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The U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs for the month, the most since January 2012, and much higher than the 230,000 jobs economists expected.

Everyone knows there's 'slack' in the labor market, the question is how it will impact the central bank's decision on timing and trajectory of interest-rate hikes.

The Fed has to figure out how to rid itself of a four-word phrase -- "for a considerable period" -- that lies at the center of a much broader debate raging within the central bank.

At the Fed's two-day policy meeting last month, members debated whether to nix 'considerable time' from its federal-funds rate guidance.

The minutes from the Federal Reserve’s October meeting and a couple of inflationary guideposts highlight next week’s economic calendar.

Workers’ hourly wages could be the key economic indicator that will determine when and how the Federal Reserve will eventually raise interest rates.

A second Polar Vortex threatens to erase the stimulus from plunging gas prices, putting a deep freeze on holiday spending.

Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren told FOX Business the central bank should remain “patient” as it prepares to raise interest rates from historic lows.

St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard weighs in on the midterm elections and what a Republican Congress would mean for the Federal Reserve.

Bank insiders talk now about the unproductive vegetative universe of Dodd Frank creating a cornfield of regulators on Wall Street.

The most interesting thing about QE is that the experimental policy is defined not by what did happen as a result of all the money-printing and bond-purchasing, but rather by what didn’t happen.

The same debate Japan has been having since the ‘90s over undead businesses still in operation is now breaking out in the U.S. and in Europe.

This is the week the Federal Reserve is saying, that's that. You're on your own, the register is closed.

The Fed's policy-setting committee caps its two-day meeting Wednesday and is expected to phase out its bond-buying program, laying the groundwork for a rate hike.

The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee meets next week and investors will once again be looking for clues as to the timing and trajectory of interest rate hikes.  

Equity markets made a sharp u-turn after St. Louis Fed President James Bullard suggested the Fed should delay ending its bond purchase program.

Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher told FOX Business it’s “way too premature” to consider another round of bond purchases despite the recent market downturn.

Minutes from the Fed’s September policy meeting show central bankers remain cautious in their approach toward raising interest rates and normalizing monetary policy.

Notes from the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting as well as speeches by influential Fed policy makers highlight next week’s economic calendar.

The Fed statement reiterated the FOMC’s dovish plan to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future.