal controls and oversight in order to win Fed approval on capital plans.

Submarined deep in the transportation bill passed by Congress last December was a new power given to the IRS to collect taxes. If you have a federal tax debt of $50,000 or more, the IRS can get your passport cancelled. 

The end run around Congress’s power to legislate is gapping wider. It includes presidential and federal authority exercised not just through executive orders, but a circus mirror of rules, guidance documents, memoranda, bulletins, manuals, circulars, public notices and other agency proclamations.