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In order to prepare markets for the inevitable rate hikes, the Fed needs to alter the language of its monthly policy statements.

All eyes will be on the Federal reserve next week as a key central bank meeting and important inflation data highlight next week's economic calendar.

The income disparity between the richest and poorest Americans has grown wider in recent years, according to the results of Federal Reserve survey released Thursday.

The August jobs report due out Friday could go a long way toward clarifying whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates sooner than anticipated.

The question for months has been when will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates. But just as important is how those rates will be raised.

San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams told FOX Business Friday he’s not concerned with inflation and that wage growth is improving.  

The world's leading central bankers and economists will sing campfire songs, eat s'mores ... and debate monetary policy in Wyoming this week.

Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Stanley Fischer said the slowing of U.S. productivity, declining labor force participation and other factors may have scarred the country's ability to generate economic growth.

The former Treasury Secretary took issue with the Federal Reserve chairwoman's recent comments on the valuation of stocks in the social media and biotechnology sectors.

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that growth in economic activity rebounded in the second quarter. Labor market conditions improved, with the unemployment rate declining further.

Philly Fed President Charles Plosser's lone dissent gives voice to a much larger debate taking place over when and how the Fed should raise interest rates. Fed Continues $10B Taper | READ: FOMC June Meeting Statement

A busy economic calendar next week is highlighted by the July jobs report, a meeting by the Federal Reserve, a preview of second quarter GDP and lots of earnings.

U.S. consumer prices rose in June at a slightly slower pace than in May with two-thirds of the June advance driven by the largest jump in gasoline prices in a year.

A relatively tepid consumer inflation reading for June could help doves on the Fed make the case for keeping rates low for a long time to come. 

In an awkward attempt to placate detractors that feel like the stock market has rallied too far, too fast, Janet Yellen threw two of the most volatile sectors in the stock market under the bus. It was almost surreal. But it happened. However, will it work?

The U.S. has made “significant progress” toward strengthening the financial system through reforms, Fed Reserve Vice-Chair Stanley Fischer said Tuesday.

A solid June jobs report will undoubtedly fuel a debate at the Federal Reserve over whether interest rates should be raised sooner rather than later.

Exclusive: St. Louis Fed chief James Bullard tells FOX Business a spike in inflation could prompt an interest rate hike in the first quarter of 2015.

Exclusive: Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser said the Fed needs to be wary of the 'unintended consequences' of holding rates at historic lows.

As the Fed walks a balancing act between healthy and harmful inflation, consumers are starting to feel the pinch.