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Watchers of the Federal Reserve believe Chair Janet Yellen’s toughest job may be corralling the disparate voices within the FOMC and getting all of them on the same page for big decisions -- which she did in December.

Analysts believe much of how the stock market reacts to higher interest rates in 2016 will likely depend on how the Federal Reserve communicates future rate hikes in the new year.

The FOMC is creating a divide among the nation's savers and debtors with the first interest rate hike in nearly a decade.   

Yale University Economics Professor Robert Shiller on the Federal Reserve, economy and housing market.

The historic decision marks the final break from an era of unprecedented interventionist monetary policy initiated in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

If the Fed approves the first interest rate hike in nearly a decade, the focus will move from the timing of the hike and to the trajectory of future rate hikes, likely to happen in 2016.

Unless something extraordinary occurs between now and then, the Fed will almost certainly raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade next week.

Goldman Sachs released a report predicting that wage growth will “accelerate” next year, a narrative that fits into the Fed’s likely plan to raise interest rates.

Seven years ago the Fed slashed interest rates to near-zero hoping cheaper borrowing costs would lead the economy toward a strong recovery.

During the darkest days of the financial crisis, the Ben Bernanke-led Fed lowered rates to an unprecedented range to prevent another depression. It worked.

Atlanta Fed leader Dennis Lockhart on Monday expressed strong support for boosting short-term rates off near-zero levels, in one of the last statements from a Federal Reserve official before the central bank meets to decide monetary policy next week.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Thursday once again laid the groundwork for an interest rate hike later this month at the FOMC's policy-setting meeting, during testimony before Congress.

If, as expected, the November report, due out Friday, shows another healthy month of job and wage growth, the Fed will almost certainly raise rates later this month.

With the countdown to “liftoff” now at just two weeks, Federal Reserve officials are signaling all systems are go for the first rate hike in nearly a decade.

The U.S. labor market tightened modestly in recent weeks with some upward pressure on wages as employers found it difficult to fill jobs across skill levels.

It’s doubtful new rules approved by the Federal Reserve to limit the central bank’s ability to bail out floundering banks during the next financial crisis will be effective, skeptics say.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen argued for a cautious approach to raising rates in an unusual exchange with consumer advocate Ralph Nader.

Another day, another Federal Reserve official preparing the markets for a likely December rate hike. This time, it was St. Louis Fed President James Bullard who signaled a rate hike was coming 'soon.'

Two influential Federal Reserve policy makers on Thursday continued the drumbeat toward a potential December interest rate hike without explicitly setting a timetable.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned against proposed reforms that would give Congress more oversight of the central bank, saying the changes would politicize U.S. monetary policy.