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Don't bet on the Fed raising interest rates. Here's why it may leave them alone.

One U.S. Federal Reserve president is aiming to solve the “too big to fail” problem in the U.S. financial system once and for all.

U.S. economic conditions are 'mostly favorable' yet the Federal Reserve remains cautious in raising interest rates because threats loom, New York Fed President William Dudley said on Monday.

The economy is in bad shape, and people are generally bummed about the direction of the country.

The U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates twice this year, most likely in June, but the probability has faded on signs of a weak start to the year, inflation that is still tame and a brittle global backdrop, a Reuters poll showed.

The U.S. economy continued to expand from late February to early April and low unemployment appears to be spurring an uptick in wage growth, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.

Five out of eight of the country's biggest banks do not have credible plans for winding down operations during a crisis without the help of public money, federal regulators said on Wednesday.

A Big Mac, fries and a Coke seems to be what investors are craving these days along with a bag of Doritos and a smoke.

With the world economy entering a more uncertain phase and the top central banks sounding ever more cautious, attention may turn in the coming week to signs of whether years of aggressive stimulus have yielded any significant rise in inflation.

The U.S. economy is on a solid course and still on track to warrant further interest rate hikes, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday.

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The Federal Reserve has backed off its December forecast of raising rates as many as four times in 2016, but San Francisco Fed President John Williams said the U.S. economy could soon be ready for higher rates.

The United States needs a long-term economic plan including tax and education reform to revive growth, not rely on more monetary or fiscal stimulus for a short-term boost, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve policymakers debated last month whether an interest rate hike would be needed in April though a consensus emerged that risks from a global economic slowdown warranted a cautious approach.

Healthcare and energy stocks drove gains on Wall Street on Wednesday ahead of the release of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates in March.

Wall Street was lower on Tuesday as investors fretted over renewed uncertainties about the Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates this year.

Financial markets are more pessimistic than the U.S. central bank in their pricing of U.S. interest rate hikes, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said on Tuesday.

After enduring several weeks of conflicting comments by Federal Reserve officials that whip-lashed the U.S. stock market, befuddled investors could get a dose of clarity next week on where the Fed stands on its path towards rate hikes.

The voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee reiterated Chair Janet Yellen's stance that the path to more policy normalization in 2016 will be 'gradual.'

No April Fool's: The labor market has so far proved to be resilient in the face of a rough first quarter, but a lack of significant wage growth likely gives the central bank reason to wait on more rate hikes.